Annan Athletic vs Stenhousemuir match preview: Even contest expected at Galabank

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Competition: Scotland League Two
Competition: Sat 06.August
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Galabank (500 seats)

It's fixture two of the League Two campaign and a lot to play for. Check out our detailed preview of Annan Athletic-Stenhousemuir!

Both teams have had sufficient rest since their last game. Let's trust this will be an energetic fixture!

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Annan Athletic form and stats

Last season, Annan Athletic's league results were 4 wins, 5 draws and 9 losses, results that produced 8th place in the League Two. From these 18 matches they scored 20 goals and let in 24. Appearing as the host team in the previous season Annan Athletic generated 2-2-5 (win-draw-lost) with 13 goals and 16 conceded.

In their previous game, the manager Murphy led his Annan Athletic to a defeat away at Stranraer. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Galabank. The first setback in the shape of a loss after collecting points through three league rounds.

This is expected to be a close game, with Annan Athletic perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Annan as a small favourite), we find 15 games. Annan Athletic has won 5 of these, drawn 5 and lost 5.

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Stenhousemuir form and stats

Let's have a look at how Stenhousemuir performed last season in the League Two: They landed a 5th position in the league table after playing out 13 victories, 10 draws and 13 defeats. In total they scored 47 and conceded 46 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 8 - drew 6 and lost 4 with 25/19 goals scored/conceded.

Stenhousemuir have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Conor Brennan. It's been 203 minutes since they last conceded in League Two.

The followers enjoyed Stenhousemuir's previous game versus Albion Rovers (placed 6th), a 1-0 win played at home.

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 10 relevant matches. Results were 6 Stenhousemuir wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats.

Head 2 Head

Head to head totals (for the preceeding ten meetings): Annan Athletic won four games, two matches ended in a draw and Stenhousemuir got four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / five

Top Goalscorers

StenhousemuirT. Orr
T. Orr
1 goals

Annan Athletic missing players

Stenhousemuir missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Annan Athletic Stenhousemuir
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 1
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
1 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 1
1 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
6 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 2
4 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 5
1 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 4
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
8 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 12
2 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 5
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 20%
 
9 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 11
3 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 2
Annan Athletic Last season Stenhousemuir
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
4 2   Played P   18 36
2 2   Won W   8 13
1 0   Drew D   6 10
1 0   Lost L   4 13
4 3   Scored S   25 47
4 1   Conceded C   19 46
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   94% 94%
75% 50%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   78% 78%
25% 50%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   33% 42%
0% 0%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   22% 28%
0% 0%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   6% 11%
50% 50%   BTTS BTTS   50% 56%
25% 50%   Clean Sheets C S   28% 22%
25% 0%   Failed to Score F T   28% 28%
 
6.2 7.5   Corners for (avg) C F   3.3 4.7
5 3   Corners against (avg) C A   4.7 4.7
1.2 1   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.4 1.6
0 0   Red cards R C   0 3
 
12 16   Shots (avg) S (   9.2 9.6
3.8 4.5   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.1 3.8
27% 33%   Goal Efficiency G E   34% 35%
 
10.8 8.5   Shots against (avg) S A   9.2 9.2
2.5 1.5   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3.6 3.6

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 East Fife 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 3
2 Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
3 Dumbarton 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
4 Stenhousemuir 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
5 Stranraer 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
6 Albion Rovers 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
7 Annan Athletic 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
8 Elgin City 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
9 Forfar Athletic 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
10 Stirling Albion 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
Last season 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 36 24 9 3 68 28 18 13 5 0 36 12 18 11 4 3 32 16 40 81
2 Forfar Athletic 36 16 12 8 57 36 18 10 5 3 34 17 18 6 7 5 23 19 21 60
3 Annan Athletic 36 18 5 13 64 51 18 7 4 7 33 29 18 11 1 6 31 22 13 59
4 Edinburgh City 36 14 10 12 43 49 18 7 5 6 23 25 18 7 5 6 20 24 -6 52
5 Stenhousemuir 36 13 10 13 47 46 18 5 4 9 22 27 18 8 6 4 25 19 1 49
6 Stranraer 36 13 8 15 50 54 18 6 4 8 18 26 18 7 4 7 32 28 -4 47
7 Stirling Albion 36 11 9 16 41 46 18 6 2 10 22 26 18 5 7 6 19 20 -5 42
8 Albion Rovers 36 10 9 17 37 58 18 5 5 8 17 26 18 5 4 9 20 32 -21 39
9 Elgin City 36 9 10 17 33 51 18 6 6 6 20 21 18 3 4 11 13 30 -18 37
10 Cowdenbeath 36 7 8 21 28 49 18 3 5 10 13 21 18 4 3 11 15 28 -21 29

Annan Athletic:
Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 East Fife 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 3
2 Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
3 Dumbarton 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
4 Stenhousemuir 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
5 Stranraer 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
6 Albion Rovers 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
7 Annan Athletic 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
8 Elgin City 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
9 Forfar Athletic 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
10 Stirling Albion 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0

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The Scottish League Two is the fourth level of football in Scotland. It holds ten teams who play each other four times for a total of 36 fixtures in a season from August to May. The top team in the league table is promoted, the bottom team relegated. There are also playoffs to promote and relegate.