You would think so but Arbroath have recently had a couple of home games cancelled this season due to the weather with the latest against the Scottish Cup tie Falkirk on Saturday 9th January 2021 cancelled because of a frozen pitch.
It would be interesting to know which referee called off that game.
The weather forecast for Leuchars which is the closest Met Office weather station to Arbroath for this Friday evening is not good with the temperature at 6pm (18.00) forecasted to be 32F (0C).
https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather...ate=2021-01-22
If this game is to go ahead we will need to hope that Arbroath FC groundstaff yesterday when it was milder put down the covers over the entire pitch.