The home followers look for a victory in this match, as the home advantage could mean an extra goal versus a struggling visitor. Annan Athletic are in 4th position while the guesting Albion Rovers panic at 7th.
- Annan Athletic have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in League Two
- Albion Rovers have the fewest matches under the total-line (4) 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.
Annan's stadium, Galabank, has a artifical turf surface. Albion Rovers have grass on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Albion Rovers when playing on artifical turf; 3 wins, 1 draw and 9 losses from 13 matches. They have scored 16 goals in these games and conceded 32.
Annan Athletic form and stats
The story so far in the League Two for Annan Athletic at their home stadium (Galabank) is 2 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats.
Annan faced defeat in their previous match, away at Stenhousemuir (0-2).
Before that, Annan drew at home versus Stranraer.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Annan Athletic handle that role? We have found ten games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are three wins, five draws and two defeats.
Annan has scored 8 league goals at home this season, in 6 matches. Annan have conceded 10 from these games.
Albion Rovers form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Albion Rovers so far with only 3 points returning home. The records show 1-0-5 (win-draw-lose).
K. Doherty scored in Albion's previous match, the home game against Stirling Albion that ended 1-0.
Prior to that match, the Albion manager B. Reid faced defeat when travelling to Stenhousemuir and losing 1-3.Albion are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is two wins, two draws and six defeats. From a total of ten matches.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Albion have scored 7 goals in 6 league games away. Albion Rovers have conceded 12 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
The latest H2H match ended Albion Rovers - Annan 0-1, played this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: six - one - three (Annan wins - draws - Albion Rovers wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  O. Moxon 3 goals | T. Wallace 3 goals | I. Anderson 3 goals |
Annan Athletic missing players
Albion Rovers missing players
| Annan Athletic | Albion Rovers | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 6 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 13 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| 18 | 8 | 3 | Scored | S | 5 | 7 | 16 |
| 17 | 10 | 2 | Conceded | C | 3 | 12 | 19 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 85% | 83% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 83% | 77% |
| 54% | 67% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 83% | 62% |
| 31% | 50% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 50% | 31% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 46% | 67% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 50% | 38% |
| 31% | 17% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 17% | 31% |
| 23% | 17% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 31% |
| 4.9 | 6.3 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 4.3 | 4 |
| 4.8 | 3.7 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 5 | 4.7 |
| 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.7 | 1.5 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10.2 | 12.8 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.5 | 7.8 | 10 |
| 4.6 | 5.5 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 4 | 4.2 |
| 30% | 24% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 29% | 30% |
| 11.5 | 10.2 | 6.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.5 | 10.2 | 10 |
| 4.3 | 4.5 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 4.2 | 4.5 |
- Albion Rovers have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Albion Rovers have the fewest matches under the total-line (4) in League Two
- Albion Rovers haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Annan Athletic have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Annan Athletic have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in League Two
- Annan Athletic have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Annan Athletic 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 | Kelty Hearts | 13 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 25 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 16 | 33 |
| 2 | Forfar Athletic | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 23 |
| 3 | Stirling Albion | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 21 |
| 4 | Annan Athletic | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 18 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 19 |
| 5 | Stenhousemuir | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 18 |
| 6 | Edinburgh City | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | -2 | 17 |
| 7 | Albion Rovers | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 16 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 12 | -3 | 16 |
| 8 | Stranraer | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 10 | -7 | 13 |
| 9 | Elgin City | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 11 | -6 | 12 |
| 10 | Cowdenbeath | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 12 | -13 | 6 |