THE NUMBERS GAME: Clan vs Fife Flyers – Saturday

For Glasgow Clan, sponsored by Aspray Glasgow West, 2023 comes to an end in terms of home games as the Fife Flyers are the final visitors in this calendar year to Braehead Arena.

Both teams come into the game in similar shape in terms of form so something will have to give as these two Scottish rivals lock horns for the first in a pre-New Year double header.

So let’s look at it from a numerical perspective and see where the land lies here

26

Number of goals shared between the teams in the previous four meetings this season, with Clan and Flyers each having scored 13.

10

Fife’s heavy 10-1 loss to Dundee Stars on Wednesday is their joint worst defeat since joining the Elite Leeague in 2011.  They lost by the same score line to the Clan on 12th November 2011.

3

Number of wins on the road for Fife Flyers in 25 league games in this calendar year, winning only in Dundee, Coventry and Glasgow in 2023

6

Number of home league wins by Glasgow Clan in 2023, taking maximum points on half a dozen occasions from 25 regular season games

118

Number of minutes played by Fife Flyers netminder Andrew Little this season – the most he’s played in any one campaign since logging 89 minutes in 2018/19.

94

Number of league goals conceded by Fife Flyers so far in their 24-game-old campaign

28.57

Glasgow Clan still have the best powerplay record of any team across the Elite League, with 28.57%, taking 14 of their 49 chances so far.  By contrast, Fife have the worst PP with just 11.11%

2

Number of shutouts by Clan netminder, #1 Jake Kielly following his performance against Belfast Giants on Thursday

20

Clan’s slender 1-0 win in Belfast on Thursday was the 20th attempt to win at the SSE Arena having failed to do so in their previous 19 visits, a run stretching back to March 2018.