With their 8 point advantage in the league table, Annan Athletic fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Brechin City.
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.
Brechin City play their home games on grass, while this game is played on artificial turf. Recent stats for Brechin City when playing on artificial turf are 2 wins, 3 draws and 9 defeats from 14 matches. They have scored 13 goals and conceded 28 times in these games.
Annan Athletic form and stats
When playing at home in the League Two, Annan Athletic have managed 2 wins, 3 draws and suffered 0 defeats from 5 games.
The Annan Athletic supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Cowdenbeath in League Two and win 1-0. A defeat was the result before that one, 0-4 away at Elgin City.
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 Annan Athletic have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found eight matches with the results: Won 4 Drawn 3 Lost 1.
There will be little rest for Annan Athletic after this match as they are travelling to Stirling Albion for a League Two game in only four days.
Annan Athletic are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 6 goals in 5 attempts. Annan Athletic have only conceded 4 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Brechin City form and stats
The visitors are W1-D0-L4 on the road this term. That's in the League Two. Three consecutive losses in away matches means Brechin City are growing more and more desperate for a good performance on the road.
Two away games in a row for Brechin City, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 2-5 versus Queen's Park in the League Two. A loss against Edinburgh City was the result prior to that, in a home game.
A crazy, crazy match with lots of goals last time out for Brechin City, as mentioned above. 7 goals in that one, will this match be as much fun?
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found two similar matches played by Brechin City in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for Brechin City, 0 draws and 0 defeats.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Brechin City manager M. Wilson as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Cove Rangers.
Brechin City find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 5 goals from 5 away fixtures in the league. The Brechin City manager M. Wilson has some worries about the defense as 10 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Brechin City - Annan Athletic 0-1 earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last seven matches): Annan Athletic 2 wins, 3 draws and Brechin City 2 victories. As for goals, 4 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 3 games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
 
P. McManus
5 goals
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C. Nadé
3 goals
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É. N'Goy
3 goals
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Annan Athletic missing players
Brechin City missing players
| Annan Athletic | Brechin City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs
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Statistics | Stat | vs
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Away | Total |
| 11 | 5 | 3 | Played | P | 1 | 5 | 11 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 10 | 6 | 4 | Scored | S | 2 | 5 | 12 |
| 19 | 4 | 3 | Conceded | C | 5 | 10 | 23 |
| 91% | 80% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 73% | 60% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 60% | 73% |
| 55% | 20% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 60% | 64% |
| 36% | 20% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 20% | 27% |
| 9% | 20% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 20% | 27% |
| 45% | 60% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 60% | 64% |
| 27% | 40% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 9% |
| 36% | 20% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 20% | 27% |
| 5.2 | 5.2 | 5 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 4 | 4 | 3.1 |
| 4.9 | 3.2 | 3.7 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 7 | 6 | 6.3 |
| 2.2 | 2 | 2 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2 | 2.1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- Annan Athletic have not yet lost a game at home.
- Brechin City have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
- Brechin City have won significantly more corners away than at home.
- Brechin City 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 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 35 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 11 | 22 | 31 |
| 2 | Edinburgh City | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 26 |
| 3 | Cowdenbeath | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 22 |
| 4 | Elgin City | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 16 |
| 5 | Queen's Park | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 15 |
| 6 | Annan Athletic | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 15 | -9 | 15 |
| 7 | Stenhousemuir | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 23 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | -11 | 12 |
| 8 | Albion Rovers | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 26 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 13 | -10 | 11 |
| 9 | Stirling Albion | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 6 | -2 | 10 |
| 10 | Brechin City | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -11 | 7 |