An important duel in the bottom section of the League Two, with both Brechin City and Annan Athletic experiencing more worry than joy. This match is a classic “six-pointer” with the home team placed 10th and the visitors in 7th place.
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
Annan Athletic play their home games on artifical turf, while this game is played on grass. Recent stats for Annan Athletic when playing on grass are 15 wins, 2 draws and 17 defeats from 34 matches. They have scored 45 goals and conceded 55 times in these games.
Brechin City form and stats
The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the League Two this season. Brechin City, who have the most conceded goals (55) in League Two, have only managed 2 wins, 2 draws and 7 losses from their games here at Glebe Park. With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Brechin City to get some points in this home game. The Brechin City manager M. Wilson might feel some added pressure to get something from this game after two straight home defeats.
No payout for Brechin City in their previous match, an away game at Albion Rovers that ended in defeat 1-4. Preceding that match was a defeat to Elgin City (1-2).
This is expected to be a close game, with Brechin City perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Brechin City as a small favourite), we find five games. Brechin City has won one of these, drawn one and lost three.
The Brechin City fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 12 in 11 matches. Brechin City are struggling defensively, conceding on average more than two goals per home game (23 from 11 played).
Annan Athletic form and stats
Annan Athletic have only collected 9 points from their away games in the League Two, after 3-0-9 (12 played). With the Annan Athletic losing streak of six defeats in a row, regardless of arena, optimism is low and sinking. Bitter travels for Annan Athletic as they have lost four games in a row away from home. The last time they avoided an away-from-home loss was the Stenhousemuir match.
Annan Athletic are looking to quickly end their 270 minutes long goal drought in the League Two.
Two away games in a row for Annan Athletic, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-3 versus Edinburgh City in the League Two. The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-3 defeat against Stenhousemuir.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Annan Athletic playing away and similar expectations, we found eight relevant matches. Results were three Annan Athletic wins, one draw and four defeats.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Annan Athletic as they have only managed to score 9 times from 12 away games in the league. People interested in "over 2,5 goals" betting will like to know that Annan Athletic concede an average of more than 2,5 goals per away match all on their own.
Head 2 Head
Brechin City and Annan Athletic have met before this season: Annan Athletic - Brechin City 5-2. As for the last eight games between these two teams, there's two Brechin City victories, three draws and three Annan Athletic wins. five of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  P. McManus 7 goals |   T. Muir 7 goals | O. Hamilton 4 goals |
Brechin City missing players
Annan Athletic missing players
| Brechin City | Annan Athletic | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 11 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 12 | 24 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 16 | 7 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 9 | 13 |
| 29 | 12 | 1 | Scored | S | 4 | 9 | 31 |
| 55 | 23 | 2 | Conceded | C | 5 | 30 | 51 |
| 96% | 91% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 96% |
| 83% | 82% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 92% | 88% |
| 78% | 73% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 75% | 67% |
| 43% | 27% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 42% | 46% |
| 35% | 27% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 8% | 25% |
| 74% | 73% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 42% | 50% |
| 9% | 9% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 8% | 12% |
| 22% | 27% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 42% |
| 4.4 | 4.4 | 9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 8.5 | 5.1 | 4.6 |
| 6.6 | 6.5 | 5.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.5 | 5.2 | 4.7 |
| 2.4 | 2.3 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 2.2 | 2 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 198 | 105 | 32 | Total Shots | T S | 6 | 75 | 191 |
| 80 | 42 | 11 | Shots on Target | S O | 5 | 39 | 90 |
| 36% | 29% | 9% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 80% | 23% | 34% |
- Annan Athletic has the fewest scored goals (9) away
- Annan Athletic has the most points from losing position (14)
- Annan Athletic has the the worst goal difference (-21) away
- Annan Athletic have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Annan Athletic have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Annan Athletic haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Annan Athletic is in the worst form (0-0-6)
- Brechin City has the fewest points (8) at home
- Brechin City has the most conceded goals (55)
- Brechin City has the most conceded goals in the second half (29)
- Brechin City has the the worst goal difference (-26)
| 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 | 23 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 59 | 30 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 4 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 29 | 26 | 29 | 53 |
| 2 | Edinburgh City | 23 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 44 | 25 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 16 | 19 | 50 |
| 3 | Cowdenbeath | 22 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 31 | 26 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 17 | 5 | 36 |
| 4 | Elgin City | 24 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 40 | 28 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 24 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 12 | 34 |
| 5 | Queen's Park | 23 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 33 | 33 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 32 |
| 6 | Stirling Albion | 23 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 26 | 24 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 29 |
| 7 | Annan Athletic | 24 | 8 | 3 | 13 | 31 | 51 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 21 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 30 | -20 | 27 |
| 8 | Albion Rovers | 21 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 34 | 41 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 21 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 20 | -7 | 24 |
| 9 | Stenhousemuir | 24 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 31 | 45 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 26 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 19 | -14 | 24 |
| 10 | Brechin City | 23 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 29 | 55 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 23 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 17 | 32 | -26 | 15 |