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Full-Time Result Prediction
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Forfar Athletic to Win
Forfar Athletic face off with visitors East Fife at Station Park in the League Two match on Saturday.
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Both Teams to Score Prediction
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๐ Form Guide
Forfar Athletic
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Forfar Athletic will be wanting a better result here after the 2-1 League Two defeat in their last game at the hands of Peterhead.
The only scorer from Forfar Athletic was Daniel Scally (71'). Hamish Ritchie (49') and Jack Brown (80') scored for Peterhead.
Itโs been a rare occasion in recent times where Forfar Athletic have managed to hold out for a full 90 minutes. The reality is that Forfar Athletic have been scored against in 6 of their previous 6 games, letting in 8 goals on the way.
Their past results show that Forfar Athletic:
- haven't been beaten in the league by East Fife in their last 4 games.
- have left without a victory over East Fife in their last 3 league matches.
- have not won at home in their last 2 league matches.
East Fife
WDWWDL
After being beaten in their last game against Bonnyrigg Rose in League Two action, East Fife and their fans will hope to get a better result this time.
The only scorer from East Fife was Alan Trouten (8'). Neil Martyniuk (14'), Ross Gray (26'), Bradley Barrett (39') and Kerr Young (76') scored for Bonnyrigg Rose.
Dick Campbell's East Fife have turned their attacks into goals 9 times in the course of their latest six matches. The aggregate of goals that have been scored against them during those matches equals 8.
Looking at their past form shows that East Fife:
- have not won against Forfar Athletic when they've played them away from home in the last 2 league matches.
- are undefeated in their last 4 away league matches.
- are without an away win for the past 2 league matches.
๐ฅ Head to head
Inspecting their prior head to head meetings stretching back to 08/10/2022 shows us that Forfar Athletic have won 1 of these and East Fife 2, with the number of draws standing at 3.
A total of 14 goals were shared by the two clubs in these games, with 6 from The Loons and 8 belonging to The Fife. The average goals per game has been 2.33.
The last league fixture between the two was League Two match day 26 on 24/02/2024 and the score finished East Fife 1-1 Forfar Athletic.
The match was refereed by Lloyd Wilson.
๐ Team News: Forfar Athletic
The Forfar Athletic boss Ray McKinnon will be grateful to have no fitness worries to speak of before this match thanks to a completely injury-free squad ready to go.
๐ฐ Team News: East Fife
Owing to a fully injury-free group available to select from, the East Fife manager Dick Campbell has no fitness worries to report ahead of this game.
๐ง Prediction
We feel that in this game, East Fife have the capability to break down this Forfar Athletic lineup, however that is unlikely to be enough to prevent defeat.
Weโre tipping a close game with a 2-1 winning score for Forfar Athletic by the time that the referee blows the final whistle. Letโs just see how this one goes.
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Andre Moura, 13:07 20/04/2024
Correct Score Prediction
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2-1
๐๏ธ Team Focus:
Forfar Athletic
Formed: 1885
Stadium: Station Park (6,777)
Captain: Stuart Morrison
Chairman: Scott Murdie
Manager: Ray McKinnon
Competitions: League Two position 7
๐ Star Player: Seb Ross
Mostly taking to the field in the Centre Midfield position, Seb Ross was born in Inverurie, Scotland. Having made a first senior appearance for Falkirk in the 2022 - 2023 season, the talented Midfielder has bagged 5 league goals in the League Two 2023 - 2024 season to date from a total of 27 appearances.
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | +/- | Pts | Form |
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33 | 18 | 12 | 3 | 21 | 66 | DDDDD |
| 2 |
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33 | 15 | 10 | 8 | 18 | 55 | DDWDW |
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33 | 16 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 55 | WWDWW |
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33 | 13 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 51 | LDWDD |
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33 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 44 | DWWDL |
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33 | 10 | 8 | 15 | -21 | 38 | WDLDD |
| 7 |
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33 | 7 | 15 | 11 | -6 | 36 | DDLLL |
| 8 |
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33 | 8 | 11 | 14 | -4 | 35 | LLDDW |
| 9 |
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33 | 8 | 8 | 17 | -15 | 32 | LLDLD |
| 10 |
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33 | 7 | 10 | 16 | -16 | 31 | WDLWL |
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Dumbarton |
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Forfar Athletic |
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Forfar Athletic |
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Stenhousemuir |
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East Fife |
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Bonnyrigg Rose |
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East Fife |
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Elgin City |
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Stranraer |
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East Fife |
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Dumbarton |
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Stenhousemuir |
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Clyde |
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Peterhead |
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Spartans |
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Bonnyrigg Rose |
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East Fife |
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East Fife |
| Elgin City |
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East Fife |
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East Fife |
| Goals scored | 1.1 |
| Goals conceded | 1.5 |
| Time first goal scored | 43 |
| Time first goal conceded | 37 |
| Yellow cards | 1.6 |
| Red cards | 0.1 |
| Subs used | 3.7 |
| Biggest victory | 2-1 |
| Biggest defeat | 4-2 |
| Goals scored | 1.3 |
| Goals conceded | 1.1 |
| Time first goal scored | 46 |
| Time first goal conceded | 35 |
| Yellow cards | 1.9 |
| Red cards | 0 |
| Subs used | 3.3 |
| Biggest victory | 4-0 |
| Biggest defeat | 4-2 |
| Stuart Morrison | 8 |
| Russell McLean | 7 |
| Seb Ross | 5 |
| Matty Allan | 3 |
| Josh Skelly | 3 |
| Nathan Austin | 13 |
| Alan Trouten | 11 |
| Brogan Walls | 4 |
| Scott Shepherd | 3 |
| Brian Easton | 2 |
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Stranraer |
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Forfar Athletic |
| Clyde |
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East Fife |
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Spartans |
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