Forfar Athletic look to Station Park supporters for inspiration before Annan Athletic match

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Competition: Scotland League Two
Competition: Sat 16.October
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Station Park (4602 seats)

Both teams are doing all right, Annan Athletic enjoying a 1 point lead on Forfar Athletic in the standings. Bring it on!

Insights:
  • Forfar Athletic have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (1) in League Two
  • Annan Athletic have the most points (12) away in League Two

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Forfar Athletic form and stats

Forfar Athletic have played 4 League Two games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 2-2-0 (wins-draws-losses).

Forfar manager G. Irvine and his team return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Stenhousemuir (placed 9th) in the League Two.

Previous to that game, a home match hosting Albion Rovers in a game that was won 3-1.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Forfar Athletic handle that role? We have found three games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are two wins, one draw and zero defeats.

Goals decide football matches and Forfar are scoring many of them at home; 8 on target from 4 league matches. Forfar's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 4 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Annan Athletic form and stats

The visitors, who have the most points (12) away in League Two, are W4-D0-L1 on the road this term. That's in the League Two.

Annan lost away at Kelty Hearts (1-2) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick.

A loss against Edinburgh City was the result prior to that, in a home game.

We have checked recent matches where Annan have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those eight games were two victories, zero draws and six defeats.

With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Annan Athletic are regular goalscorers on their travels. It's not easy to score on Annan as they have only conceded 3 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

Annan Athletic - Forfar Athletic 0-2 was the outcome when this pair of squads last met, some time ago this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: six - two - two (Forfar wins - draws - Annan Athletic wins). As for goals, eight matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Forfar AthleticM. Aitken
M. Aitken
4 goals
Forfar AthleticS. McCluskey
S. McCluskey
3 goals
Annan AthleticT. Wallace
T. Wallace
3 goals

Forfar Athletic missing players

Annan Athletic missing players

Forfar Athletic Annan Athletic
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
9 4 1 Played P 1 5 9
3 2 0 Won W 1 4 5
5 2 1 Drew D 0 0 0
1 0 0 Lost L 0 1 4
13 8 2 Scored S 3 10 15
8 4 2 Conceded C 0 3 11
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
89% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 80% 89%
22% 50% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 60% 67%
22% 50% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 20% 33%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
67% 75% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 40% 56%
22% 25% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 60% 33%
11% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 11%
 
4.4 4.8 2 Corners for (avg) C F 8 4 5.1
4 3.8 4 Corners against (avg) C A 6 5.6 4.7
1.1 0.2 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 2 2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
10.7 12.5 7 Shots (avg) S ( 7 7.8 10.4
3.4 3 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 4.8 5.7
42% 67% 67% Goal Efficiency G E 60% 42% 29%
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • All of Forfar Athletic's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Annan Athletic have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
  • Annan Athletic have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Annan Athletic have the fewest conceded goals (3) away in League Two
  • Annan Athletic have the most points (12) away in League Two
  • Annan Athletic have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Annan Athletic haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Forfar Athletic have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Forfar Athletic have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Forfar Athletic have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Forfar Athletic have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (1) in League Two
  • Forfar Athletic have the fewest points from losing position (0) in League Two
  • Forfar Athletic have the most dropped points from leading position (10) in League Two
  • 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 9 7 2 0 19 6 5 4 1 0 7 2 4 3 1 0 12 4 13 23
2 Stirling Albion 9 6 1 2 17 9 4 3 0 1 8 4 5 3 1 1 9 5 8 19
3 Annan Athletic 9 5 0 4 15 11 4 1 0 3 5 8 5 4 0 1 10 3 4 15
4 Forfar Athletic 9 3 5 1 13 8 4 2 2 0 8 4 5 1 3 1 5 4 5 14
5 Edinburgh City 9 4 2 3 10 9 4 2 2 0 6 3 5 2 0 3 4 6 1 14
6 Stranraer 9 3 2 4 7 11 5 2 0 3 3 7 4 1 2 1 4 4 -4 11
7 Elgin City 9 2 3 4 9 13 5 1 2 2 5 6 4 1 1 2 4 7 -4 9
8 Albion Rovers 9 2 1 6 8 16 5 2 1 2 6 7 4 0 0 4 2 9 -8 7
9 Stenhousemuir 9 1 3 5 8 15 5 0 2 3 4 9 4 1 1 2 4 6 -7 6
10 Cowdenbeath 9 1 3 5 9 17 4 1 1 2 6 7 5 0 2 3 3 10 -8 6

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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.