Spartans vs Forfar Athletic

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🕒 Sat, 23 Aug 2025 15:00 Europe/London 📍 The Vanloq Community Stadium 🧑‍⚖️ Alastair Grieve 🔁 Regular Season - 4 🏁 match finished

Season

2025-2026 Season

Stage

Regular Season - 4

Regular Season Table

Spartans 2 · Forfar Athletic 4

Referee Stats

Alastair Grieve

1 matches · 0.00 yellow cards avg

Yellow cards avg	0.00
Reds avg	0.00
Penalties avg	0.00
Over 4.5 cards	0%
Home wins	100%
Draws	0%
Away wins	0%

Team Overview

Spartans (Home stats)

Games / Record

W-D-L: 9-4-5

Goals For / Against

22 / 17

Avg: 1.22 / 0.94

Points

Avg: 1.72

Clean Sheets

Failed to Score

Forfar Athletic (Away stats)

Games / Record

W-D-L: 4-6-8

Goals For / Against

21 / 26

Avg: 1.17 / 1.44

Points

Avg: 1.00

Clean Sheets

Failed to Score

Match Context & Trends

Venue-only form, goal timing, first-goal trends and league context around this League Two fixture.

Quick comparison bars

1.72

PPG

1.00

1.22

1.17

0.94

1.44

39%

O2.5

50%

44%

BTTS

50%

28%

Score 1st

17%

League-position context

Spartans rank2nd

Forfar Athletic rank4th

Spartans points64

Forfar Athletic points50

Spartans: #2 · 64 pts · GD +21

Currently in the automatic promotion spots. 25 pts above the play-off edge. 23 pts clear of the relegation zone.

Forfar Athletic: #4 · 50 pts · GD +4

14 pts off the top 2. 11 pts above the play-off edge. 9 pts clear of the relegation zone.

14-point gap between the two sides coming into kick-off.

Spartans last 5 home

D L D W W

Points8/15

Weighted index38

Goals6-5

Record2-2-1

Weighted index gives more importance to the most recent venue-specific matches. 100 means maximum recent points return.

Recent venue-specific form is balanced.

Forfar Athletic last 5 away

D W D L L

Points5/15

Weighted index44

Goals4-6

Record1-2-2

Weighted index gives more importance to the most recent venue-specific matches. 100 means maximum recent points return.

Recent venue-specific form is balanced.

Spartans trend breakdown

Over 2.539%

BTTS44%

BTTS + O2.528%

1H Over 0.550%

Also: Over 0.5 94% · Over 1.5 67% · Over 3.5 17% · 1H BTTS 6%

Forfar Athletic trend breakdown

Over 2.550%

BTTS50%

BTTS + O2.533%

1H Over 0.556%

Also: Over 0.5 89% · Over 1.5 72% · Over 3.5 39% · 1H BTTS 6%

Scoring reliability

Spartans score at home83%

Spartans clean sheet at home44%

Forfar Athletic score away67%

Forfar Athletic clean sheet away28%

First-goal patterns

Spartans score first28%

Spartans win after scoring first60%

Forfar Athletic score first17%

Forfar Athletic win after scoring first67%

Comeback rate after conceding first: Spartans 50% · Forfar Athletic 0%

Avg first goal minute: Spartans 48.8' · Forfar Athletic 33.7'

Vs league average

Spartans score at home1.22 vs 1.53

Spartans concede at home0.94 vs 1.41

Forfar Athletic score away1.17 vs 1.41

Forfar Athletic concede away1.44 vs 1.53

Spartans score 20% below league average, while Forfar Athletic score 17% below league average.

Defensive side: Spartans are 33% below league average at home, and Forfar Athletic are 5% below league average away.

Head-to-head trends

Recent games5

Avg goals1.60

BTTS40%

Over 2.50%

At this venue setup: 1.20 goals on average across the last 5.

Spartans goal timing (home)

1H scored: 18% 2H scored: 82% Danger: 46-60 Vulnerable: 0-15

Goals scored by 15-minute interval

46-60 4

61-75 3

31-45 2

76-90+ 2

0-15 0

16-30 0

Goals conceded by 15-minute interval

0-15 1

46-60 1

61-75 1

76-90+ 1

16-30 0

31-45 0

Forfar Athletic goal timing (away)

1H scored: 67% 2H scored: 33% Danger: 31-45 Vulnerable: 0-15

Goals scored by 15-minute interval

31-45 2

0-15 1

16-30 1

61-75 1

76-90+ 1

46-60 0

Goals conceded by 15-minute interval

0-15 1

16-30 1

46-60 1

61-75 1

76-90+ 1

31-45 0

Match Statistics

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Blocked Shots

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Shots Inside Box

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Shots Outside Box

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Ball Possession

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Corner Kicks

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Fouls

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Offsides

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Yellow Cards

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Red Cards

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Goalkeeper Saves

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Total Passes

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Passes Accurate

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Head-to-Head Overview

All Meetings (Any Venue)

Total Games	12
Home Wins	7
Draws	4
Away Wins	1
Over 2.5 Goals	2 (16.7%)
BTTS	4 (33.3%)

Home vs Away as Scheduled

Total Games	6
Home Wins	5
Draws	1
Away Wins	0
Over 2.5 Goals	0 (0.0%)
BTTS	1 (16.7%)

Spartans vs Forfar Athletic Head-to-Head History by Season

2025-2026 Season

21 Mar 2026 Forfar Athletic vs Spartans 1 - 1 17 Mar 2026 Spartans vs Forfar Athletic 1 - 0 08 Nov 2025 Forfar Athletic vs Spartans 1 - 1 23 Aug 2025 Spartans vs Forfar Athletic 1 - 0

2024-2025 Season

15 Mar 2025 Forfar Athletic vs Spartans 0 - 2 25 Feb 2025 Spartans vs Forfar Athletic 1 - 1 09 Nov 2024 Forfar Athletic vs Spartans 0 - 3 14 Sep 2024 Spartans vs Forfar Athletic 1 - 0

2023-2024 Season

30 Mar 2024 Spartans vs Forfar Athletic 1 - 0 03 Feb 2024 Forfar Athletic vs Spartans 1 - 0 09 Dec 2023 Spartans vs Forfar Athletic 1 - 0 16 Sep 2023 Forfar Athletic vs Spartans 2 - 2