East Fife duels with Stirling Albion face-off

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Competition: Scotland League Two
Competition: Sat 04.February
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Bayview Stadium (2000 seats)

A quick peek at the League Two table suggest an edge to Stirling Albion when they come to East Fife. Nevertheless; let's play before select a winner!

Insights:
  • East Fife have the fewest points (8) at home in League Two
  • Stirling Albion have the most scored goals (40) in League Two

This has all the signs of an interesting match with lots of spark and energy as both sides are well renewed since they last ran out on the pitch. Let's go!

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East Fife form and stats

East Fife's struggle is real here at Bayview Stadium with only 8 points collected from 11 League Two games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 2-2-7.

The followers are hoping that Fife will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-3 away loss in the game against Annan Athletic (placed 3rd).

Before that game, the home loss against Stranraer with the scoreline 1-3.

Take note: 13 of the most recent 16 league games from this football club have seen goals scored by both sides.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for East Fife here at Bayview Stadium in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (10 from 11 games). Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 19 goals have been conceded.

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Stirling Albion form and stats

Playing away, Stirling Albion have won 5 games, drawn 1 and suffered 3 defeats in the League Two this season.

Stirling Albion go into this game after a win, the home game against Stranraer that ended 1-0.

Prior to that match, a home win 3-1 against Stenhousemuir.

Goal-happy betting people should observe that 10 of this team's 13 most recent league fixtures have ended with three goals or more.

Stirling has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 15 goals from 9 games. 12 goals have been conceded by Stirling Albion in these games.

Head 2 Head

The squads have met each other previously this season, with the final score Stirling Albion - Fife 3-1 written in the official records. Statistics for the prior ten meetings featuring these two contenders are: three wins for East Fife, two draws and five wins for Stirling Albion. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: six games.

Top Goalscorers

Stirling AlbionD. Carrick
D. Carrick
11 goals
East FifeA. Trouten
A. Trouten
7 goals
Stirling AlbionR. Thomson
R. Thomson
6 goals

East Fife missing players

Stirling Albion missing players

East Fife Stirling Albion
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
22 11 2 Played P 3 9 19
7 2 0 Won W 0 5 12
5 2 0 Drew D 1 1 3
10 7 2 Lost L 2 3 4
30 10 1 Scored S 2 15 40
37 19 4 Conceded C 5 12 21
95% 91% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
82% 73% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 89% 89%
73% 64% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 67% 68%
45% 27% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 33% 42%
9% 9% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 11% 16%
68% 64% 50% BTTS BTTS 67% 78% 68%
14% 18% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 16%
23% 27% 50% Failed to Score F T 33% 22% 16%
 
4.6 4.5 3.5 Corners for (avg) C F 6 5.8 6.3
4.4 4.3 5 Corners against (avg) C A 3.3 3 3.2
2.1 2.2 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.1 1.7
3 2 0 Red cards R C 1 2 3
 
6.7 6.1 7.5 Shots (avg) S ( 11 10.7 10.6
2.9 2.2 1.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 4.9 4.9
47% 42% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 17% 34% 43%
 
8.8 7 8 Shots against (avg) S A 10.3 7.8 6.4
3.4 3.3 2.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.7 3.6 2.6
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • East Fife have the fewest points (8) at home in League Two
  • East Fife have the the worst goal difference (-9) at home in League Two
  • Stirling Albion have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Stirling Albion have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (5) in League Two
  • Stirling Albion have the most scored goals (40) in League Two
  • Stirling Albion have the most scored goals in the first half (22) in League Two
  • Stirling Albion have the the best goal difference (+19) in League Two
  • Stirling Albion haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Dumbarton 20 13 4 3 33 18 9 7 2 0 17 4 11 6 2 3 16 14 15 43
2 Stirling Albion 19 12 3 4 40 21 10 7 2 1 25 9 9 5 1 3 15 12 19 39
3 Annan Athletic 22 8 6 8 37 34 11 5 2 4 21 14 11 3 4 4 16 20 3 30
4 Elgin City 21 8 5 8 35 35 11 4 2 5 16 17 10 4 3 3 19 18 0 29
5 Forfar Athletic 21 8 4 9 24 27 11 3 3 5 12 18 10 5 1 4 12 9 -3 28
6 Stenhousemuir 21 7 6 8 35 38 11 4 4 3 19 18 10 3 2 5 16 20 -3 27
7 East Fife 22 7 5 10 30 37 11 2 2 7 10 19 11 5 3 3 20 18 -7 26
8 Stranraer 22 7 5 10 31 40 11 6 3 2 20 18 11 1 2 8 11 22 -9 26
9 Albion Rovers 21 6 5 10 26 28 10 2 3 5 9 14 11 4 2 5 17 14 -2 23
10 Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic 21 5 5 11 23 36 10 4 1 5 14 20 11 1 4 6 9 16 -13 20

Read more about League Two

The Scottish League Two is the fourth level of football in Scotland. It holds ten teams who play each other four times for a total of 36 fixtures in a season from August to May. The top team in the league table is promoted, the bottom team relegated. There are also playoffs to promote and relegate.