Season ticket holders at Cliftonhill Stadium haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Albion Rovers languishing in the 8th position so far. The guesting Stirling Albion will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.
Albion Rovers and Stirling Albion 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.
Albion Rovers form and stats
When playing at home in the League Two, Albion Rovers have managed 4 wins, 1 draw and suffered 3 defeats from 8 games. Albion Rovers are on a three game winning streak in their home games.
The home team returns to Cliftonhill Stadium after sharing the points with Brechin City (placed 10th) on their last time out; the League Two game ended 0-0. Before that game, the 4-2 home victory against Annan Athletic.
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 eight matches with the results: Won 3 Drawn 2 Lost 3.
The Albion Rovers manager K. Harper has got the team scoring with 16 from 8 home games in the league. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 15 goals have been conceded.
Stirling Albion form and stats
There's been little loot from Stirling Albion's travels as they have only collected 9 points from 9 away games in the League Two. Stirling Albion only have 2 wins to counter their 4 defeats and 3 draws.
Stirling Albion play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-0 victory visiting Stenhousemuir (placed 9th). A 0-1 loss hosting Edinburgh City before that.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Stirling Albion playing away and similar expectations, we found nine relevant matches. Results were 2 Stirling Albion wins, 2 draws and 5 defeats.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Stirling Albion as they have only managed to score 7 times from 9 away games in the league. It's not easy to score on Stirling Albion as they have only conceded 8 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Stirling Albion - Albion Rovers 3-0. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: 4 - 0 - 6 (Albion Rovers wins - draws - Stirling Albion wins). As for goals, 6 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 4 had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  D. Byrne 8 goals | E. East 6 goals |   J. Peters 4 goals |
Albion Rovers missing players
Stirling Albion missing players
| Albion Rovers | Stirling Albion | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 18 |
| 5 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 8 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 26 | 16 | 5 | Scored | S | 4 | 7 | 17 |
| 33 | 15 | 5 | Conceded | C | 2 | 8 | 17 |
| 94% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 89% | 89% |
| 82% | 88% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 56% | 56% |
| 71% | 75% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 22% | 28% |
| 47% | 50% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 29% | 25% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 65% | 75% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 44% | 39% |
| 12% | 12% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 22% | 33% |
| 29% | 12% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 44% | 39% |
| 4.1 | 5 | 7.5 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 4.7 | 4.6 | 5.1 |
| 7.2 | 6.6 | 11 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 6 | 6.8 | 6 |
| 2.2 | 1.9 | 2 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 3.3 | 2.6 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 168 | 90 | 21 | Total Shots | T S | 30 | 72 | 165 |
| 66 | 37 | 11 | Shots on Target | S O | 12 | 26 | 64 |
| 39% | 43% | 45% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 27% | 27% |
- Albion Rovers have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Albion Rovers have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Stirling Albion have scored away.
- Albion Rovers have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Albion Rovers haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Stirling Albion has the fewest conceded goals (8) away
- Stirling Albion has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (4)
- Stirling Albion has the fewest matches over the total-line (4)
- Stirling Albion has the fewest scored goals (17)
- Stirling Albion has the fewest scored goals (7) away
- Stirling Albion has the fewest scored goals in the first half (8)
- Stirling Albion has the most matches under the total-line (13)
| 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 | 18 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 47 | 23 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 20 | 24 | 43 |
| 2 | Edinburgh City | 18 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 37 | 21 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 41 |
| 3 | Cowdenbeath | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 22 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 29 |
| 4 | Annan Athletic | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 28 | 33 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 22 | -5 | 27 |
| 5 | Elgin City | 18 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 27 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 22 |
| 6 | Stirling Albion | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 20 |
| 7 | Queen's Park | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 23 | 28 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 14 | -5 | 19 |
| 8 | Albion Rovers | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 26 | 33 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 18 | -7 | 19 |
| 9 | Stenhousemuir | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 19 | 35 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 15 | -16 | 16 |
| 10 | Brechin City | 18 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 22 | 39 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 12 | 23 | -17 | 14 |