Annan Athletic hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 11 points and a 7th position in the League Two table. Visiting Stirling Albion holds 4th place with 26 pts.
- Annan Athletic have yet to win a game at home.
- Stirling Albion have scored at least twice as many goals away as Annan Athletic have scored home.
It's no vacation for neither Annan nor Stirling Albion as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on artifical turf and that the visiting Stirling Albion have a different surface at their stadium (grass). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on artifical turf is 2-5-5 (win-draw-loss) from twelve matches.
Annan Athletic form and stats
Annan Athletic's results here at Galabank in the League Two have been very modest with 0 victories, 2 draws and 4 defeats.
Annan manager P. Murphy and his team return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Edinburgh City (placed 3rd) in the League Two. Before that game, the home loss against Elgin City with the scoreline 0-3.
Annan are traveling soon after this match as the League Two match at Queen's Park awaits in three days.
Annan have scored 4 league goals here from 6 matches, not a lot. Annan are struggling defensively, conceding on average more than two goals per home game (13 from 6 played).
Stirling Albion form and stats
The visitors are W3-D3-L1 on the road this term. That's in the League Two.
Stirling played 1-1 against Albion Rovers in their previous match. It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Queen's Park wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.
A quick return to home after this game, as Stirling are hosting Stranraer in the League Two only three days away.
Stirling Albion have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 14 goals from 7 away matches. As opposed to that, Stirling have seen the ball go into their own net 8 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: Stirling Albion - Annan Athletic 1-0. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: two wins for Annan Athletic, three draws and five wins for Stirling Albion. Over 2,5 goals: seven times; under 2,5 goals: three games.Top Goalscorers
  A. Ryan 7 goals | J. Leitch 4 goals |  M. Wright 3 goals |
Annan Athletic missing players
Stirling Albion missing players
| Annan Athletic | Stirling Albion | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 6 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 14 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 7 | 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | 4 | 1 | Scored | S | 6 | 14 | 20 |
| 20 | 13 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 8 | 11 |
| 86% | 83% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 93% |
| 71% | 83% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 71% | 50% |
| 43% | 67% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 57% | 36% |
| 14% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 57% | 29% |
| 7% | 17% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 29% | 14% |
| 43% | 50% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 57% | 43% |
| 21% | 17% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 29% | 50% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 14% | 14% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.8 | 1.8 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 2.9 | 2.2 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8.2 | 8.2 | 9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 18.5 | 10.7 | 10.4 |
| 2.4 | 2.2 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 3.3 | 3.6 |
| 32% | 31% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 60% | 61% | 40% |
- Annan Athletic have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
- Annan Athletic have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Annan Athletic have yet to win a game at home.
- Stirling Albion have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Stirling Albion have scored at least twice as many goals away as Annan Athletic have scored home.
- Stirling Albion haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| 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 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 25 | 38 |
| 2 | Elgin City | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 27 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 13 | 28 |
| 3 | Edinburgh City | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 31 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 13 | 26 |
| 4 | Stirling Albion | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 20 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 9 | 26 |
| 5 | Stranraer | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 22 |
| 6 | Stenhousemuir | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 19 |
| 7 | Annan Athletic | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 20 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 7 | -9 | 11 |
| 8 | Albion Rovers | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 29 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 16 | -16 | 11 |
| 9 | Cowdenbeath | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 12 | -16 | 9 |
| 10 | Brechin City | 14 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 32 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 13 | -25 | 5 |