Annan Athletic supporters put their faith in manager P. Murphy to deliver victory against Stirling Albion

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Competition: Scotland League Two
Date: Sat 21.September
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Galabank (3000 seats)

The home fans are expecting three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. Annan Athletic are in the 6th position while the guests worry at 9th.

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

Stirling Albion play their home games on grass, while this game is played on artificial turf. Recent stats for Stirling Albion when playing on artificial turf are 2 wins, 5 draws and 7 defeats from 14 matches. They have scored 20 goals and conceded 27 times in these games.

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Annan Athletic form and stats

Annan Athletic must be fairly happy with 5 points from their first three League Two games here at venue.

In their previous game, the manager P. Murphy led his Annan Athletic to a defeat in the League Two match away at Edinburgh City. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Galabank. In the match before that, Annan Athletic hosted Stenhousemuir and drew the game 1-1.

The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Annan Athletic matches with similar probabilities have ended with 2 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat (from four games).

The Annan Athletic fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 5 goals in 3 league matches. Annan Athletic's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 4 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Stirling Albion form and stats

No League Two points yet away for Stirling Albion, from their first 3 matches. The pressure to perform on the road is increasing on K. Rutkiewicz, the Stirling Albion manager, as the last three away games were defeats.

Stirling Albion are travelling after their nice 1-0 home win in the League Two against Elgin City (placed 7th). Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting St. Mirren U21's place.

Looking at the earlier recent performances of Stirling Albion when being an outsider away as they are today, we find one match with the visitors losing 0 times, drawing 1 and winning 0 games.

There's been a serious shortage of goals from Stirling Albion's away games in the league this season with only 1 goal from 3 matches. 4 goals have been conceded by Stirling Albion in these games.

Head 2 Head

Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Annan Athletic won 3 games, 3 matches ended with a draw and Stirling Albion has 4 wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: 8 / 2

Top Goalscorers

C. Nadé
3 goals
J. Peters
3 goals
S. Swinglehurst
2 goals

Annan Athletic missing players

Stirling Albion missing players

Annan Athletic Stirling Albion
Total Home Home vs low Statistics Away vs mid Away Total
6 3 2 Played 1 3 6
2 1 0 Won 0 0 1
2 2 2 Drew 0 0 0
2 0 0 Lost 1 3 5
7 5 2 Scored 1 1 3
11 4 2 Conceded 2 4 7
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 100% 100% 100%
83% 100% 100% Over 1.5 100% 33% 33%
50% 33% 0% Over 2.5 100% 33% 33%
50% 33% 0% Over 3.5 0% 0% 0%
17% 33% 0% Over 4.5 0% 0% 0%
67% 100% 100% BTTS 100% 33% 33%
17% 0% 0% Clean Sheets 0% 0% 17%
17% 0% 0% Failed to Score 0% 67% 50%
 
5.5 5.3 7 Corners For (avg) 4 6 4.7
3.2 2.3 2.5 Corners Against (avg) 7 6.3 5
1.5 1.7 1.5 Yellow Cards (avg) 2 2 2.2
0 0 0 Red Cards 2 3 4
Key stats This season:
  • All of Annan Athletic's home matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Annan Athletic have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Annan Athletic have scored more than double the goals of Stirling Albion.
  • Annan Athletic have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Annan Athletic haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Stirling Albion have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Stirling Albion have lost all their away matches so far.
  • Stirling Albion have won significantly more corners away than at home.
  • Stirling Albion haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

Annan Athletic
All League Cup Playoffs 3/4 League Two Club Friendlies Scottish Cup Challenge Cup
All Home Away
13-08-19 CC Annan Athletic 1 - 1 Kelty Hearts
17-08-19 LT Annan Athletic 3 - 2 Albion Rovers
24-08-19 LT Cowdenbeath 3 - 1 Annan Athletic
31-08-19 LT Annan Athletic 1 - 1 Stenhousemuir
14-09-19 LT Edinburgh City 4 - 0 Annan Athletic
21-09-19 LT Annan Athletic 14:00 Stirling Albion
28-09-19 LT Cove Rangers 14:00 Annan Athletic
05-10-19 LT Queen's Park 14:00 Annan Athletic
26-10-19 LT Annan Athletic 14:00 Brechin City
02-11-19 LT Elgin City 15:00 Annan Athletic
Stirling Albion
All League Cup Playoffs 3/4 League Two Scottish Cup Club Friendlies Challenge Cup
All Home Away
17-08-19 LT Edinburgh City 1 - 0 Stirling Albion
24-08-19 LT Stirling Albion 1 - 2 Cove Rangers
31-08-19 LT Albion Rovers 2 - 1 Stirling Albion
07-09-19 CC St. Mirren U21 1 - 0 Stirling Albion
14-09-19 LT Stirling Albion 1 - 0 Elgin City
21-09-19 LT Annan Athletic 14:00 Stirling Albion
28-09-19 LT Stirling Albion 14:00 Stenhousemuir
05-10-19 LT Brechin City 14:00 Stirling Albion
26-10-19 LT Stirling Albion 14:00 Cowdenbeath
02-11-19 LT Stirling Albion 15:00 Albion Rovers

  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 6 5 1 0 21 9 3 3 0 0 11 2 3 2 1 0 10 7 12 16
2 Edinburgh City 6 4 1 1 13 10 3 3 0 0 7 1 3 1 1 1 6 9 3 13
3 Cowdenbeath 6 4 0 2 11 8 3 3 0 0 6 2 3 1 0 2 5 6 3 12
4 Queen's Park 6 2 3 1 6 5 3 0 3 0 2 2 3 2 0 1 4 3 1 9
5 Albion Rovers 6 2 2 2 12 12 3 1 1 1 6 6 3 1 1 1 6 6 0 8
6 Annan Athletic 6 2 2 2 7 11 3 1 2 0 5 4 3 1 0 2 2 7 -4 8
7 Elgin City 6 1 3 2 7 6 3 1 1 1 6 4 3 0 2 1 1 2 1 6
8 Stenhousemuir 6 1 2 3 6 11 3 0 0 3 3 9 3 1 2 0 3 2 -5 5
9 Stirling Albion 6 1 0 5 3 7 3 1 0 2 2 3 3 0 0 3 1 4 -4 3
10 Brechin City 6 1 0 5 5 12 3 0 0 3 2 8 3 1 0 2 3 4 -7 3

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