Annan Athletic favourites for feisty fight facing Stirling Albion

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Competition: Scotland League Two
Competition: Sat 29.January
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Galabank (500 seats)

The League Two match summary, better known as a league table, tells a story about these squads to this date, with Annan Athletic in front of Stirling Albion by 12 points. Match preview to follow:

Insights:
  • Annan Athletic is in the best form (4-2-0) in League Two
  • Stirling Albion haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

Stirling Albion play their home fixtures on grass, while this game will take part on artifical turf. Up to date statistics for Stirling Albion when featuring on artifical turf are 6 wins, 3 draws and 6 defeats from 15 matches. They have scored 19 goals and conceded 20 times in these fixtures.

Annan Athletic and Stirling Albion 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 have played 10 League Two games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 4-3-3 (wins-draws-losses). Annan has a nice streak going on as they have played ten consecutive leaguegames without losing (regardless of home/away). They are keen to extend their tally, a streak that began after the Stenhousemuir defeat 77 days ago.

Preceding that game was the home draw versus Forfar Athletic that ended 2-2.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Annan Athletic handle that role? We have found eleven games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are three wins, six draws and two defeats.

With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Annan Athletic defense is not exactly impregnable. 15 goals conceded from 10 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Stirling Albion form and stats

Playing away, Stirling Albion have won 4 games, drawn 3 and suffered 4 defeats in the League Two this season.

Preceding that game, the 3-3 draw paying a visit to Stranraer.

Stirling Albion are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is two wins, two draws and three defeats. From a total of seven matches.

Stirling Albion have scored 15 goals on their travels this season, from 11 away games in the league. Stirling have conceded 14 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Annan Athletic and Stirling Albion have faced each other earlier this season: Stirling Albion - Annan Athletic 2-3. Head to head data (for the last ten meetings): Annan Athletic won two games, three matches ended with a tie and Stirling Albion have five wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: seven / three

Top Goalscorers

Annan AthleticT. Wallace
T. Wallace
7 goals
Annan AthleticT. Goss
T. Goss
6 goals
Annan AthleticA. Smith
A. Smith
5 goals

Annan Athletic missing players

Stirling Albion missing players

Annan Athletic Stirling Albion
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
21 10 3 Played P 2 11 21
11 4 2 Won W 0 4 7
4 3 1 Drew D 1 3 4
6 3 0 Lost L 1 4 10
38 20 6 Scored S 1 15 28
26 15 2 Conceded C 3 14 31
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
86% 90% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 73% 76%
57% 70% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 45% 57%
43% 60% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 27% 33%
14% 20% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 9% 10%
62% 80% 67% BTTS BTTS 50% 45% 52%
24% 10% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 27% 24%
14% 10% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 27% 24%
 
4.2 4.6 4 Corners for (avg) C F 2 4.2 4.3
5.6 5.6 6 Corners against (avg) C A 8 4.5 4.2
2.2 2.1 2.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2.4 2.2
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 2 4
 
10.6 12.5 8.7 Shots (avg) S ( 6 10.6 9.6
4.8 5.6 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.5 3.8 3.7
38% 36% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 36% 36%
 
11.2 11.5 8.7 Shots against (avg) S A 10.5 9.4 9.7
4 4.4 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.5 4.4 4.7
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Annan Athletic have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Annan Athletic have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (9) in League Two
  • Annan Athletic have the fewest dropped points from leading position (4) in League Two
  • Annan Athletic have the most points from losing position (15) in League Two
  • Annan Athletic haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Annan Athletic is in the best form (4-2-0) in League Two
  • Stirling Albion 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 Kelty Hearts 20 14 4 2 43 19 10 7 3 0 19 6 10 7 1 2 24 13 24 46
2 Forfar Athletic 21 11 6 4 40 23 10 7 2 1 23 11 11 4 4 3 17 12 17 39
3 Annan Athletic 21 11 4 6 38 26 10 4 3 3 20 15 11 7 1 3 18 11 12 37
4 Edinburgh City 20 7 6 7 26 31 10 3 3 4 13 18 10 4 3 3 13 13 -5 27
5 Stranraer 22 7 6 9 29 35 11 4 2 5 12 18 11 3 4 4 17 17 -6 27
6 Stenhousemuir 21 7 5 9 30 35 11 2 3 6 13 20 10 5 2 3 17 15 -5 26
7 Stirling Albion 21 7 4 10 28 31 10 3 1 6 13 17 11 4 3 4 15 14 -3 25
8 Elgin City 21 6 7 8 22 28 11 4 5 2 13 10 10 2 2 6 9 18 -6 25
9 Albion Rovers 20 6 4 10 25 34 10 5 1 4 15 14 10 1 3 6 10 20 -9 22
10 Cowdenbeath 21 3 4 14 14 33 11 2 2 7 9 16 10 1 2 7 5 17 -19 13

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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.