Happy home supporters, the away team runs away as victors or a point each? It's all up in the air when the mid-table inhabitants Annan Athletic and Stranraer meet at Galabank.
- Annan Athletic have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in League Two
- Stranraer have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on artifical turf and that the visiting Stranraer 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 2-8-9 (win-draw-loss) from 19 matches.
Annan Athletic form and stats
2-0-3 (win-draw-lost) are the League Two numbers at home for Annan Athletic so far this season.
A nice win for Annan last time playing, versus Cowdenbeath. That was also a home game and the match ended 1-0 with L. Hunter scoring for the victors.
Before that game, the 3-1 home victory against Jeanfield Swifts.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Annan have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found eleven matches with the results: Won four, drawn three and lost four.
Annan has scored 6 league goals at home this season, in 5 matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Annan defense is not exactly impregnable. 8 goals conceded from 5 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Stranraer form and stats
As the visiting team in League Two matches, Stranraer have produced an overall stat of 1-3-1 so far.
This game can not go any worse than the last one, a League Two home defeat versus Forfar Athletic with 2-3 on the scoreboard.
Preceding that, the 0-1 home loss versus Darvel.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Stranraer playing away and similar expectations, we found eleven relevant matches. Results were two Stranraer wins, six draws and three defeats.
The visiting Stranraer have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 5 goals from 5 games. 5 goals have been conceded by Stranraer in these games.
Head 2 Head
Annan Athletic and Stranraer have played each other before this season: Stranraer - Annan Athletic 0-3. Annan Athletic-Stranraer H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Annan Athletic two wins, Stranraer six wins, two draws. six of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  T. Wallace 3 goals | I. Anderson 3 goals | O. Moxon 2 goals |
Annan Athletic missing players
Stranraer missing players
| Annan Athletic | Stranraer | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 5 | 11 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 16 | 6 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 5 | 10 |
| 13 | 8 | 3 | Conceded | C | 0 | 5 | 15 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 82% | 80% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 80% | 73% |
| 55% | 60% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 20% | 36% |
| 27% | 40% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 9% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 9% |
| 45% | 60% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 80% | 45% |
| 36% | 20% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 18% |
| 18% | 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 20% | 36% |
| 4.7 | 6.4 | 10 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 3.8 | 4.5 |
| 5 | 3.8 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 5 | 4.8 |
| 1.9 | 1.8 | 4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2.2 | 1.8 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9.6 | 11.6 | 22 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 8.8 | 10.2 |
| 5.1 | 5.8 | 10 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 3.6 | 4.5 |
| 29% | 21% | 10% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 28% | 20% |
| 11.8 | 10.4 | 18 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 11.4 | 10.7 |
| 4.4 | 4.6 | 9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 4.4 | 4.6 |
- Annan Athletic have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Annan Athletic have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in League Two
- Annan Athletic have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Annan Athletic haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Stranraer have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Stranraer 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 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 14 | 27 |
| 2 | Stirling Albion | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 21 |
| 3 | Forfar Athletic | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 20 |
| 4 | Annan Athletic | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 18 |
| 5 | Edinburgh City | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 14 |
| 6 | Stranraer | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | -5 | 12 |
| 7 | Albion Rovers | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 9 | -6 | 10 |
| 8 | Stenhousemuir | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | -5 | 9 |
| 9 | Elgin City | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -6 | 9 |
| 10 | Cowdenbeath | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | -11 | 6 |