Match preview League Two: Annan Athletic - Stenhousemuir at Galabank

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Competition: Scotland League Two
Competition: Tue 27.April
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Galabank (500 seats)

Season ticket holders at Galabank haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Annan Athletic languishing in the 8th position so far. The guesting Stenhousemuir will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.

Insights:
  • Annan Athletic have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Stenhousemuir have the most dropped points from leading position (8) in League Two

Annan Athletic and Stenhousemuir 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.

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Annan Athletic form and stats

Annan Athletic's struggle is real here at Galabank with only 8 points collected from 9 League Two games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 2-2-5. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Galabank.

Before that game, the 3-0 home victory against Brechin City.

As indicated by the result mentioned above, Annan played a great game against Stenhousemuir and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one.

The Annan fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 13 in 9 matches. It's worth mentioning that 9 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Annan have conceded 16 from these games.

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Stenhousemuir form and stats

There's been little loot from Stenhousemuir's travels as they have only collected 5 points from 9 away games in the League Two. Stenhousemuir, who have the most conceded goals (21) away in League Two, only have 1 win to counter their 6 defeats and 2 draws. With two straight losses from their last two away games, Stenhousemuir are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.

Preceding that game, the 0-4 loss visiting Stranraer's place.

As you can see from the result above, the defeat against Annan Athletic was particularly ugly (1-5). The humiliation is still top of mind.

The visitors have scored 8 goals from 9 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. For Stenhousemuir, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.

Head 2 Head

The two sides played each other earlier this season: Annan Athletic - Stenhousemuir 5-1. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: seven wins for Annan, one draw and two wins for Stenhousemuir. Over 2,5 goals: seven times; under 2,5 goals: three games.

Top Goalscorers

StenhousemuirB. Biabi
B. Biabi
6 goals
StenhousemuirM. McGuigan
M. McGuigan
5 goals
Annan AthleticM. Wright
M. Wright
4 goals

Annan Athletic missing players

Stenhousemuir missing players

Annan Athletic Stenhousemuir
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
18 9 2 Played P 3 9 18
4 2 0 Won W 1 1 6
5 2 1 Drew D 2 2 4
9 5 1 Lost L 0 6 8
20 13 1 Scored S 5 8 23
24 16 4 Conceded C 3 21 31
89% 89% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
72% 89% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 89% 89%
50% 78% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 56% 56%
17% 33% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 56% 44%
11% 22% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 11% 6%
44% 56% 50% BTTS BTTS 100% 67% 61%
22% 22% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 22%
44% 33% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 33% 17%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.6 1.4 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.7 1.9 2
4 2 0 Red cards R C 0 3 4
 
8.4 9.1 11 Shots (avg) S ( 11.7 9.1 9.9
2.9 3.6 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.7 2.4 3.1
38% 41% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 45% 36% 41%
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Annan Athletic have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Stenhousemuir have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Stenhousemuir have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Stenhousemuir have the fewest clean sheets (0) away in League Two
  • Stenhousemuir have the most conceded goals (21) away in League Two
  • Stenhousemuir have the most dropped points from leading position (8) in League Two
  • Stenhousemuir 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 Queen's Park 18 15 3 0 37 8 9 7 2 0 19 4 9 8 1 0 18 4 29 48
2 Edinburgh City 18 11 2 5 37 22 9 4 1 4 16 13 9 7 1 1 21 9 15 35
3 Stirling Albion 18 9 5 4 27 15 9 4 2 3 6 5 9 5 3 1 21 10 12 32
4 Stranraer 18 9 4 5 30 18 9 5 1 3 17 8 9 4 3 2 13 10 12 31
5 Elgin City 18 9 2 7 29 22 9 5 1 3 17 12 9 4 1 4 12 10 7 29
6 Stenhousemuir 18 6 4 8 23 31 9 5 2 2 15 10 9 1 2 6 8 21 -8 22
7 Albion Rovers 18 5 3 10 22 35 9 1 2 6 6 15 9 4 1 4 16 20 -13 18
8 Annan Athletic 18 4 5 9 20 24 9 2 2 5 13 16 9 2 3 4 7 8 -4 17
9 Cowdenbeath 18 3 5 10 10 29 9 2 2 5 7 17 9 1 3 5 3 12 -19 14
10 Brechin City 18 1 3 14 10 41 9 0 3 6 6 23 9 1 0 8 4 18 -31 6

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Read more about League Two

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.