Spartans 1–0 Forfar – Scotland League Two, 9 Dec 2023

Match facts

Spartans Forfar

5 Shots 7

2 Shots on target 1

2 Corners 3

15 Fouls 10

5 Yellow cards 3

0 Red cards 0

Our pre-match prediction

✓ Result correct ✓ Goals correct ✗ BTTS missed Calculated after the match, using only matches played before kick-off (67 league matches this season so far).

Result Spartans to win

Goals Under 2.5

Both teams score Yes fair 1.87

Expected goals 1.50 – 1.17

Home / Draw / Away

45% 26% 30%

SpartansDrawForfar

Under / Over 2.5 goals

50% 50%

Under 2.5Over 2.5

Both teams to score

46% 54%

NoYes

Total goals in the match

7% 0

19% 1

25% 2

22% 3

15% 4

13% 5+

Most likely scores

1–1 12.2% 1–0 10.4% 2–1 9.1%

Statistics 2023/2024, before this match

Spartans before this match, all matches

1.54points / match

1.69scored / match

1.46conceded / match

5 5 3

WonDrawnLost 13 played · 22:19

Forfar before this match, all matches

0.93points / match

0.93scored / match

1.21conceded / match

2 7 5

WonDrawnLost 14 played · 13:17

Spartans all matches all matches Forfar

Per match

1.69 Goals scored 0.93

1.46 Goals conceded 1.21

3.15 Total goals 2.14

8.46 Shots 9.64

3.77 Shots on target 4.14

8.31 Shots faced 8.71

5.23 Corners 4.93

4.62 Corners against 4.93

8.46 Fouls 13.00

1.31 Yellow cards 1.71

0.62 1st-half goals scored 0.50

0.38 1st-half goals conceded 0.57

How often Full Time

38% Wins 14%

38% Draws 50%

23% Losses 36%

100% Over 0.5 goals 79%

85% Over 1.5 goals 71%

62% Over 2.5 goals 36%

38% Over 3.5 goals 29%

15% Over 4.5 goals 0%

8% Over 5.5 goals 0%

77% Both teams scored 57%

15% Clean sheets 36%

8% Failed to score 29%

How often Half Time

38% Wins 29%

38% Draws 36%

23% Losses 36%

62% Over 0.5 goals 71%

23% Over 1.5 goals 29%

15% Over 2.5 goals 7%

Goals in the last 10 matches (scored up, conceded down; oldest left)

Spartans all matches

1

W

1

L

2

D

2

D

2

D

4

3

W

2

W

2

1

W

2

3

L

1

2

L

Forfar all matches

D

2

D

2

W

1

D

1

3

L

1

3

L

1

D

2

W

1

L

1

D

Spartans before this match, at home

1.29points / match

1.43scored / match

1.29conceded / match

2 3 2

WonDrawnLost 7 played · 10:9

Forfar before this match, away

1.29points / match

0.86scored / match

0.71conceded / match

2 3 2

WonDrawnLost 7 played · 6:5

Spartans at home away Forfar

Per match

1.43 Goals scored 0.86

1.29 Goals conceded 0.71

2.71 Total goals 1.57

7.86 Shots 8.57

3.29 Shots on target 3.71

8.57 Shots faced 8.00

5.57 Corners 4.57

3.71 Corners against 5.71

8.29 Fouls 12.43

1.29 Yellow cards 1.57

0.14 1st-half goals scored 0.57

0.43 1st-half goals conceded 0.29

How often Full Time

29% Wins 29%

43% Draws 43%

29% Losses 29%

100% Over 0.5 goals 71%

86% Over 1.5 goals 57%

57% Over 2.5 goals 14%

29% Over 3.5 goals 14%

0% Over 4.5 goals 0%

0% Over 5.5 goals 0%

71% Both teams scored 29%

14% Clean sheets 57%

14% Failed to score 43%

How often Half Time

14% Wins 43%

43% Draws 29%

43% Losses 29%

57% Over 0.5 goals 71%

0% Over 1.5 goals 14%

0% Over 2.5 goals 0%

Goals in the last 10 matches (scored up, conceded down; oldest left)

Spartans at home

1

D

2

1

W

1

L

2

D

2

D

2

W

1

2

L

Forfar away

D

2

L

1

2

L

D

1

3

L

D

2

W

1

D

2

W

1

L

Last 10 matches before this match

Spartans all matches

Date	Match	Score	1	X	2	O	U
18.11.23	Spartans – Peterhead	1–2 (0–1)	2.30	3.60	2.80	1.85	2.00
11.11.23	Stenhousemuir – Spartans	3–2 (0–1)	1.95	3.40	3.40	1.80	2.05
04.11.23	Clyde – Spartans	1–2 (0–2)	3.30	3.80	1.83	1.75	2.05
21.10.23	Spartans – Dumbarton	2–0 (0–0)	2.20	3.40	2.88	1.85	2.00
07.10.23	Stranraer – Spartans	3–4 (1–2)	2.60	3.50	2.30	1.98	1.88
30.09.23	Spartans – Bonnyrigg Rose	2–2 (0–1)	2.20	3.30	3.30	2.05	1.75
23.09.23	Spartans – East Fife	2–2 (1–0)	1.95	3.60	3.80	1.93	1.93
16.09.23	Forfar – Spartans	2–2 (1–2)	2.50	3.50	2.63	1.95	1.90
02.09.23	Spartans – Stenhousemuir	0–1 (0–0)	1.83	3.50	3.75	1.75	2.05
26.08.23	Peterhead – Spartans	0–1 (0–0)	2.15	3.40	2.80	1.80	2.00

Forfar all matches

Date	Match	Score	1	X	2	O	U
02.12.23	Forfar – Stranraer	1–1 (1–0)	2.05	3.40	3.50	1.90	1.95
21.11.23	Elgin – Forfar	1–0 (1–0)	3.10	3.25	2.30	2.20	1.70
18.11.23	Bonnyrigg Rose – Forfar	0–2 (0–1)	2.15	3.50	3.00	1.98	1.88
11.11.23	Forfar – Clyde	1–1 (0–0)	1.73	3.50	4.33	1.85	2.00
04.11.23	Forfar – Stenhousemuir	1–3 (1–1)	2.90	3.50	2.10	1.88	1.98
07.10.23	Forfar – Peterhead	1–3 (0–2)	2.45	3.20	2.88	2.05	1.75
30.09.23	East Fife – Forfar	1–1 (1–0)	2.30	3.20	3.20	2.05	1.80
23.09.23	Stranraer – Forfar	0–2 (0–2)	2.30	3.30	3.10	2.03	1.83
16.09.23	Forfar – Spartans	2–2 (1–2)	2.50	3.50	2.63	1.95	1.90
02.09.23	Clyde – Forfar	0–0 (0–0)	2.50	3.30	2.50	2.00	1.85

Spartans at home

Date	Match	Score	1	X	2	O	U
18.11.23	Spartans – Peterhead	1–2 (0–1)	2.30	3.60	2.80	1.85	2.00
21.10.23	Spartans – Dumbarton	2–0 (0–0)	2.20	3.40	2.88	1.85	2.00
30.09.23	Spartans – Bonnyrigg Rose	2–2 (0–1)	2.20	3.30	3.30	2.05	1.75
23.09.23	Spartans – East Fife	2–2 (1–0)	1.95	3.60	3.80	1.93	1.93
02.09.23	Spartans – Stenhousemuir	0–1 (0–0)	1.83	3.50	3.75	1.75	2.05
19.08.23	Spartans – Elgin	2–1 (0–0)	1.57	3.80	4.50	1.73	2.08
05.08.23	Spartans – Clyde	1–1 (0–1)	1.57	3.75	4.75	1.73	2.08

Forfar away

Date	Match	Score	1	X	2	O	U
21.11.23	Elgin – Forfar	1–0 (1–0)	3.10	3.25	2.30	2.20	1.70
18.11.23	Bonnyrigg Rose – Forfar	0–2 (0–1)	2.15	3.50	3.00	1.98	1.88
30.09.23	East Fife – Forfar	1–1 (1–0)	2.30	3.20	3.20	2.05	1.80
23.09.23	Stranraer – Forfar	0–2 (0–2)	2.30	3.30	3.10	2.03	1.83
02.09.23	Clyde – Forfar	0–0 (0–0)	2.50	3.30	2.50	2.00	1.85
19.08.23	Dumbarton – Forfar	3–1 (0–1)	2.45	3.40	2.45	2.05	1.75
05.08.23	Stenhousemuir – Forfar	0–0 (0–0)	2.15	3.30	2.90	1.80	2.00
29.04.23	Stirling – Forfar	2–1 (1–0)	1.65	3.80	4.20	1.70	2.10
15.04.23	Elgin – Forfar	2–0 (2–0)	2.63	3.20	2.63	1.95	1.90
08.04.23	Stranraer – Forfar	0–0 (0–0)	2.20	3.30	2.88	1.83	2.02

Score badge: green win, amber draw, red loss for the team named above. Half-time score in brackets. Bold odds = the outcome that happened. A league code next to the date means the match was played in another league.

Head-to-head since 2021/2022, before this match

1

Spartans winsDrawsForfar wins

1matches

4.00goals / match

100%over 2.5

100%both scored

Date	Match	Score	1	X	2	O	U
16.09.23SC3	Forfar – Spartans	2–2 (1–2)	2.50	3.50	2.63	1.95	1.90

Scotland League Two table 2023/2024, before this match

All matches – league table
#	Team	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Stenhousemuir	14	9	4	1	26	10	+16	31
2	Peterhead	13	9	1	3	25	11	+14	28
3	Dumbarton	13	8	2	3	23	11	+12	26
4	Spartans	13	5	5	3	22	19	+3	20
5	Bonnyrigg Rose	14	5	3	6	21	22	-1	18
6	Stranraer	14	4	3	7	16	29	-13	15
7	East Fife	13	3	4	6	17	18	-1	13
8	Forfar	14	2	7	5	13	17	-4	13
9	Elgin	13	3	3	7	11	22	-11	12
10	Clyde	13	1	4	8	10	25	-15	7

Home – league table
#	Team	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Dumbarton	7	5	1	1	13	4	+9	16
2	Stenhousemuir	7	4	2	1	15	8	+7	14
3	Peterhead	6	4	1	1	13	4	+9	13
4	Bonnyrigg Rose	7	3	2	2	14	10	+4	11
5	Elgin	6	3	2	1	7	3	+4	11
6	Stranraer	7	3	1	3	10	12	-2	10
7	Spartans	7	2	3	2	10	9	+1	9
8	East Fife	6	2	1	3	7	7	0	7
9	Forfar	7	0	4	3	7	12	-5	4
10	Clyde	7	1	1	5	4	15	-11	4

Away – league table
#	Team	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Stenhousemuir	7	5	2	0	11	2	+9	17
2	Peterhead	7	5	0	2	12	7	+5	15
3	Spartans	6	3	2	1	12	10	+2	11
4	Dumbarton	6	3	1	2	10	7	+3	10
5	Forfar	7	2	3	2	6	5	+1	9
6	Bonnyrigg Rose	7	2	1	4	7	12	-5	7
7	East Fife	7	1	3	3	10	11	-1	6
8	Stranraer	7	1	2	4	6	17	-11	5
9	Clyde	6	0	3	3	6	10	-4	3
10	Elgin	7	0	1	6	4	19	-15	1

Spartans Forfar

Under / Over goals 2023/2024, before this match

All matches – Under/Over goals
#
1	2	Peterhead	13	5	8	1.9	0.8	9	1	3	25	11	28
2	4	Spartans	13	5	8	1.7	1.5	5	5	3	22	19	20
3	6	Stranraer	14	6	8	1.1	2.1	4	3	7	16	29	15
4	5	Bonnyrigg Rose	14	7	7	1.5	1.6	5	3	6	21	22	18
5	10	Clyde	13	6	7	0.8	1.9	1	4	8	10	25	7
6	1	Stenhousemuir	14	8	6	1.9	0.7	9	4	1	26	10	31
7	3	Dumbarton	13	8	5	1.8	0.8	8	2	3	23	11	26
8	7	East Fife	13	8	5	1.3	1.4	3	4	6	17	18	13
9	8	Forfar	14	9	5	0.9	1.2	2	7	5	13	17	13
10	9	Elgin	13	8	5	0.8	1.7	3	3	7	11	22	12

Home – Under/Over goals
#
1	10	Clyde	7	2	5	0.6	2.1	1	1	5	4	15	4
2	1	Stenhousemuir	7	3	4	2.1	1.1	4	2	1	15	8	14
3	4	Spartans	7	3	4	1.4	1.3	2	3	2	10	9	9
4	6	Stranraer	7	3	4	1.4	1.7	3	1	3	10	12	10
5	8	Forfar	7	3	4	1.0	1.7	0	4	3	7	12	4
6	2	Peterhead	6	3	3	2.2	0.7	4	1	1	13	4	13
7	3	Dumbarton	7	4	3	1.9	0.6	5	1	1	13	4	16
8	5	Bonnyrigg Rose	7	4	3	2.0	1.4	3	2	2	14	10	11
9	7	East Fife	6	4	2	1.2	1.2	2	1	3	7	7	7
10	9	Elgin	6	6	0	1.2	0.5	3	2	1	7	3	11

Away – Under/Over goals
#
1	2	Peterhead	7	2	5	1.7	1.0	5	0	2	12	7	15
2	9	Elgin	7	2	5	0.6	2.7	0	1	6	4	19	1
3	4	Spartans	6	2	4	2.0	1.7	3	2	1	12	10	11
4	5	Bonnyrigg Rose	7	3	4	1.0	1.7	2	1	4	7	12	7
5	6	Stranraer	7	3	4	0.9	2.4	1	2	4	6	17	5
6	7	East Fife	7	4	3	1.4	1.6	1	3	3	10	11	6
7	1	Stenhousemuir	7	5	2	1.6	0.3	5	2	0	11	2	17
8	3	Dumbarton	6	4	2	1.7	1.2	3	1	2	10	7	10
9	10	Clyde	6	4	2	1.0	1.7	0	3	3	6	10	3
10	8	Forfar	7	6	1	0.9	0.7	2	3	2	6	5	9

U / O = matches with fewer / more goals than the line (both teams' goals). BTTS = both teams to score: Yes when both teams scored, No when at least one didn't. Pos = position in the league table. Click a column heading to sort; click again to reverse.