Top-notch Forfar Athletic visit Edinburgh City after their 2-0-result against Stirling Albion. Get out our complete preview!
- Edinburgh City have the most dropped points from leading position (11) in League Two
- Forfar Athletic have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (3) in League Two
Both teams have had sufficient rest since their previous game. Let's aim for an in-your-face match!
8 - 5 - 13 with 29-40. What does this mean? Well, these are the statistics for Forfar Athletic when playing on grass like they will do today. Wins - draws- losses and goals scored-conceded. Forfar Athletic play their home games on artifical turf so that's why we provide these numbers.
Edinburgh City form and stats
3-2-3 (win-draw-lost) are the League Two numbers at home for Edinburgh City so far this season.
An away draw last time out for Edinburgh City, facing Stenhousemuir in a game that ended 2-2.
Preceding that match was the home game against Annan Athletic that was lost 0-1.This is expected to be a close game, with Edinburgh perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Edinburgh City as a small favourite), we find seven games. Edinburgh City has won three of these, drawn two and lost two.
The Edinburgh fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 11 in 8 matches. Edinburgh City have conceded 12 from these games. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Forfar Athletic form and stats
As the visiting team in League Two matches, Forfar Athletic have produced an overall stat of 3-3-2 so far.
Forfar Athletic go into this game after a win, the home game against Stirling Albion that ended 2-0.
Preceding that game was the away victory against Albion Rovers with the score of 3-2.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found nine similar matches played by Forfar Athletic in our archives, and the results are: five wins for Forfar, one draw and three defeats.
Forfar have scored 11 goals on their travels this season, from 8 away games in the league. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As opposed to that, Forfar Athletic have seen the ball go into their own net 9 times on the road. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
It's not the first time these sides meet on the pitch this campaign, as the records show this recent game: Forfar Athletic - Edinburgh City 2-0. Edinburgh-Forfar Athletic H2H statistics last eight meetings regardless of arena: Edinburgh City two wins, Forfar Athletic three wins, three draws. three of these eight matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  S. McCluskey 6 goals | M. Aitken 6 goals |   J. Robertson 5 goals |
Edinburgh City missing players
Forfar Athletic missing players
| Edinburgh City | Forfar Athletic | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 8 | 16 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 6 | 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 20 | 11 | 2 | Scored | S | 3 | 11 | 28 |
| 22 | 12 | 4 | Conceded | C | 3 | 9 | 14 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 75% | 75% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 75% | 88% |
| 44% | 50% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 25% | 38% |
| 38% | 50% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 25% | 25% |
| 6% | 12% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 25% | 12% |
| 50% | 50% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 62% | 56% |
| 19% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 12% | 31% |
| 31% | 25% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 25% | 12% |
| 2.7 | 2.5 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4 | 4.8 |
| 6.1 | 4.8 | 1.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 4 | 3.2 |
| 1.8 | 2.4 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 2 | 1.3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7.8 | 7 | 6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.5 | 9 | 10.4 |
| 3.4 | 3 | 2.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 7 | 4 | 3.9 |
| 37% | 46% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 21% | 34% | 44% |
| 12.8 | 10.2 | 9.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.5 | 8.1 | 9.1 |
| 5.2 | 4.9 | 6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 3.9 | 3.8 |
- Edinburgh City have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
- Edinburgh City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Edinburgh City have the most dropped points from leading position (11) in League Two
- Edinburgh City haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Forfar Athletic have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (3) in League Two
- Forfar Athletic have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Forfar Athletic 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 | Kelty Hearts | 15 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 33 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 23 | 39 |
| 2 | Forfar Athletic | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 28 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 32 |
| 3 | Annan Athletic | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 24 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 26 |
| 4 | Stranraer | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 11 | -1 | 22 |
| 5 | Edinburgh City | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 10 | -2 | 22 |
| 6 | Stirling Albion | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 21 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 21 |
| 7 | Stenhousemuir | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 25 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | -4 | 19 |
| 8 | Albion Rovers | 16 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 20 | 29 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 19 | -9 | 17 |
| 9 | Elgin City | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 16 | -10 | 13 |
| 10 | Cowdenbeath | 16 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 27 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 17 | -17 | 9 |