Season ticket holders at Cliftonhill Stadium haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Albion Rovers languishing in the 9th position so far. The guesting Stenhousemuir will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.
Albion Rovers and Stenhousemuir should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
This stadium uses grass, unlike Stenhousemuir's home stadium. The visitors last 33 games on grass have ended in 10 wins, 11 draws and 12 losses.
Albion Rovers form and stats
When playing at home in the League Two, Albion Rovers, who have the most conceded goals (25) in League Two, have managed 1 win, 1 draw and suffered 3 defeats from 5 games. It's trouble wherever Albion Rovers are playing these days as they have suffered five straight defeats now, regardless of arena. They really need to get back to winning ways. Albion Rovers are very eager to stop a potential losing streak at Cliftonhill Stadium, having lost their two previous games here.
In their previous game, the manager K. Harper led his Albion Rovers to a defeat in the League Two match away at Stirling Albion. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Cliftonhill Stadium. Heartbreak before that as Albion Rovers lost 0-3 at Cove Rangers's place.
The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Albion Rovers have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found nine matches with the results: Won 3 Drawn 2 Lost 4.
The Albion Rovers fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 8 goals in 5 league matches. Albion Rovers are struggling defensively, conceding on average more than two goals per home game (12 from 5 played).
Stenhousemuir form and stats
1 win, 3 draws and 1 loss. That’s the product of Stenhousemuir playing as the away team in the League Two this season.
Stenhousemuir failed to get anything from their last game, a League Two home match vs Queen's Park (placed 5th) that ended with defeat 0-3. Prior to that match, the Stenhousemuir manager D. Irons faced defeat when travelling to Edinburgh City and losing 0-4.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Stenhousemuir playing away and similar expectations, we found eight relevant matches. Results were 4 Stenhousemuir wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat.
The visitors have scored 4 goals from 5 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. As opposed to that, Stenhousemuir have seen the ball go into their own net 7 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
The last H2H meeting was Stenhousemuir - Albion Rovers 2-3, played this season. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: 5 wins for Albion Rovers, 3 draws and 2 wins for Stenhousemuir. Over 2,5 goals: 5 times; under 2,5 goals: 5 games.Top Goalscorers
E. East
4 goals
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D. Byrne
4 goals
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D. Hopkirk
4 goals
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Albion Rovers missing players
Stenhousemuir missing players
| Albion Rovers | Stenhousemuir | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs
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Statistics | Stat | vs
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Away | Total |
| 11 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 5 | 11 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 14 | 8 | 1 | Scored | S | 2 | 4 | 11 |
| 25 | 12 | 3 | Conceded | C | 2 | 7 | 21 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 82% | 80% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 80% | 82% |
| 73% | 80% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 20% | 55% |
| 45% | 60% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 20% | 36% |
| 27% | 20% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 18% |
| 64% | 80% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 60% | 55% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 18% |
| 36% | 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 20% | 27% |
| 4.3 | 5.4 | 10 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 6 | 5.6 | 4.2 |
| 6.5 | 5.4 | 9 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 6 | 5.6 | 5.5 |
| 2 | 1.6 | 1 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 2.2 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
- Albion Rovers have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Albion Rovers have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Albion Rovers have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Albion Rovers haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Stenhousemuir have won significantly more corners away than at home.
- Stenhousemuir haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Cove Rangers | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 34 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 11 | 21 | 28 |
| 2 | Edinburgh City | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 25 |
| 3 | Cowdenbeath | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 22 |
| 4 | Elgin City | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 15 |
| 5 | Queen's Park | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 8 | -3 | 12 |
| 6 | Stenhousemuir | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | -10 | 12 |
| 7 | Annan Athletic | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 15 | -10 | 12 |
| 8 | Stirling Albion | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | -1 | 10 |
| 9 | Albion Rovers | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 25 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 13 | -11 | 8 |
| 10 | Brechin City | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | -8 | 7 |