Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Annan Athletic & Albion Rovers face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the League Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
Annan Athletic's stadium, Galabank, has a artifical turf surface. Albion Rovers have grass on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Albion Rovers when playing on artifical turf; 1 win, 2 draws and 11 losses from 14 matches. They have scored {13 goals} in these games and conceded 36.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Annan and Albion Rovers.
Annan Athletic form and stats
Annan Athletic was eliminated in the 2nd round last season in the League Cup.The supporters hope that Annan Athletic will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-4 away defeat in the League Cup fixture against Dunfermline Athletic.
Before that match, a defeat in the away fixture against Kilmarnock in the League Cup. The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Annan matches with similar probabilities have ended with 4 wins, 0 draws and 0 defeats (from 4 games).
Albion Rovers form and stats
Last season their League Cup adventure ended in the group stage.Albion Rovers have only collected 18 points from their away games in the League Two, after 5-3-10 (18 played).
Two away matches in a row for Albion Rovers, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-2 against Raith Rovers in the League Cup.
Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Spartans.As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Albion Rovers playing away, we found 9 games. Results were 2 away wins, 3 draws and 4 home wins.
The travelling fans enjoy Albion's attacking play in away games, having scored 27 goals in 18 league matches away. In the opposite end, Albion Rovers have conceded 29 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
Annan have avoided a loss in the last 4 games (3-1-0) facing Albion Rovers.Annan Athletic missing players
Albion Rovers missing players
| Annan Athletic | Albion Rovers | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 7 | Won | W | 4 | 8 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 2 | ||
| 9 | 3 | Lost | L | 8 | 15 | ||
| 44 | 32 | Scored | S | 21 | 32 | ||
| 31 | 12 | Conceded | C | 24 | 33 | ||
| 88% | 85% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 84% | 85% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 86% | 68% | ||
| 72% | 77% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 57% | 44% | ||
| 40% | 62% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 43% | 28% | ||
| 12% | 23% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 21% | 12% | ||
| 52% | 46% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 32% | ||
| 36% | 46% | Clean Sheets | C S | 21% | 24% | ||
| 24% | 23% | Failed to Score | F T | 29% | 44% | ||
| 4.9 | 5.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.7 | 4.6 | ||
| 5.1 | 4.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.6 | 5 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 1.3 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 12 | 14.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.3 | 9.4 | ||
| 5.1 | 6.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.1 | 3.8 | ||
| 34% | 37% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 37% | 34% | ||
| 9.2 | 8.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.1 | 7.9 | ||
| 3.2 | 2.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.4 | 3.7 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Raith Rovers | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 2 | Dunfermline Athletic | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
| 3 | Kilmarnock | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | Albion Rovers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 5 | Annan Athletic | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | -7 | 0 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Stirling Albion | 36 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 67 | 37 | 18 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 42 | 18 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 25 | 19 | 30 | 73 |
| 2 | Dumbarton | 36 | 18 | 8 | 10 | 49 | 39 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 16 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 23 | 10 | 62 |
| 3 | Annan Athletic | 36 | 14 | 9 | 13 | 61 | 51 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 36 | 21 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 25 | 30 | 10 | 51 |
| 4 | East Fife | 36 | 14 | 8 | 14 | 54 | 50 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 28 | 24 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 26 | 26 | 4 | 50 |
| 5 | Forfar Athletic | 36 | 13 | 9 | 14 | 37 | 43 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 23 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 20 | -6 | 48 |
| 6 | Stenhousemuir | 36 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 51 | 55 | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 26 | 24 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 25 | 31 | -4 | 47 |
| 7 | Stranraer | 36 | 12 | 9 | 15 | 43 | 57 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 28 | 23 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 34 | -14 | 45 |
| 8 | Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic | 36 | 11 | 9 | 16 | 36 | 47 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 22 | 29 | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 18 | -11 | 42 |
| 9 | Elgin City | 36 | 11 | 7 | 18 | 44 | 62 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 21 | 24 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 23 | 38 | -18 | 40 |
| 10 | Albion Rovers | 36 | 11 | 6 | 19 | 47 | 48 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 27 | 29 | -1 | 39 |
