Brechin City vs Stenhousemuir: Match guide and preview

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Competition: Scotland League Two
Competition: Tue 06.April
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Glebe Park (4083 seats)

Season ticket holders at Glebe Park haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Brechin City languishing in the 10th position so far. The guesting Stenhousemuir will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.

Insights:
  • Brechin City have the fewest scored goals (6) in League Two
  • Stenhousemuir have scored more than double the goals of Brechin City.

It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only three days ago in the Scottish Cup.

It should be mentioned that Stenhousemuir play their home matches on artifical turf, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on grass. Does it matter? Recent statistics for Stenhousemuir on grass are 8 victories, 8 draws and 14 defeats from 30 games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 34-52. You can compare this with overall results below.

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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 fewest scored goals (6) in League Two, have only managed 0 wins, 1 draw and 5 losses from their games here at Glebe Park. The home team are struggling everywhere these days as they haven't won a league-game, regardless of being the home or the away team, in ten attempts. Two defeats in a row at home hurts for Brechin, their manager M. Paton and the supporters. There are certain expectations for improvement.

The Brechin fans got no joy from their last match, a League Two game also here at Glebe Park: A 1-2 defeat against Elgin City (placed 4th). Before that game, the home loss against Queen's Park with the scoreline 0-2.

There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Brechin, as the League Two home game vs Albion Rovers is only four days away.

The lack of attacking qualities in Brechin means that they have only scored 3 goals in 6 league home games, less than half a goal per match. Neutralizing the opposition is a challenge, Brechin City having conceded 18 goals here at Glebe Park so far. This has been a stadium of sighs so far as Brechin have let the opposition score 18 times, an average of more than three per game.

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Stenhousemuir form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Stenhousemuir so far with only 4 points returning home. The records show 1-1-4 (win-draw-lose). It's all red in the travel logs of Stenhousemuir, having lost four matches in a row as the visiting team.

Stenhousemuir played 0-0 against Kilmarnock in their previous match. Prior to that match, the Stenhousemuir manager D. Irons faced defeat when travelling to Stirling Albion and losing 0-1.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Cowdenbeath in just two days.

Stenhousemuir are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 6 away goals from 6 games (in the league). Stenhousemuir's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 11 goals from these trips.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Stenhousemuir - Brechin 2-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Brechin City zero wins, five draws and Stenhousemuir five victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

StenhousemuirB. Biabi
B. Biabi
5 goals
StenhousemuirM. McGuigan
M. McGuigan
4 goals
StenhousemuirG. Spence
G. Spence
4 goals

Brechin City missing players

Stenhousemuir missing players

Brechin City Stenhousemuir
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
13 6 2 Played P 2 6 12
1 0 0 Won W 1 1 4
1 1 0 Drew D 1 1 3
11 5 2 Lost L 0 4 5
6 3 2 Scored S 4 6 17
31 18 6 Conceded C 2 11 18
92% 83% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
85% 83% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 83% 92%
54% 67% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 50% 58%
23% 50% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 50% 42%
23% 50% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
31% 50% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 67% 67%
15% 17% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 17%
62% 50% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 33% 17%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.8 2.3 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.2 2.2
3 3 1 Red cards R C 0 3 4
 
6.5 6.8 6 Shots (avg) S ( 11 8 9.2
2.8 3.5 3.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 2.5 3.1
16% 14% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 57% 40% 46%
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Brechin City have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Brechin City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Brechin City have the fewest matches over the total-line (3) in League Two
  • Brechin City have the fewest points (1) at home in League Two
  • Brechin City have the fewest scored goals (3) at home in League Two
  • Brechin City have the fewest scored goals (6) in League Two
  • Brechin City have the fewest scored goals in the second half (3) in League Two
  • Brechin City have the most conceded goals (18) at home in League Two
  • Brechin City have the most conceded goals (31) in League Two
  • Brechin City have the most conceded goals in the second half (19) in League Two
  • Brechin City have the most matches under the total-line (10) in League Two
  • Brechin City have the the worst goal difference (-15) at home in League Two
  • Brechin City have the the worst goal difference (-25) in League Two
  • Brechin City have yet to win a game at home.
  • Brechin City is in the worst form (0-1-5)
  • Stenhousemuir have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Stenhousemuir have scored more than double the goals of Brechin City.
  • Stenhousemuir 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 Queen's Park 12 10 2 0 26 5 5 4 1 0 14 4 7 6 1 0 12 1 21 32
2 Edinburgh City 13 8 1 4 30 17 6 3 0 3 11 8 7 5 1 1 19 9 13 25
3 Stirling Albion 12 7 4 1 19 9 6 4 1 1 5 2 6 3 3 0 14 7 10 25
4 Elgin City 12 7 1 4 22 13 7 4 1 2 13 6 5 3 0 2 9 7 9 22
5 Stranraer 13 6 4 3 22 15 7 4 1 2 13 7 6 2 3 1 9 8 7 22
6 Stenhousemuir 12 4 3 5 17 18 6 3 2 1 11 7 6 1 1 4 6 11 -1 15
7 Annan Athletic 12 2 4 6 10 16 5 0 2 3 4 10 7 2 2 3 6 6 -6 10
8 Cowdenbeath 11 2 3 6 8 19 6 1 2 3 5 11 5 1 1 3 3 8 -11 9
9 Albion Rovers 12 2 1 9 11 28 7 1 1 5 6 13 5 1 0 4 5 15 -17 7
10 Brechin City 13 1 1 11 6 31 6 0 1 5 3 18 7 1 0 6 3 13 -25 4

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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.