It's the League Cup: Stirling Albion and Arbroath face off

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Competition: Scotland League Cup
Competition: Tue 06.October
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Forthbank Stadium (3808 seats)

Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Stirling Albion & Arbroath face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the League Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!

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Stirling Albion form and stats

Last season, Stirling's League Cup journey ended in the group stage.

With 3 League Two wins, 3 draws and 7 defeats from their home games, Stirling Albion are certainly not brimming with confidence.

Stirling's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 1-7 versus Cove Rangers. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Elgin City (1-3).

As you see from the result above, Stirling suffered greatly in their last game. Thankfully the team has a new chance to prove themselves in this one.

There will be little rest for Stirling after this match as they are travelling to Elgin City for a League Cup game in only four days.

Stirling are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 13 goals in 13 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only -1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 21 goals have been conceded. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only -1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Arbroath form and stats

Arbroath was sent out of League Cup in the group stage last season.

Playing away, Arbroath have won 4 games, drawn 2 and suffered 7 defeats in the Championship this season.

Arbroath are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 1-1 draw at Greenock Morton. Before that, Arbroath travelled to Greenock Morton and returned home with a draw after the Championship game finished 1-1.

After this away game Arbroath return home for a League Cup game against Montrose. That game is only four sleeps after this.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Arbroath as they have only managed to score 10 times from 13 away games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only -1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 16 goals have been conceded by Arbroath in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only -1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Stirling two wins, five draws and Arbroath three victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.

Stirling Albion missing players

Arbroath missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Stirling Albion Arbroath
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 13   Played P   12 25
11 4   Won W   3 10
6 3   Drew D   3 6
8 6   Lost L   6 9
34 14   Scored S   8 26
30 20   Conceded C   15 23
88% 85%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 92%
72% 69%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   75% 72%
40% 38%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   8% 28%
24% 23%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   8% 4%
16% 15%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 0%
44% 38%   BTTS BTTS   33% 32%
44% 46%   Clean Sheets C S   17% 36%
24% 31%   Failed to Score F T   50% 40%
 
0 0   Corners for (avg) C F   0 0
0 0   Corners against (avg) C A   0 0
2 1.8   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.8 1.5
3 2   Red cards R C   0 0
 
280 172   Total Shots T S   83 196
107 67   Shots on Target S O   23 71
32% 21%   Goal Efficiency G E   30% 31%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Arbroath 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Elgin City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Montrose 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Ross County 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Stirling Albion 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 Cove Rangers 28 22 2 4 76 34 14 14 0 0 37 7 14 8 2 4 39 27 42 68
2 Edinburgh City 27 17 4 6 49 28 14 10 2 2 28 9 13 7 2 4 21 19 21 55
3 Elgin City 28 12 7 9 48 34 14 7 2 5 30 19 14 5 5 4 18 15 14 43
4 Cowdenbeath 27 12 5 10 37 35 14 10 2 2 23 15 13 2 3 8 14 20 2 41
5 Queen's Park 28 11 7 10 37 35 14 6 5 3 21 17 14 5 2 7 16 18 2 40
6 Stirling Albion 28 10 6 12 34 35 13 3 3 7 13 21 15 7 3 5 21 14 -1 36
7 Annan Athletic 27 9 4 14 33 54 14 6 4 4 24 22 13 3 0 10 9 32 -21 31
8 Stenhousemuir 28 7 8 13 32 48 15 3 4 8 16 29 13 4 4 5 16 19 -16 29
9 Albion Rovers 26 6 6 14 37 51 12 5 2 5 23 23 14 1 4 9 14 28 -14 24
10 Brechin City 27 4 5 18 31 60 13 2 3 8 12 25 14 2 2 10 19 35 -29 17
  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 28 18 5 5 52 22 14 10 3 1 35 10 14 8 2 4 17 12 30 59
2 Inverness CT 27 14 3 10 39 32 13 8 2 3 24 14 14 6 1 7 15 18 7 45
3 Dundee 27 11 8 8 32 31 13 7 2 4 17 14 14 4 6 4 15 17 1 41
4 Ayr United 27 12 4 11 38 35 14 6 3 5 18 14 13 6 1 6 20 21 3 40
5 Dunfermline Athletic 28 10 7 11 41 36 15 7 3 5 25 17 13 3 4 6 16 19 5 37
6 Arbroath 26 10 6 10 24 26 13 6 4 3 14 10 13 4 2 7 10 16 -2 36
7 Greenock Morton 28 10 6 12 45 52 14 6 5 3 27 22 14 4 1 9 18 30 -7 36
8 Alloa Athletic 28 7 10 11 33 43 14 4 4 6 12 19 14 3 6 5 21 24 -10 31
9 Queen of the South 28 7 7 14 28 40 14 4 2 8 17 20 14 3 5 6 11 20 -12 28
10 Partick Thistle 27 6 8 13 32 47 13 2 4 7 13 22 14 4 4 6 19 25 -15 26

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Arbroath 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Elgin City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Montrose 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Ross County 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Stirling Albion 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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