Football tips: Brechin City vs Annan Athletic - predictions and betting guide

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Competition: Scotland League Two
Date: Sat 03.August
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Glebe Park (4070 seats)

Annan Athletic have traveled here for an interesting fight against the hosts Brechin City. Prepare for the match with this League Two preview!

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 grass and that the visiting Annan Athletic have a different surface at their stadium (artificial turf). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on grass is 16-3-13 (win-draw-loss) from 32 matches.

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Brechin City form and stats

Brechin City have prepared for this season with three friendly games versus mixed opposition. Results from training matches should always be treated with caution, but the takeaways from these three matches are 0 victories, 0 draws and 3 losses. In these games, Brechin City have scored 1 goal and conceded 11 times.

Disaster struck Brechin City last season as they could not defend their status as a League One team. With 18 defeats from 36 games, and only 9 wins, relegation could not be avoided. Brechin City are hopeful of bouncing straight back up, but need to improve upon their home record from last season of W5 D6 L7.

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Annan Athletic form and stats

It's a day of discovery for Annan Athletic as they finally learn what impact all the hours of pre-season training, along with the changes in personnel, have had on their performance in an official game. It's never easy knowing what to expect based on friendly games, of which Annan Athletic have played one with the results W0-D0-L1 (win-draw-lost). In these games Annan Athletic has scored 0 goals and conceded 1 time.

Head 2 Head

Brechin City-Annan Athletic H2H statistics last four meetings regardless of arena: Brechin City 2 wins, Annan Athletic 0 wins, 2 draws. 3 of these four matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Brechin City missing players

Annan Athletic missing players

Brechin City Annan Athletic
Total Home Home vs no_table Statistic Away vs no_table Away Total
0 0 0 Played 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed To Score 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners For (avg) 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners Against (avg) 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow Cards (avg) 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red Cards 0 0 0
Brechin City Last season Annan Athletic
Total Home   Statistic   Away Total
36 18   Played   2 4
9 5   Won   1 3
9 6   Drew   0 0
18 7   Lost   1 1
42 21   Scored   2 5
61 28   Conceded   3 3
97% 94%   Over 0.5   100% 100%
81% 78%   Over 1.5   100% 75%
56% 56%   Over 2.5   50% 25%
31% 28%   Over 3.5   0% 0%
14% 11%   Over 4.5   0% 0%
61% 61%   BTTS   50% 25%
19% 22%   Clean Sheets   0% 50%
22% 22%   Failed To Score   50% 25%
 
4.4 4.1   Corners For (avg)   8 6.5
5.6 5.2   Corners Against (avg)   6.5 5.8
2 2.2   Yellow Cards (avg)   1.5 2
2 2   Red Cards   0 0

Brechin City
All League One Playoffs 2/3 Championship League Cup League Two Club Friendlies Scottish Cup Challenge Cup
All Home Away
05-07-19 CF Brechin City 0 - 6 Dundee United
09-07-19 CF Brechin City 0 - 3 Falkirk
13-07-19 LC Forfar Athletic 3 - 0 Brechin City
16-07-19 LC Brechin City 0 - 4 Ross County
24-07-19 LC St. Johnstone 4 - 0 Brechin City
27-07-19 LC Brechin City 14:00 Montrose
03-08-19 LT Brechin City 14:00 Annan Athletic
10-08-19 LT Edinburgh City 14:00 Brechin City
17-08-19 LT Brechin City 14:00 Queen's Park
24-08-19 LT Albion Rovers 14:00 Brechin City
Annan Athletic
All League Cup Playoffs 3/4 League Two Club Friendlies Scottish Cup Challenge Cup
All Home Away
18-05-19 P3 Clyde 2 - 0 Annan Athletic
27-06-19 CF Stranraer 1 - 0 Annan Athletic
13-07-19 LC Annan Athletic 0 - 1 Dumbarton
16-07-19 LC Queen of the South 3 - 3 Annan Athletic
23-07-19 LC Annan Athletic 0 - 5 Greenock Morton
27-07-19 LC Motherwell 14:00 Annan Athletic
03-08-19 LT Brechin City 14:00 Annan Athletic
10-08-19 LT Annan Athletic 14:00 Elgin City
17-08-19 LT Annan Athletic 14:00 Albion Rovers
24-08-19 LT Cowdenbeath 14:00 Annan Athletic

Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Arbroath 36 20 10 6 63 38 18 11 4 3 33 21 18 9 6 3 30 17 25 70
2 Forfar Athletic 36 19 6 11 54 47 18 12 3 3 30 18 18 7 3 8 24 29 7 63
3 Raith Rovers 36 16 12 8 75 49 18 11 4 3 41 20 18 5 8 5 34 29 26 60
4 Montrose 36 15 6 15 49 50 18 9 4 5 29 27 18 6 2 10 20 23 -1 51
5 Airdrieonians 36 14 6 16 51 44 18 6 4 8 22 19 18 8 2 8 29 25 7 48
6 Dumbarton 36 12 10 14 60 60 18 8 5 5 33 26 18 4 5 9 27 34 0 46
7 East Fife 36 13 7 16 49 56 18 6 3 9 25 31 18 7 4 7 24 25 -7 46
8 Stranraer 36 11 9 16 45 57 18 6 4 8 24 28 18 5 5 8 21 29 -12 42
9 Stenhousemuir 36 10 7 19 35 61 18 5 4 9 18 29 18 5 3 10 17 32 -26 37
10 Brechin City 36 9 9 18 42 61 18 5 6 7 21 28 18 4 3 11 21 33 -19 36

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