League Two match preview and statistics: Albion Rovers fight Annan Athletic

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Competition: Scotland League Two
Competition: Sat 24.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: The Reigart Stadium (2496 seats)

Albion Rovers are welcoming Annan Athletic for another important game after their 0-2 result against Stranraer.

Insights:
  • Albion Rovers have the fewest clean sheets (2) in League Two

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

13-6-19 (wins/draws/losses). These are the numbers for Annan Athletic when playing away games on grass, which is not the surface they have on their own home stadium (which has artifical turf). Their goal statistics from those 38 matches are 43-60 (scored/conceded).

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Albion Rovers form and stats

The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the League Two this season. Albion Rovers, who have the fewest clean sheets (2) in League Two, have only managed 1 win, 2 draws and 6 losses from their games here at The Reigart Stadium.

Albion's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-2 versus Stranraer. A strong away win before that one, visiting Elgin City and winning 5-2.

Albion have scored 6 league goals here from 9 matches, not a lot. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 15 goals have been conceded.

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Annan Athletic form and stats

There's been little loot from Annan Athletic's travels as they have only collected 9 points from 9 away games in the League Two. Annan Athletic only have 2 wins to counter their 4 defeats and 3 draws.

Annan Athletic are travelling after their nice 5-1 home win in the League Two against Stenhousemuir. A home win before that, celebrating 3-0 vs Brechin City.

As you can tell from the results above, Annan was very dominant against Stenhousemuir, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 5-1 (!) with N. Flanagan, A. Smith and T. Wallace (2) providing the goals.

After this away game Annan Athletic return home for a League Two game against Stenhousemuir. That game is only three sleeps after this.

The visitors have scored 7 goals from 9 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Annan are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 8 times in 9 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Albion - Annan Athletic 1-1. Albion Rovers-Annan Athletic H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Albion two wins, Annan Athletic six wins, two draws. seven of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Albion RoversM. Aitken
M. Aitken
8 goals
AlbionK. Doherty
K. Doherty
4 goals
Annan AthleticM. Wright
M. Wright
4 goals

Albion Rovers missing players

Annan Athletic missing players

Albion Rovers Annan Athletic
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
18 9 2 Played P 2 9 18
5 1 0 Won W 1 2 4
3 2 1 Drew D 1 3 5
10 6 1 Lost L 0 4 9
22 6 0 Scored S 3 7 20
35 15 2 Conceded C 0 8 24
94% 89% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 50% 89% 89%
83% 78% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 56% 72%
50% 44% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 22% 50%
39% 22% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 17%
22% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 11%
50% 44% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 33% 44%
11% 11% 50% Clean Sheets C S 100% 22% 22%
44% 56% 100% Failed to Score F T 50% 56% 44%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.6 1.7 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.7 1.6
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 2 4
 
6.6 6.4 6 Shots (avg) S ( 8 7.7 8.4
2.8 2.4 1.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.5 2.3 2.9
43% 27% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 60% 33% 38%
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Albion Rovers have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
  • Albion Rovers have the fewest clean sheets (2) in League Two

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Queen's Park 18 15 3 0 37 8 9 7 2 0 19 4 9 8 1 0 18 4 29 48
2 Edinburgh City 18 11 2 5 37 22 9 4 1 4 16 13 9 7 1 1 21 9 15 35
3 Stirling Albion 18 9 5 4 27 15 9 4 2 3 6 5 9 5 3 1 21 10 12 32
4 Stranraer 18 9 4 5 30 18 9 5 1 3 17 8 9 4 3 2 13 10 12 31
5 Elgin City 18 9 2 7 29 22 9 5 1 3 17 12 9 4 1 4 12 10 7 29
6 Stenhousemuir 18 6 4 8 23 31 9 5 2 2 15 10 9 1 2 6 8 21 -8 22
7 Albion Rovers 18 5 3 10 22 35 9 1 2 6 6 15 9 4 1 4 16 20 -13 18
8 Annan Athletic 18 4 5 9 20 24 9 2 2 5 13 16 9 2 3 4 7 8 -4 17
9 Cowdenbeath 18 3 5 10 10 29 9 2 2 5 7 17 9 1 3 5 3 12 -19 14
10 Brechin City 18 1 3 14 10 41 9 0 3 6 6 23 9 1 0 8 4 18 -31 6

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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.