Brechin City hope to sell all 4070 tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 41 points and a 8th position in the League One table. Visiting Airdrieonians holds 6th place with 44.
Brechin City have less rest than Airdrieonians in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a League One game only three days ago. Airdrieonians play their home games on artificial turf, while this game is played on grass. There's local pride at stake here, as these teams are located only 0 kilometers from each other, at least in air distance. Expect lots of passion from both players and supporters.
Brechin City form and stats
Overall stats at home this season for Brechin City are 5-8-5 (wins-draw-losses). Two draws in a row at home now for Brechin City.Brechin City are returning here after visiting Stranraer in a League One game and winning with a 2-0 scoreline. A strong away win before that one, visiting East Fife and winning 2-0.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Brechin City as they have a new game in only three days, a League One match thankfully also at home. Montrose are visiting.
The Brechin City fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium, the tally being 19 in 18 matches. On the other hand, Brechin City have conceded 20 goals.
Last season, Brechin City's league statistics were 0 wins, 4 draws and 32 losses, resulting in a 10th position in the league. Over these 36 matches they scored 20 goals and conceded 90. Playing at home last season Brechin City managed 0-4-14 (win-draw-lost) with 10 goals and 40 conceded.
Airdrieonians form and stats
6 wins, 5 draws and 7 losses. That’s the product of Airdrieonians playing as the away team this season. It's all red in the travel logs of Airdrieonians, having lost five matches in a row as the visiting team.The supporters enjoyed Airdrieonians's previous game versus Forfar Athletic (placed 3rd), a League One 1-0 win played at home. Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting Raith Rovers's place.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Airdrieonians manager I. Murray as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Dumbarton.
Airdrieonians are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 18 away goals from 18 games. As opposed to that, Airdrieonians have seen the ball go into their own net 19 times on the road.
Let's have a look at how Airdrieonians performed last season in the league. They landed a 7th position in the league table after playing out 10 victories, 11 draws and 15 defeats. In total they scored 46 and conceded 60 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 2 - drew 5 and lost 11 with 18/41 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
Brechin City and Airdrieonians have met before this season: Airdrieonians - Brechin City 0-1. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Brechin City won 5 games, 1 match ended with a draw and Airdrieonians has 4 wins.Top Goalscorers
  A. Jackson 9 goals |   D. Duffy 9 goals |  L. McIntosh 8 goals |
Brechin City missing players
Airdrieonians missing players
| Brechin City | Airdrieonians | |||
| Total | Home | Statistic | Away | Total |
| 29 | 14 | Played | 14 | 29 |
| 97% | 93% | Over 0.5 | 100% | 100% |
| 76% | 71% | Over 1.5 | 79% | 66% |
| 52% | 57% | Over 2.5 | 57% | 45% |
| 34% | 36% | Over 3.5 | 21% | 24% |
| 14% | 14% | Over 4.5 | 7% | 10% |
| 62% | 64% | Both teams to score | 57% | 48% |
| 24% | 29% | Clean Sheet | 14% | 21% |
| 17% | 14% | Failed To Score | 29% | 31% |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | D | P |
| 1 | Arbroath | 36 | 19 | 13 | 4 | 57 | 29 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 29 | 18 | 18 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 28 | 11 | 28 | 70 |
| 2 | Raith Rovers | 36 | 14 | 15 | 7 | 64 | 39 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 36 | 15 | 18 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 28 | 24 | 25 | 57 |
| 3 | Forfar Athletic | 36 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 44 | 42 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 27 | 17 | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 25 | 2 | 56 |
| 4 | East Fife | 36 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 45 | 45 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 22 | 24 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 23 | 21 | 0 | 50 |
| 5 | Montrose | 36 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 38 | 45 | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 23 | 24 | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 21 | -7 | 45 |
| 6 | Airdrieonians | 36 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 37 | 37 | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 19 | 0 | 44 |
| 7 | Dumbarton | 36 | 9 | 14 | 13 | 48 | 52 | 18 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 22 | 19 | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 26 | 33 | -4 | 41 |
| 8 | Brechin City | 36 | 9 | 14 | 13 | 37 | 45 | 18 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 19 | 20 | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 25 | -8 | 41 |
| 9 | Stranraer | 36 | 8 | 15 | 13 | 34 | 45 | 18 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 18 | 23 | 18 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 22 | -11 | 39 |
| 10 | Stenhousemuir | 36 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 29 | 54 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 24 | 18 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 30 | -25 | 34 |
