The league table in League One tells a story about these teams so far, with Airdrieonians leading Stranraer by 25 points. Match preview to follow:
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
This stadium uses artificial turf, unlike Stranraer's home stadium. The visitors last 19 games on artificial turf have ended in 3 wins, 4 draws and 12 losses.
Airdrieonians form and stats
When playing at home in the League One, Airdrieonians have managed 5 wins, 3 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 11 games.
In their previous game, the manager I. Murray led his Airdrieonians to a defeat in the Scottish Cup match away at Hearts. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Excelsior Stadium. Preceding that game was the away draw at East Fife that finished 2-2.
Airdrieonians were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.
A decent goal production from Airdrieonians in their home games so far, with 17 goals from 11 league matches. Airdrieonians's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 12 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Stranraer form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Stranraer, who have the most conceded goals (45) in League One, so far with only 4 points returning home. The records show 0-4-7 (win-draw-lose). Travelling has not been lucrative for the away team as they have returned home without a win in eleven away games in a row.
It might be tough going out on the road again for Stranraer, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 0-2 versus Rangers. Before that, Stranraer travelled to Clyde and returned home with a draw after the League One game finished 3-3.
Stranraer are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 11 away goals from 11 games (in the league). The opposition has been scoring high and low on Stranraer's goalkeeper in away games this season, as they have let in 28 goals in 11 travels.
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: Stranraer - Airdrieonians 0-2. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Airdrieonians 7 wins, 1 draw and Stranraer 2 victories. As for goals, 7 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 3 games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  C. Gallagher 11 goals |  D. Carrick 11 goals |   J. Hilton 5 goals |
Airdrieonians missing players
Stranraer missing players
| Airdrieonians | Stranraer | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 11 | 4 | Played | P | 2 | 11 | 20 |
| 11 | 5 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 7 | 12 |
| 33 | 17 | 6 | Scored | S | 1 | 11 | 22 |
| 25 | 12 | 4 | Conceded | C | 6 | 28 | 45 |
| 95% | 91% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 95% |
| 71% | 73% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 91% | 90% |
| 57% | 55% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 73% | 70% |
| 43% | 45% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 45% | 40% |
| 10% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 18% | 20% |
| 57% | 55% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 73% | 60% |
| 29% | 27% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 10% |
| 19% | 27% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 27% | 35% |
| 6.2 | 6.1 | 7.2 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.8 |
| 5 | 5.3 | 5 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 7.5 | 5.7 | 5.5 |
| 1.2 | 1 | 0.8 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 2.2 | 1.8 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 233 | 119 | 42 | Total Shots | T S | 14 | 107 | 179 |
| 92 | 51 | 21 | Shots on Target | S O | 4 | 39 | 67 |
| 36% | 33% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 28% | 33% |
- Stranraer has the fewest clean sheets (2)
- Stranraer has the fewest matches under the total-line (6)
- Stranraer has the fewest points (4) away
- Stranraer has the fewest scored goals in the first half (9)
- Stranraer has the most conceded goals (28) away
- Stranraer has the most conceded goals (45)
- Stranraer has the most conceded goals in the second half (30)
- Stranraer has the the worst goal difference (-17) away
- Stranraer has the the worst goal difference (-23)
- Stranraer have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Stranraer have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Stranraer have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Stranraer have yet to win a game away.
- Stranraer haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Stranraer is in the worst form (0-2-4)
| 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 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 39 | 26 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 17 | 13 | 39 |
| 2 | Falkirk | 21 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 38 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 25 | 38 |
| 3 | Airdrieonians | 21 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 33 | 25 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 8 | 37 |
| 4 | East Fife | 21 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 33 | 27 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 18 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 6 | 33 |
| 5 | Montrose | 20 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 32 | 26 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 18 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 32 |
| 6 | Dumbarton | 20 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 28 | 35 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 21 | -7 | 28 |
| 7 | Clyde | 20 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 25 | 33 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 19 | -8 | 22 |
| 8 | Peterhead | 21 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 25 | 33 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 22 | -8 | 22 |
| 9 | Forfar Athletic | 21 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 21 | 33 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 19 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 14 | -12 | 19 |
| 10 | Stranraer | 20 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 22 | 45 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 28 | -23 | 12 |