Forfar Athletic vs Albion Rovers pre-match guide

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Competition: Scotland League Two
Competition: Sat 03.December
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Station Park (4602 seats)

This fixture involves two contenders residing in the cellar of the League Two, Forfar Athletic at 10th spot and Albion Rovers sitting at 7th. A nice chance for one of the participants to better their position.

Insights:
  • Forfar Athletic have the fewest scored goals (15) in League Two
  • Albion Rovers have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (7) in League Two

Albion Rovers play their home matches on grass, while this match is played on artifical turf. Relevant results for Albion Rovers when featuring on artifical turf are 2 wins, 2 draws and 8 defeats from twelve matches. They have created {13 goals} and conceded 29 times in these fixtures.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Forfar Athletic form and stats

The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the League Two this season. Forfar Athletic have only managed 1 win, 3 draws and 4 losses from their games here at Station Park. With seven home League Two games in a row without a win, the Forfar fans could feel they are not getting value for their money.

The fans hope that Forfar Athletic will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-4 away defeat in the Scottish Cup fixture against Dunfermline Athletic.

Preceding that game was the away draw at Dumbarton that finished 2-2.

Forfar Athletic are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 9 goals in 8 games.

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Albion Rovers form and stats

2 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses. That’s the product of Albion Rovers playing as the away team in the League Two this season.

This game can not go any worse than the previous one, a Scottish Cup home loss versus Stirling University with 0-1 on the scoreboard.

Before that, Albion Rovers secured a home win against Stranraer with the score 1-0.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Albion playing away and similar expectations, we found 4 relevant matches. Results were 2 Albion Rovers wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat.

Albion Rovers find the net regularly in their away games. 8 goals from 7 away fixtures in the league. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 8 goals have been conceded by Albion Rovers in these games. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Forfar Athletic have managed a sequence of 8 consecutive matches without defeat (7-1-0) when playing Albion Rovers.

These opponents have played previously this season: Albion Rovers - Forfar 0-2.

Top Goalscorers

Albion RoversC. Reilly
C. Reilly
9 goals
Forfar AthleticM. Aitken
M. Aitken
4 goals
Forfar AthleticB. Armour
B. Armour
2 goals

Forfar Athletic missing players

Albion Rovers missing players

Forfar Athletic Albion Rovers
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
15 8 2 Played P 1 7 15
3 1 0 Won W 1 2 4
4 3 1 Drew D 0 2 5
8 4 1 Lost L 0 3 6
15 9 2 Scored S 2 8 17
24 16 5 Conceded C 0 8 19
93% 88% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
73% 88% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 71% 73%
47% 62% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 29% 40%
33% 50% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 14% 20%
13% 25% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 14% 7%
53% 75% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 57% 60%
27% 25% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 14% 13%
27% 12% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 29% 27%
 
5.4 5.5 5 Corners for (avg) C F 4 4 4.1
5 5.4 8 Corners against (avg) C A 1 4 4.8
2.5 2.4 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.9 1.8
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
10.3 12.5 6 Shots (avg) S ( 10 8.3 8.3
4.5 5.2 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 3.1 3.2
22% 21% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 40% 36% 35%
 
9.3 10.4 7 Shots against (avg) S A 4 6.4 8.4
4.4 5.2 3.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 3.6 4.5
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Albion Rovers have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (7) in League Two
  • Albion Rovers have the fewest matches over the total-line (6) in League Two
  • Albion Rovers have the fewest scored goals in the second half (5) in League Two
  • Albion Rovers have the most dropped points from leading position (14) in League Two
  • Albion Rovers haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Forfar Athletic have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Forfar Athletic have the fewest points from losing position (1) in League Two
  • Forfar Athletic have the fewest scored goals (15) in League Two
  • Forfar Athletic have the fewest scored goals in the first half (4) in League Two
  • Forfar Athletic have the most conceded goals (16) at home in League Two
  • Forfar Athletic have the the worst goal difference (-7) at home in League Two
  • Forfar Athletic have the the worst goal difference (-9) in League Two

  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 15 10 3 2 27 15 7 5 2 0 14 4 8 5 1 2 13 11 12 33
2 Stirling Albion 15 9 3 3 33 16 8 5 2 1 21 8 7 4 1 2 12 8 17 30
3 Elgin City 15 6 4 5 29 27 7 3 1 3 11 11 8 3 3 2 18 16 2 22
4 East Fife 15 6 3 6 25 24 7 2 0 5 7 12 8 4 3 1 18 12 1 21
5 Stenhousemuir 15 5 5 5 27 29 8 2 4 2 14 15 7 3 1 3 13 14 -2 20
6 Stranraer 16 5 5 6 22 28 9 5 3 1 17 13 7 0 2 5 5 15 -6 20
7 Albion Rovers 15 4 5 6 17 19 8 2 3 3 9 11 7 2 2 3 8 8 -2 17
8 Annan Athletic 16 4 5 7 21 29 7 2 2 3 9 11 9 2 3 4 12 18 -8 17
9 Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic 15 4 3 8 19 24 7 3 0 4 10 13 8 1 3 4 9 11 -5 15
10 Forfar Athletic 15 3 4 8 15 24 8 1 3 4 9 16 7 2 1 4 6 8 -9 13

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.