Albion Rovers vs Annan Athletic betting preview: Even match expected

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Competition: Scotland League Two
Competition: Wed 02.March
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: The Reigart Stadium (2496 seats)

A swift glance at the League Two standings suggest an advantage to Annan Athletic when they travel to Albion Rovers. Even so; let's await the match before we hand out the points!

Insights:
  • Albion Rovers have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Annan Athletic have the fewest dropped points from leading position (4) in League Two

This field has grass, which is not Annan Athletic's usual surface at their own stadium. When appearing on grass Annan Athletic have performed like this: Played 35 matches producing 14 wins, 5 draws and 16 defeats with the goal numbers 46-54 (scored/conceded).

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Albion Rovers and Annan Athletic.

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Albion Rovers form and stats

When playing at home in the League Two, Albion Rovers have managed 5 wins, 1 draw and suffered 5 defeats from 11 games. Albion are very eager to stop a potential losing streak at The Reigart Stadium, having lost their two previous games here.

Albion Rovers shared the glory with Stranraer in their last match, an away game that ended all square 0-0.

In the preceding match a 2-1 victory visiting Edinburgh City.

Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the League Two game versus Edinburgh City in only three days. This game is also played here at The Reigart Stadium.

Albion Rovers has scored 15 league goals at home this season, in 11 matches. Albion Rovers's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 15 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. When Albion hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Stirling Albion, Elgin City and Cowdenbeath), the matches have ended over 2.5 goals 2 of 2 times.

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Annan Athletic form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team, who have the most points (25) away in League Two, on their League Two travels is 8 wins, 1 draw and 4 defeats.

There might be some fixture complaints from Annan Athletic as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous game, 1-3 against Kelty Hearts.

A home win before that, celebrating 2-1 vs Edinburgh City.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Stranraer in just three days.

The travelling fans enjoy Annan's attacking play in away games, having scored 21 goals in 13 league matches away. Annan Athletic have conceded 14 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The participants have played each other before in this season, with the result Annan Athletic - Albion Rovers 1-1 logged in the official records. Stats for the previous ten meetings featuring these two squads are: three wins for Albion, two draws and five wins for Annan Athletic. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.

Top Goalscorers

Annan AthleticT. Wallace
T. Wallace
7 goals
Annan AthleticA. Smith
A. Smith
6 goals
Annan AthleticT. Goss
T. Goss
6 goals

Albion Rovers missing players

Annan Athletic missing players

Albion Rovers Annan Athletic
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
24 11 2 Played P 5 13 26
7 5 0 Won W 5 8 13
5 1 0 Drew D 0 1 5
12 5 2 Lost L 0 4 8
27 15 2 Scored S 13 21 43
38 15 6 Conceded C 4 14 32
92% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 96%
75% 73% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 85% 85%
54% 55% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 46% 54%
29% 27% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 60% 31% 38%
12% 18% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 8% 12%
50% 45% 50% BTTS BTTS 60% 46% 58%
25% 27% 0% Clean Sheets C S 40% 38% 27%
33% 27% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 15% 19%
 
4.1 4.2 3.5 Corners for (avg) C F 3 3.3 3.7
4.5 3.8 6 Corners against (avg) C A 4 5.4 5.3
1.5 1.7 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.4 2.4 2
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
9.4 10.1 8 Shots (avg) S ( 10.6 8.7 10
4.1 4 3.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.2 3.8 4.6
27% 34% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 42% 36%
 
9.5 9.2 10.5 Shots against (avg) S A 10.2 10.9 10.7
4.1 4.3 6 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.4 3.7 3.8
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Albion Rovers have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Albion Rovers haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Annan Athletic have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (12) in League Two
  • Annan Athletic have the fewest dropped points from leading position (4) in League Two
  • Annan Athletic have the most clean sheets (5) away in League Two
  • Annan Athletic have the most points (25) away in League Two
  • Annan Athletic have the most points from losing position (15) in League Two
  • Annan Athletic haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  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 25 18 4 3 54 23 14 11 3 0 30 9 11 7 1 3 24 14 31 58
2 Forfar Athletic 26 13 7 6 46 29 13 9 2 2 28 14 13 4 5 4 18 15 17 46
3 Annan Athletic 26 13 5 8 43 32 13 5 4 4 22 18 13 8 1 4 21 14 11 44
4 Edinburgh City 26 11 6 9 35 37 13 5 3 5 16 20 13 6 3 4 19 17 -2 39
5 Stenhousemuir 25 10 6 9 37 37 13 4 3 6 17 21 12 6 3 3 20 16 0 36
6 Stranraer 27 8 8 11 34 42 14 4 4 6 13 21 13 4 4 5 21 21 -8 32
7 Elgin City 27 7 7 13 27 41 14 5 5 4 17 15 13 2 2 9 10 26 -14 28
8 Stirling Albion 25 7 6 12 30 36 11 3 2 6 14 18 14 4 4 6 16 18 -6 27
9 Albion Rovers 24 7 5 12 27 38 11 5 1 5 15 15 13 2 4 7 12 23 -11 26
10 Cowdenbeath 25 5 4 16 17 35 12 3 2 7 11 16 13 2 2 9 6 19 -18 19

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The Scottish League Two is the fourth level of football in Scotland. It holds ten teams who play each other four times for a total of 36 fixtures in a season from August to May. The top team in the league table is promoted, the bottom team relegated. There are also playoffs to promote and relegate.