The visiting Arbroath side should be favourites in this visit to Stranraer, as the away team holds a 31 point advantage from their 29 league games this season.
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.
Stranraer form and stats
The story so far for Stranraer at their home stadium (Stair Park) is 4 wins, 3 draws and 6 defeats. Two draws in a row at home now for Stranraer.Stranraer are returning here after visiting Stenhousemuir in a League One game and winning with a 1-0 scoreline. Heartbreak before that as Stranraer lost 1-3 at East Fife's place.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Stranraer as they have a new game in only three days, a League One match thankfully also at home. Brechin City are visiting.
Stranraer are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home, having created 18 goals in 13 matches. Stranraer have conceded 21 from these games.
Arbroath form and stats
Arbroath have an excellent away record so far with 9-4-1 from 14 games.The supporters enjoyed Arbroath's previous game versus East Fife (placed 4th), a League One 2-1 win played at home. A loss against Stenhousemuir was the result prior to that, in a home game.
Arbroath are not goal shy away from home, finding the net 28 times in 14 away games so far. With an average of more than two away goals per game, Arbroath are regular goalscorers on their travels. It's not easy to score on Arbroath as they have only conceded 11 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Arbroath - Stranraer 1-1 earlier this season. Stranraer-Arbroath H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Stranraer 3 wins, Arbroath 5 wins, 2 draws.Top Goalscorers
  B. Linn 21 goals |  R. Wallace 10 goals |   I. Cameron 7 goals |
Stranraer missing players
Arbroath missing players
| Stranraer | Arbroath | |||
| Total | Home | Statistic | Away | Total |
| 28 | 13 | Played | 15 | 29 |
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | 100% | 100% |
| 86% | 92% | Over 1.5 | 87% | 83% |
| 50% | 54% | Over 2.5 | 53% | 48% |
| 21% | 23% | Over 3.5 | 47% | 38% |
| 11% | 15% | Over 4.5 | 13% | 17% |
| 61% | 62% | Both teams to score | 60% | 59% |
| 21% | 15% | Clean Sheet | 20% | 28% |
| 21% | 23% | Failed To Score | 20% | 14% |
| 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 | 29 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 57 | 29 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 29 | 18 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 28 | 11 | 28 | 63 |
| 2 | Forfar Athletic | 29 | 15 | 5 | 9 | 44 | 41 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 27 | 17 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 24 | 3 | 50 |
| 3 | Raith Rovers | 29 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 60 | 38 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 32 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 28 | 24 | 22 | 48 |
| 4 | East Fife | 29 | 13 | 5 | 11 | 45 | 43 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 22 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 23 | 21 | 2 | 44 |
| 5 | Montrose | 28 | 10 | 5 | 13 | 36 | 45 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 24 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 21 | -9 | 35 |
| 6 | Airdrieonians | 28 | 10 | 4 | 14 | 36 | 37 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 18 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 18 | 19 | -1 | 34 |
| 7 | Dumbarton | 28 | 9 | 7 | 12 | 47 | 48 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 19 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 25 | 29 | -1 | 34 |
| 8 | Stranraer | 28 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 34 | 43 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 21 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 22 | -9 | 32 |
| 9 | Brechin City | 27 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 33 | 45 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 20 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 25 | -12 | 28 |
| 10 | Stenhousemuir | 29 | 8 | 4 | 17 | 29 | 52 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 24 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 28 | -23 | 28 |
