Annan Athletic vs Stranraer match preview: Even contest expected at Galabank

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Competition: Scotland League Two
Competition: Sat 24.October
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Galabank (500 seats)

With the nervous opening game out of the way it’s time for the second League Two game of the season. Annan Athletic look forward to welcoming Stranraer in front of their home support.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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 3-7-11 (win-draw-loss) from 21 matches.

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Annan Athletic form and stats

Annan are confident in defense, having played 243 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Ayr United (0-1).

This is expected to be a close game, with Annan Athletic perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Annan Athletic as a small favourite), we find ten games. Annan Athletic has won five of these, drawn three and lost two.

Last season, Annan Athletic's league statistics were 9 wins, 4 draws and 14 losses, resulting in a 7th position in the League Two. Over these 27 matches they scored 33 goals and conceded 54. Playing at home last season Annan Athletic managed 6-4-4 (win-draw-lost) with 24 goals and 22 conceded.

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Stranraer form and stats

The sun doesn’t shine and the birds do not sing for Stranraer, who have now gone 16 games without a victory. The Clyde game was their last win and it’s been a dry spell since. The loyal fans travelling with their beloved Stranraer have enjoyed the stadium food more than the matches as the visitors have gone 16 consecutive matches without winning on the road. The last time three points were secured away was the Raith Rovers game.

A 2-2 draw was the result before that, hosting Albion Rovers (after extra-time, 14-15 on penalties) in the League Cup.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found four similar matches played by Stranraer in our archives, and the results are: one win for Stranraer, two draws and one defeat.

Let's have a look at how Stranraer performed last season in the League One: They landed a 10th position in the league table after playing out 2 victories, 10 draws and 15 defeats. In total they scored 28 and conceded 57 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 0 - drew 6 and lost 9 with 15/37 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: two - two - six (Annan Athletic wins - draws - Stranraer wins). As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.

Annan Athletic missing players

Stranraer missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Annan Athletic Stranraer
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
1 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 1
3 0 0 Scored S 0 0 1
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 4
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
9 0 0 Total Shots T S 0 0 5
4 0 0 Shots on Target S O 0 0 2
75% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 50%
Annan Athletic Last season Stranraer
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
27 14   Played P   15 27
9 6   Won W   0 2
4 4   Drew D   6 10
14 4   Lost L   9 15
33 24   Scored S   15 28
54 22   Conceded C   37 57
93% 86%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   93% 93%
85% 79%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   87% 85%
63% 57%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   67% 59%
41% 43%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   47% 37%
22% 36%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   27% 22%
48% 57%   BTTS BTTS   73% 63%
15% 21%   Clean Sheets C S   7% 11%
44% 36%   Failed to Score F T   27% 33%
 
0 0   Corners for (avg) C F   0 0
0 0   Corners against (avg) C A   0 0
2 1.9   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.3 1.9
4 2   Red cards R C   2 2
 
213 133   Total Shots T S   149 244
98 57   Shots on Target S O   55 94
34% 42%   Goal Efficiency G E   27% 30%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Edinburgh City 1 1 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 5 1 4 3
2 Elgin City 1 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 1 3 3
3 Annan Athletic 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 3
4 Stenhousemuir 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 3
5 Queen's Park 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
6 Stirling Albion 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
7 Albion Rovers 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
8 Stranraer 1 0 0 1 1 4 1 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 0
9 Cowdenbeath 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 0
10 Brechin City 1 0 0 1 1 5 1 0 0 1 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 -4 0
Last season 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 28 22 2 4 76 34 14 14 0 0 37 7 14 8 2 4 39 27 42 68
2 Edinburgh City 27 17 4 6 49 28 14 10 2 2 28 9 13 7 2 4 21 19 21 55
3 Elgin City 28 12 7 9 48 34 14 7 2 5 30 19 14 5 5 4 18 15 14 43
4 Cowdenbeath 27 12 5 10 37 35 14 10 2 2 23 15 13 2 3 8 14 20 2 41
5 Queen's Park 28 11 7 10 37 35 14 6 5 3 21 17 14 5 2 7 16 18 2 40
6 Stirling Albion 28 10 6 12 34 35 13 3 3 7 13 21 15 7 3 5 21 14 -1 36
7 Annan Athletic 27 9 4 14 33 54 14 6 4 4 24 22 13 3 0 10 9 32 -21 31
8 Stenhousemuir 28 7 8 13 32 48 15 3 4 8 16 29 13 4 4 5 16 19 -16 29
9 Albion Rovers 26 6 6 14 37 51 12 5 2 5 23 23 14 1 4 9 14 28 -14 24
10 Brechin City 27 4 5 18 31 60 13 2 3 8 12 25 14 2 2 10 19 35 -29 17
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Raith Rovers 28 15 8 5 49 33 14 9 4 1 29 14 14 6 4 4 20 19 16 53
2 Falkirk 28 14 10 4 54 18 14 10 2 2 35 5 14 4 8 2 19 13 36 52
3 Airdrieonians 28 14 6 8 38 27 15 7 4 4 20 13 13 7 2 4 18 14 11 48
4 Montrose 28 15 2 11 48 38 14 9 0 5 29 19 14 6 2 6 19 19 10 47
5 East Fife 28 12 9 7 44 36 14 6 6 2 27 19 14 6 3 5 17 17 8 45
6 Dumbarton 28 11 5 12 35 44 14 6 3 5 16 14 14 5 2 7 19 30 -9 38
7 Clyde 28 9 7 12 35 43 14 7 4 3 27 18 14 2 3 9 8 25 -8 34
8 Peterhead 27 7 5 15 30 44 14 5 4 5 16 14 13 2 1 10 14 30 -14 26
9 Forfar Athletic 28 6 6 16 26 47 14 4 3 7 17 22 14 2 3 9 9 25 -21 24
10 Stranraer 27 2 10 15 28 57 12 2 4 6 13 20 15 0 6 9 15 37 -29 16

Annan Athletic:
Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Edinburgh City 1 1 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 5 1 4 3
2 Elgin City 1 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 1 3 3
3 Annan Athletic 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 3
4 Stenhousemuir 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 3
5 Queen's Park 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
6 Stirling Albion 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
7 Albion Rovers 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
8 Stranraer 1 0 0 1 1 4 1 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 0
9 Cowdenbeath 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 0
10 Brechin City 1 0 0 1 1 5 1 0 0 1 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 -4 0

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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.