Can Forfar Athletic beat Stranraer in Station Park clash?

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Competition: Scotland League Two
Competition: Sat 28.August
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Station Park (4602 seats)

Forfar Athletic confront Stranraer, who have the most conceded goals (7) in League Two, for prestige and triumph.

Insights:
  • Forfar Athletic have the most scored goals in the first half (6) in League Two
  • Stranraer have the most conceded goals (7) in League Two

Both sides have had ample time to rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic fixture!

Forfar's stadium, Station Park, has a artifical turf surface. Stranraer have grass on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Stranraer when playing on artifical turf; 2 wins, 7 draws and 10 losses from 19 matches. They have scored 18 goals in these games and conceded 35.

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Forfar Athletic form and stats

Only two League Two home games for Forfar Athletic so far, yet both highs and lows with 1 win, 1 draw and 0 defeat.

Forfar drew their last game, 1-1 away at Elgin City (placed 5th).

The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 2-2 versus Kelty Hearts.

At Station Park, Forfar Athletic has the goal stats of 4-2 (for/against) from 2 league fixtures.

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Stranraer form and stats

The visitors settled for one point in their first League Two away game of the season. During their previous season 2 away games resulted in 1 win, 1 draw and 0 defeats.

Stranraer are looking to quickly end their 215 minutes long goal drought in the League Two.

Stranraer failed to get anything from their last game, a League Two home match vs Stirling Albion (placed 4th) that ended with defeat 0-3.

That result followed a home victory 3-0 versus Motherwell U21 in the Challenge Cup.

The schedule is very tough for Stranraer now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A League Two game at Cowdenbeath is waiting in only three days.

As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Stranraer has managed 1 goal and let in 1 from 1 match.

Head 2 Head

Forfar Athletic-Stranraer H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Forfar four wins, Stranraer four wins, two draws. six of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Forfar AthleticS. McCluskey
S. McCluskey
2 goals
Forfar AthleticM. Aitken
M. Aitken
2 goals
Forfar AthleticS. Shepherd
S. Shepherd
1 goals

Forfar Athletic missing players

Stranraer missing players

Forfar Athletic Stranraer
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
4 2 1 Played P 0 1 3
2 1 1 Won W 0 0 0
2 1 0 Drew D 0 1 1
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 2
7 4 2 Scored S 0 1 1
3 2 0 Conceded C 0 1 7
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 100%
25% 50% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 67%
25% 50% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
50% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 100% 33%
50% 50% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 67%
 
4.2 4 6 Corners for (avg) C F 0 9 5.7
4 4.5 5 Corners against (avg) C A 0 3 5.3
1.5 0.5 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2 1.7
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
10.2 11 15 Shots (avg) S ( 0 11 10
3.2 2.5 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 4 2.7
54% 80% 100% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 25% 12%
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Forfar Athletic have the most scored goals in the first half (6) in League Two
  • Stranraer have the most conceded goals (7) in League Two
  • Stranraer have the the worst goal difference (-6) in League Two
  • Stranraer is in the worst form (0-1-2)
Forfar Athletic Last season Stranraer
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
22 11   Played P   11 22
4 1   Won W   5 11
5 2   Drew D   4 5
13 8   Lost L   2 6
18 10   Scored S   16 36
37 21   Conceded C   12 25
91% 91%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
73% 82%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   73% 77%
50% 55%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   45% 50%
27% 36%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   27% 36%
9% 18%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   9% 14%
50% 64%   BTTS BTTS   55% 45%
18% 9%   Clean Sheets C S   36% 41%
41% 36%   Failed to Score F T   9% 14%
 
3.7 3.2   Corners for (avg) C F   4.5 5.3
5.6 5   Corners against (avg) C A   4.8 4.3
2 1.7   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.6 1.3
1 1   Red cards R C   3 5
 
6.7 6.4   Shots (avg) S (   8.7 9.4
2.6 2.8   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4 4.1
32% 32%   Goal Efficiency G E   36% 40%

  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 4 3 1 0 8 3 2 2 0 0 3 0 2 1 1 0 5 3 5 10
2 Annan Athletic 4 3 0 1 7 3 2 1 0 1 3 3 2 2 0 0 4 0 4 9
3 Forfar Athletic 4 2 2 0 7 3 2 1 1 0 4 2 2 1 1 0 3 1 4 8
4 Stirling Albion 4 2 0 2 6 6 1 0 0 1 1 3 3 2 0 1 5 3 0 6
5 Elgin City 4 1 2 1 6 5 3 1 2 0 5 2 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 5
6 Cowdenbeath 3 1 1 1 4 4 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 0 1 1 1 3 0 4
7 Albion Rovers 4 1 1 2 4 6 3 1 1 1 4 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 -2 4
8 Edinburgh City 4 1 0 3 1 5 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 3 0 5 -4 3
9 Stenhousemuir 4 0 2 2 3 5 2 0 1 1 1 2 2 0 1 1 2 3 -2 2
10 Stranraer 3 0 1 2 1 7 2 0 0 2 0 6 1 0 1 0 1 1 -6 1
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 East Fife 22 10 3 9 30 33 11 7 3 1 18 11 11 3 0 8 12 22 -3 33
2 Peterhead 22 9 2 11 24 27 11 5 1 5 10 12 11 4 1 6 14 15 -3 29
3 Clyde 22 8 2 12 27 38 11 5 1 5 15 17 11 3 1 7 12 21 -11 26
4 Dumbarton 22 7 4 11 14 24 11 5 1 5 8 11 11 2 3 6 6 13 -10 25
5 Forfar Athletic 22 4 5 13 18 37 11 1 2 8 10 21 11 3 3 5 8 16 -19 17
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Queen's Park 4 2 0 2 6 5 2 1 0 1 2 1 2 1 0 1 4 4 1 54
2 Elgin City 4 3 0 1 10 6 2 2 0 0 6 3 2 1 0 1 4 3 4 38
3 Stranraer 4 2 1 1 6 7 2 1 0 1 3 5 2 1 1 0 3 2 -1 38
4 Edinburgh City 4 1 0 3 3 5 2 1 0 1 2 1 2 0 0 2 1 4 -2 38
5 Stirling Albion 4 1 1 2 5 7 2 0 1 1 3 4 2 1 0 1 2 3 -2 36

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.