8th- against 6th place might not feel all that inviting. But: Tipsway has the facts and figures that makes Albion Rovers - Stranraer (even) more absorbing!
- Albion Rovers have the most dropped points from leading position (14) in League Two
- Stranraer have the most conceded goals in the first half (17) in League Two
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.
Albion Rovers form and stats
The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the League Two this season. Albion Rovers have only managed 1 win, 3 draws and 3 losses from their games here at The Reigart Stadium. Albion have played two draws in a row on their own stadium.
It's back home for Albion Rovers, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating East Fife away with the result 3-2. Malcolm and Reilly (2) found the net in that victory. Sweet to taste a league victory after four fixtures without one. Some amazing scenes last match, when Reilly scored the winning goal three minutes into stoppage time.
Preceding that game was the home draw versus Stirling Albion that ended 1-1.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 8 matches with the results: Won 2, drawn 3 and lost 3.
Observe: 8 of the most recent 10 league matches from this football club have had at least one goal from each side.
The Albion fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 8 in 7 matches. Albion Rovers have conceded 11 from these games.
Stranraer form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Stranraer so far with only 2 points returning home. The records show 0-2-4 (win-draw-lose).
Stranraer are travelling after their nice 3-2 home win in the fixture against Stenhousemuir (placed 5th).
A 0-2 defeat away at Dumbarton before that.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 18 similar matches played by Stranraer in our archives, and the results are: 5 wins for Stranraer, 6 draws and 7 defeats.
Take note that 9 of this team's 12 most recent league fixtures have ended with three or more goals.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Stranraer as they have only managed to score 5 times from 6 away games in the league. The Stranraer manager Hamill has some worries about the defense as 14 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
The records show that this isn''t the first time these two sides meet this season, as the results database show this recent game: Stranraer - Albion Rovers 2-1. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: two - two - six (Albion Rovers wins - draws - Stranraer wins). As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  C. Reilly 9 goals |  J. Hilton 5 goals | P. Woods 4 goals |
Albion Rovers missing players
Stranraer missing players
| Albion Rovers | Stranraer | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 7 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 14 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 16 | 8 | 2 | Scored | S | 1 | 5 | 21 |
| 19 | 11 | 2 | Conceded | C | 3 | 14 | 26 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 79% | 86% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 86% |
| 43% | 57% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 64% |
| 21% | 29% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 57% |
| 7% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 17% | 29% |
| 64% | 71% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 67% | 71% |
| 7% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 29% | 29% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 33% | 14% |
| 3.9 | 3.9 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 6 | 5.3 |
| 4.7 | 5.4 | 8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 6.2 | 4.9 |
| 1.8 | 1.7 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.2 | 2.5 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 8.3 | 8.3 | 2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.5 | 10 | 9.6 |
| 3.3 | 3.4 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3 | 3.4 |
| 35% | 33% | 100% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 14% | 28% | 45% |
| 8.4 | 10.3 | 3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.5 | 11.8 | 9.4 |
| 4.5 | 5.4 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.7 | 3.6 |
- Albion Rovers have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Albion Rovers have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Albion Rovers have the fewest scored goals in the second half (4) in League Two
- Albion Rovers have the most dropped points from leading position (14) in League Two
- Albion Rovers haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- All of Stranraer's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Stranraer have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Stranraer have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Stranraer have the fewest points (2) away in League Two
- Stranraer have the most conceded goals in the first half (17) in League Two
- Stranraer have the the worst goal difference (-9) away in League Two
- Stranraer have yet to win a game away.
- Stranraer 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 | Dumbarton | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 32 |
| 2 | Stirling Albion | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 30 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 15 | 27 |
| 3 | East Fife | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 21 |
| 4 | Elgin City | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 26 | 26 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 19 |
| 5 | Stenhousemuir | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 26 | 28 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 14 | -2 | 19 |
| 6 | Stranraer | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 26 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 14 | -5 | 19 |
| 7 | Annan Athletic | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 25 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 17 | -6 | 16 |
| 8 | Albion Rovers | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 8 | -3 | 14 |
| 9 | Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 18 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 10 | -5 | 14 |
| 10 | Forfar Athletic | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 22 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 | -9 | 12 |
