Alloa Athletic vs Partick Thistle: Match guide and preview

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Competition: Scotland Championship
Date: Sat 04.January
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Indodrill Stadium (3100 seats)

Alloa Athletic are welcoming Partick Thistle for another important game after their 3-1 result against 5th-placed Dunfermline Athletic.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

This pitch has artificial turf, which is not Partick Thistle's usual surface at their own ground. When playing on artificial turf Partick Thistle have performed like this: Played twelve matches resulting in 6 wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats with the goal stats 19-9 (scored/conceded).

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Alloa Athletic form and stats

Alloa Athletic's results here at Indodrill Stadium in the Championship have been very modest with 2 victories, 2 draws and 5 defeats. Two defeats in a row at home hurts for Alloa Athletic, their manager P. Grant and the supporters. There are certain expectations for improvement.

A good away victory last time out for Alloa Athletic, who won 3-1 against Dunfermline Athletic (placed 5th). Preceding that match was the home game against Greenock Morton that was lost 0-2.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Alloa Athletic here at Indodrill Stadium in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (7 from 9 games). Alloa Athletic have conceded 16 from these games.

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Partick Thistle form and stats

4 wins, 2 draws and 4 losses. That’s the product of Partick Thistle playing as the away team in the Championship this season. It could be a hat trick of victories away for Partick Thistle, as they have won on their previous two travels.

Two travels in a row for Partick Thistle, whose manager S. Allison could celebrate last time after the Championship win against Greenock Morton. A loss against Dundee was the result prior to that, in a home game.

Partick Thistle has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 16 goals from 10 games. Partick Thistle have conceded 19 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: Partick Thistle - Alloa Athletic 1-1. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: 3 wins for Alloa Athletic, 3 draws and 4 wins for Partick Thistle. Over 2,5 goals: 6 times; under 2,5 goals: 4 games.

Top Goalscorers

Alloa AthleticA. Trouten
A. Trouten
8 goals
Alloa AthleticK. O'Hara
K. O'Hara
5 goals
Partick ThistleK. Miller
K. Miller
4 goals

Alloa Athletic missing players

Partick Thistle missing players

Alloa Athletic Partick Thistle
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
19 9 2 Played P 3 10 19
4 2 0 Won W 1 4 6
5 2 0 Drew D 1 2 3
10 5 2 Lost L 1 4 10
20 7 0 Scored S 5 16 26
33 16 3 Conceded C 5 19 35
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
84% 78% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 90% 84%
58% 44% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 70% 68%
26% 22% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 50% 42%
11% 11% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 30% 21%
68% 44% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 90% 79%
11% 11% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
21% 44% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 10% 21%
 
3.3 4 3 Corners For (avg) C F 5.7 5.6 5.6
8.4 7.6 7 Corners Against (avg) C A 6.3 6 5.3
1.7 1.3 2 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 2.3 1.7 1.2
4 3 1 Red Cards R C 0 1 4
 
121 55 8 Total Shots T S 36 94 191
51 18 0 Shots on Target S O 16 46 81
39% 39% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 31% 35% 32%
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Alloa Athletic has the fewest scored goals (7) at home
  • Alloa Athletic has the most conceded goals in the first half (22)
  • Alloa Athletic has the most dropped points from leading position (11)
  • Alloa Athletic has the the worst goal difference (-9) at home
  • Alloa Athletic have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
  • Alloa Athletic have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
  • Alloa Athletic have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Alloa Athletic haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Partick Thistle has the fewest clean sheets (0)
  • Partick Thistle has the fewest clean sheets (0) away
  • Partick Thistle has the most matches over the total-line (13)
  • Partick Thistle have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Partick Thistle have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Partick Thistle have scored at least twice as many goals away as Alloa Athletic have scored home.
  • Partick Thistle haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Dundee United 19 15 1 3 43 15 10 9 1 0 31 6 9 6 0 3 12 9 28 46
2 Inverness CT 19 10 2 7 27 22 10 6 1 3 17 10 9 4 1 4 10 12 5 32
3 Dundee 19 8 5 6 26 26 9 5 1 3 13 12 10 3 4 3 13 14 0 29
4 Ayr United 19 9 1 9 32 30 10 5 1 4 16 12 9 4 0 5 16 18 2 28
5 Dunfermline Athletic 19 7 4 8 29 26 10 5 2 3 19 13 9 2 2 5 10 13 3 25
6 Queen of the South 18 7 4 7 20 20 9 4 2 3 13 8 9 3 2 4 7 12 0 25
7 Arbroath 19 7 4 8 17 20 9 4 3 2 9 7 10 3 1 6 8 13 -3 25
8 Partick Thistle 19 6 3 10 26 35 9 2 1 6 10 16 10 4 2 4 16 19 -9 21
9 Greenock Morton 18 6 1 11 23 36 9 5 1 3 16 12 9 1 0 8 7 24 -13 19
10 Alloa Athletic 19 4 5 10 20 33 9 2 2 5 7 16 10 2 3 5 13 17 -13 17

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The Scottish Championship is the second level of the Scottish Professional Football League. Ten teams play each other four times for a total of 36 fixtures in a season from August to May. The winner in the league table promotes to the Premiership and a playoff can promote one more team.