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

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Competition: Scotland League Cup
Competition: Sat 23.July
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Forthbank Stadium (3808 seats)

National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Stirling Albion or Peterhead that keep their silverware dream alive.

These are hectic days for the team playing at home, as they had a game only four days ago in the League Cup. Thankfully the previous game, versus Aberdeen, was also a home game here at Forthbank Stadium. The away team is better rested.

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Stirling Albion form and stats

Stirling Albion participated in League Cup the last season, where they reached the group stage.

Stirling Albion have played 18 League Two games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 6-2-10 (wins-draws-losses).

The Stirling Albion fans got no joy from their last fixture, a League Cup duel also played here at Forthbank Stadium: A 0-5 defeat against Aberdeen.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Stirling have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 13 matches with the results: Won 4, drawn 2 and lost 7.

Stirling Albion are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 22 goals in 18 games. 26 goals have been conceded.

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Peterhead form and stats

They also participated in League Cup last season. This ended in the group stage.

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Peterhead so far with only 14 points returning home. The records show 3-5-10 (win-draw-lose).

This fixture can not go any worse than the previous one, a League Cup home loss versus Dumbarton with 0-2 on the scoreboard.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 9 similar matches played by Peterhead in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for Peterhead, 2 draws and 5 defeats.

Peterhead have scored 22 goals on their travels this season, from 18 away games in the league. Peterhead struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 34 goals conceded from these games.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two Stirling Albion victories, one draw and seven Peterhead wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.

Stirling Albion missing players

Peterhead missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Stirling Albion Peterhead
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 12   Played P   10 25
6 3   Won W   1 5
7 1   Drew D   4 7
12 8   Lost L   5 13
24 11   Scored S   9 21
41 21   Conceded C   19 42
92% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   90% 96%
68% 67%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   80% 68%
48% 50%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   40% 36%
28% 25%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   20% 20%
20% 25%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   20% 12%
44% 25%   BTTS BTTS   50% 40%
20% 17%   Clean Sheets C S   20% 16%
44% 58%   Failed to Score F T   40% 48%
 
4.1 3.9   Corners for (avg) C F   4.2 4.9
4.5 4   Corners against (avg) C A   4.3 3.9
1.5 1.3   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.9 2.5
5 3   Red cards R C   1 4
 
6.9 7   Shots (avg) S (   7.7 10.5
2.7 2.6   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.5 4.4
36% 35%   Goal Efficiency G E   26% 19%
 
8.5 8.4   Shots against (avg) S A   10.5 9.1
4 3.9   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   5.2 4.5

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Aberdeen 3 3 0 0 9 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 2 0 0 7 0 9 9
2 Raith Rovers 3 1 2 0 7 1 2 1 1 0 7 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 6 5
3 Dumbarton 4 1 1 2 3 4 2 0 1 1 1 2 2 1 0 1 2 2 -1 5
4 Stirling Albion 3 1 1 1 3 7 1 0 0 1 0 5 2 1 1 0 3 2 -4 3
5 Peterhead 3 0 0 3 0 10 2 0 0 2 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 6 -10 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 Kelty Hearts 36 24 9 3 68 28 18 13 5 0 36 12 18 11 4 3 32 16 40 81
2 Forfar Athletic 36 16 12 8 57 36 18 10 5 3 34 17 18 6 7 5 23 19 21 60
3 Annan Athletic 36 18 5 13 64 51 18 7 4 7 33 29 18 11 1 6 31 22 13 59
4 Edinburgh City 36 14 10 12 43 49 18 7 5 6 23 25 18 7 5 6 20 24 -6 52
5 Stenhousemuir 36 13 10 13 47 46 18 5 4 9 22 27 18 8 6 4 25 19 1 49
6 Stranraer 36 13 8 15 50 54 18 6 4 8 18 26 18 7 4 7 32 28 -4 47
7 Stirling Albion 36 11 9 16 41 46 18 6 2 10 22 26 18 5 7 6 19 20 -5 42
8 Albion Rovers 36 10 9 17 37 58 18 5 5 8 17 26 18 5 4 9 20 32 -21 39
9 Elgin City 36 9 10 17 33 51 18 6 6 6 20 21 18 3 4 11 13 30 -18 37
10 Cowdenbeath 36 7 8 21 28 49 18 3 5 10 13 21 18 4 3 11 15 28 -21 29
  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 36 23 10 3 73 32 18 13 5 0 43 13 18 10 5 3 30 19 41 79
2 Airdrieonians 36 21 9 6 68 37 18 12 3 3 36 21 18 9 6 3 32 16 31 72
3 Montrose 36 15 14 7 53 36 18 6 9 3 25 20 18 9 5 4 28 16 17 59
4 Queen's Park 36 11 18 7 51 36 18 8 8 2 29 15 18 3 10 5 22 21 15 51
5 Alloa Athletic 36 12 9 15 49 57 18 6 4 8 26 30 18 6 5 7 23 27 -8 45
6 Falkirk 36 12 8 16 49 55 18 5 3 10 23 31 18 7 5 6 26 24 -6 44
7 Peterhead 36 11 9 16 46 51 18 8 4 6 24 17 18 3 5 10 22 34 -5 42
8 Clyde 36 9 12 15 39 62 18 6 5 7 23 36 18 3 7 8 16 26 -23 39
9 Dumbarton 36 9 7 20 48 71 18 3 6 9 21 31 18 6 1 11 27 40 -23 34
10 East Fife 36 5 8 23 31 70 18 4 5 9 17 26 18 1 3 14 14 44 -39 23

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 Aberdeen 3 3 0 0 9 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 2 0 0 7 0 9 9
2 Raith Rovers 3 1 2 0 7 1 2 1 1 0 7 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 6 5
3 Dumbarton 4 1 1 2 3 4 2 0 1 1 1 2 2 1 0 1 2 2 -1 5
4 Stirling Albion 3 1 1 1 3 7 1 0 0 1 0 5 2 1 1 0 3 2 -4 3
5 Peterhead 3 0 0 3 0 10 2 0 0 2 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 6 -10 0

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