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Competition: Scotland League Two
Competition: Sat 11.February
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Station Park (4602 seats)

Forfar Athletic are ready for a new challenge after their 2-1 vs Stranraer in the previous game. Stenhousemuir are coming to town!

Insights:
  • Forfar Athletic is in the best form (5-0-1) in League Two
  • Stenhousemuir have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Both squads have had ample time to rest since their previous game. Let's hope for an enthusiastic fixture!

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Forfar Athletic form and stats

When playing at home in the League Two, Forfar Athletic have managed 4 wins, 3 draws and suffered 5 defeats from 12 games. With a nice streak brewing from their home games, Forfar Athletic are also looking for their fifth consecutive victory regardless of location.

A nice win for Forfar last time playing, versus Stranraer. That was also a home game and the match ended 2-1.

Before that match, a win away at Albion Rovers.

Forfar Athletic are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 14 goals in 12 games. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 19 goals have been conceded.

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Stenhousemuir form and stats

3 wins, 2 draws and 5 losses. That’s the product of Stenhousemuir playing as the away team in the League Two this season.

Stenhousemuir played 1-1 against Dumbarton in their previous match.

Before that, Stenhousemuir secured a home win against Elgin City with the score 2-0.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 13 similar matches played by Stenhousemuir in our archives, and the results are: 4 wins for Stenhousemuir, 4 draws and 5 defeats.

Observe that 17 of this club's 21 most recent league matches have ended with at least three goals.

The travelling fans enjoy Stenhousemuir's attacking play in away games, having scored 16 goals in 10 league matches away.

Head 2 Head

The records show that this isn''t the first time these sides meet this campaign, as the history books show this recent match: Stenhousemuir - Forfar Athletic 0-2. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Forfar five wins, two draws and Stenhousemuir three victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

StenhousemuirM. Yates
M. Yates
8 goals
Forfar AthleticB. Armour
B. Armour
6 goals
StenhousemuirW. Sewell
W. Sewell
5 goals

Forfar Athletic missing players

Stenhousemuir missing players

Forfar Athletic Stenhousemuir
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
22 12 2 Played P 1 10 22
9 4 0 Won W 0 3 7
4 3 1 Drew D 0 2 7
9 5 1 Lost L 1 5 8
25 14 2 Scored S 1 16 36
28 19 3 Conceded C 2 20 39
95% 92% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
68% 75% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 95%
45% 58% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 90% 77%
23% 33% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 40% 45%
9% 17% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 20% 14%
50% 67% 50% BTTS BTTS 100% 90% 86%
32% 25% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 9%
23% 17% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 10% 5%
 
5.3 5.8 7.5 Corners for (avg) C F 5 4.9 5.5
5 5.3 4.5 Corners against (avg) C A 1 5.7 5.2
2.5 2.2 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.6 1.9
3 1 1 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
9.6 11.2 11.5 Shots (avg) S ( 9 8.1 9.8
4 4.5 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 3.2 3.8
28% 26% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 50% 43%
 
8.5 9.1 5 Shots against (avg) S A 11 11.1 10.7
3.8 4.2 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 7 4.9 4.2
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • All of Stenhousemuir's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • 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 in the first half (9) in League Two
  • Forfar Athletic have the most matches under the total-line (13) in League Two
  • Forfar Athletic is in the best form (5-0-1) in League Two
  • Stenhousemuir have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Stenhousemuir have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Stenhousemuir 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 21 13 5 3 34 19 9 7 2 0 17 4 12 6 3 3 17 15 15 44
2 Stirling Albion 20 12 4 4 41 22 10 7 2 1 25 9 10 5 2 3 16 13 19 40
3 Annan Athletic 23 9 6 8 39 35 11 5 2 4 21 14 12 4 4 4 18 21 4 33
4 Forfar Athletic 22 9 4 9 26 28 12 4 3 5 14 19 10 5 1 4 12 9 -2 31
5 Elgin City 22 8 6 8 36 36 12 4 3 5 17 18 10 4 3 3 19 18 0 30
6 Stenhousemuir 22 7 7 8 36 39 12 4 5 3 20 19 10 3 2 5 16 20 -3 28
7 East Fife 23 7 6 10 31 38 12 2 3 7 11 20 11 5 3 3 20 18 -7 27
8 Stranraer 23 7 5 11 32 42 11 6 3 2 20 18 12 1 2 9 12 24 -10 26
9 Albion Rovers 22 6 6 10 27 29 10 2 3 5 9 14 12 4 3 5 18 15 -2 24
10 Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic 22 5 5 12 24 38 11 4 1 6 15 22 11 1 4 6 9 16 -14 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.