The home advantage belongs to East Fife in this match against Stranraer, but the away side will battle to the end. Here's the Tipsway match preview!
- East Fife have the fewest points (8) at home in League Two
- Stranraer is in the worst form (1-1-4)
East Fife and Stranraer should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
East Fife form and stats
The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the League Two this season. East Fife have only managed 2 wins, 2 draws and 6 losses from their games here at Bayview Stadium. Two draws in a row at home now for Fife.
East Fife drew their last game, also a home match. Stenhousemuir (placed 7th) was the opponent, 1-1 the score.
A strong away win before that one, visiting Elgin City and winning 2-1.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Fife have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 8 games) they have won 4 times, drawn 2 and lost 2.
Some goal stats: A review of the 14 most recent league games highlights that 12 of them had at least one goal from each team.
East Fife aren't scoring a lot here at Bayview Stadium in the league, with only {9 goals} from 10 games. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Fife defense is not exactly impregnable. 16 goals conceded from 10 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Stranraer form and stats
Stranraer have only collected 2 points from their away games in the League Two, after 0-2-7 (9 played). Bitter travels for Stranraer as they have lost four games in a row away from home. The last time they avoided an away-from-home loss was the Annan Athletic match.
Home advantage was not enough for Stranraer in their previous game as they lost hosting Albion Rovers, 0-4. As you can see from the result above, the defeat against Albion Rovers was particularly ugly (0-4). The humiliation is still top of mind.
A 1-2 defeat away at Stenhousemuir before that.We have checked recent matches where Stranraer have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 8 games were 3 victories, 0 draws and 5 defeats.
Betting related statistic: Both sides have scored in 14 of this club's last 18 league fixtures.
The visitors have scored 8 goals from 9 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. The Stranraer manager Hamill has some worries about the defense as 20 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
Fife have put together a sequence of 8 consecutive matches without losing (5-3-0) when playing Stranraer.Stranraer - East Fife 2-2 was the product when these two squads previously met, some time ago this season.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Trouten 7 goals | R. Schiavone 5 goals |  J. Hilton 5 goals |
East Fife missing players
Stranraer missing players
| East Fife | Stranraer | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 10 | 5 | Played | P | 2 | 9 | 20 |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 5 | 2 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 8 | 6 | 3 | Lost | L | 1 | 7 | 9 |
| 29 | 9 | 4 | Scored | S | 1 | 8 | 28 |
| 31 | 16 | 9 | Conceded | C | 3 | 20 | 38 |
| 95% | 90% | 80% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 80% | 70% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 89% | 85% |
| 70% | 60% | 60% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 56% | 65% |
| 45% | 20% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 44% | 55% |
| 10% | 10% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 22% | 25% |
| 70% | 60% | 60% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 67% | 70% |
| 15% | 20% | 20% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 10% |
| 20% | 30% | 40% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 33% | 20% |
| 4.5 | 4.4 | 4.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 5.7 | 4.8 |
| 4.5 | 4.4 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 5.8 | 5.2 |
| 2.1 | 2.1 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.1 | 2.2 |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 6.7 | 5.8 | 5.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.5 | 8.8 | 9.2 |
| 3 | 2.2 | 2.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3 | 3.5 |
| 48% | 41% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 14% | 30% | 41% |
| 8.3 | 6.7 | 6.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.5 | 9.8 | 9.2 |
| 3 | 2.7 | 2.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.1 | 3.8 |
- East Fife have the fewest points (8) at home in League Two
- East Fife have the the worst goal difference (-7) at home in League Two
- Stranraer have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Stranraer have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Stranraer have the fewest points (2) away in League Two
- Stranraer have the fewest scored goals (8) away in League Two
- Stranraer have the most conceded goals in the first half (24) in League Two
- Stranraer have the the worst goal difference (-10) in League Two
- Stranraer have the the worst goal difference (-12) away in League Two
- Stranraer have yet to win a game away.
- Stranraer haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Stranraer is in the worst form (1-1-4)
| 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 | 19 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 32 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 40 |
| 2 | Stirling Albion | 18 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 39 | 21 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 18 | 36 |
| 3 | Elgin City | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 35 | 33 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 16 | 2 | 29 |
| 4 | East Fife | 20 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 29 | 31 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 15 | -2 | 26 |
| 5 | Forfar Athletic | 20 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 22 | 27 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 9 | -5 | 25 |
| 6 | Annan Athletic | 20 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 30 | 34 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 20 | -4 | 24 |
| 7 | Stenhousemuir | 20 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 33 | 38 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 20 | -5 | 24 |
| 8 | Albion Rovers | 20 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 26 | 26 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 14 | 0 | 23 |
| 9 | Stranraer | 20 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 28 | 38 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 18 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 20 | -10 | 23 |
| 10 | Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 23 | 31 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 20 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 11 | -8 | 20 |
