League Two: Forfar Athletic - Stranraer preview and all the data

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Competition: Scotland League Two
Competition: Sat 04.February
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Station Park (4602 seats)

Forfar Athletic have accomplished 3 home wins so far this season, Stranraer have won 1 away. Which team enhances their records in this one?

Insights:
  • Forfar Athletic is in the best form (5-0-1) in League Two
  • Stranraer have the most conceded goals (40) in League Two

Stranraer play their home fixtures on grass, while this game occurs on artifical turf. Recent results for Stranraer when featuring on artifical turf are 3 wins, 3 draws and 9 defeats from 15 matches. They have managed to score {20 goals} and conceded 31 times in these games.

Both participants have had enough days rest since their last competitive action. Let's agree to expect an in-your-face fixture!

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Forfar Athletic form and stats

When playing at home in the League Two, Forfar Athletic have managed 3 wins, 3 draws and suffered 5 defeats from 11 games.

Forfar Athletic are returning here after visiting Albion Rovers and winning with a 1-0 scoreline.

Ahead of that match, Forfar won a home game hosting Dumbarton (2-1).

The Forfar Athletic fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 12 in 11 matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Forfar defense is not exactly impregnable. 18 goals conceded from 11 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Stranraer form and stats

There's been little loot from Stranraer's travels as they have only collected 5 points from 11 away games in the League Two. Stranraer only have 1 win to counter their 8 defeats and 2 draws.

Stranraer play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-1 to Stirling Albion (placed 2nd).

Before that one, a nice away victory 3-1 at East Fife.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 19 similar matches played by Stranraer in our archives, and the results are: 6 wins for Stranraer, 4 draws and 9 defeats.

Betting related statistic: Both sides have scored at least once in 15 of this club's last 20 league fixtures.

It's early days yet, but Stranraer has scored 11 and conceded 22 goals from their travels in the league so far (11 games).

Head 2 Head

Oddly enough, the last time Stranraer kept a "clean sheet" was also against this opposition, eleven league games ago (Stranraer - Forfar Athletic 1-0). As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's seven Forfar Athletic victories, two draws and one Stranraer win. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Forfar AthleticB. Armour
B. Armour
6 goals
StranraerJ. Hilton
J. Hilton
6 goals
Forfar AthleticM. Aitken
M. Aitken
4 goals

Forfar Athletic missing players

Stranraer missing players

Forfar Athletic Stranraer
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
21 11 3 Played P 3 11 22
8 3 1 Won W 0 1 7
4 3 1 Drew D 1 2 5
9 5 1 Lost L 2 8 10
23 12 3 Scored S 4 11 31
27 18 4 Conceded C 7 22 40
95% 91% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
67% 73% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 82% 82%
43% 55% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 55% 64%
24% 36% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 45% 55%
10% 18% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 18% 23%
48% 64% 67% BTTS BTTS 100% 64% 68%
33% 27% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 9%
24% 18% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 36% 23%
 
5.5 6.1 7 Corners for (avg) C F 7.7 5.4 4.7
5.1 5.5 8 Corners against (avg) C A 4.7 5.7 5.2
2.5 2.3 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.3 2.2 2.3
3 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 5
 
9.8 11.7 10.7 Shots (avg) S ( 10.3 8.5 9
4.1 4.6 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.7 3.5 3.6
27% 24% 20% Goal Efficiency G E 36% 29% 39%
 
8.5 9.2 8.3 Shots against (avg) S A 7.7 10 9.4
3.9 4.3 4.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 4 3.7
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Forfar Athletic have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Forfar Athletic have the fewest matches over the total-line (8) in League Two
  • Forfar Athletic have the fewest points from losing position (1) in League Two
  • Forfar Athletic have the fewest scored goals in the first half (8) 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
  • Stranraer have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Stranraer have the fewest points (5) away in League Two
  • Stranraer have the most conceded goals (22) away in League Two
  • Stranraer have the most conceded goals (40) in League Two
  • Stranraer have the most conceded goals in the first half (24) in League Two
  • Stranraer have the the worst goal difference (-11) away in League Two
  • Stranraer 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 20 13 4 3 33 18 9 7 2 0 17 4 11 6 2 3 16 14 15 43
2 Stirling Albion 19 12 3 4 40 21 10 7 2 1 25 9 9 5 1 3 15 12 19 39
3 Annan Athletic 22 8 6 8 37 34 11 5 2 4 21 14 11 3 4 4 16 20 3 30
4 Elgin City 21 8 5 8 35 35 11 4 2 5 16 17 10 4 3 3 19 18 0 29
5 Forfar Athletic 21 8 4 9 24 27 11 3 3 5 12 18 10 5 1 4 12 9 -3 28
6 Stenhousemuir 21 7 6 8 35 38 11 4 4 3 19 18 10 3 2 5 16 20 -3 27
7 East Fife 22 7 5 10 30 37 11 2 2 7 10 19 11 5 3 3 20 18 -7 26
8 Stranraer 22 7 5 10 31 40 11 6 3 2 20 18 11 1 2 8 11 22 -9 26
9 Albion Rovers 21 6 5 10 26 28 10 2 3 5 9 14 11 4 2 5 17 14 -2 23
10 Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic 21 5 5 11 23 36 10 4 1 5 14 20 11 1 4 6 9 16 -13 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.