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Competition: Scotland League Two
Competition: Sat 07.November
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Glebe Park (4083 seats)

The League Two season is still fresh and sports bettors should be cautious. This meeting between Brechin City and Stirling Albion promises to be an interesting one.

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.

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Brechin City form and stats

The home fans saw their team lose the first League Two game of the season here at Glebe Park. Last season these fans witnessed 2 wins, 3 draws and 8 losses from Brechin City's 13 home games.

A strong away win for Brechin against Albion Rovers the last match, as M. Todd were on target. Prior to that, an away loss at Elgin City.

Brechin City has scored 1 goal so far and conceded 5 goals from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.

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Stirling Albion form and stats

The visitors settled for one point in their first League Two away game of the season. During their previous season 15 away games resulted in 7 wins, 3 draws and 5 defeats.

Stirling Albion had fun at their own home (Glebe Park) last time out, beating Annan Athletic 1-0. A. Ryan scored. Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Stenhousemuir that ended 2-2.

A new game in only three days for Stirling, the League Cup home match versus Montrose. Busy days.

Stirling Albion have the goal stats of 2-2 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.

Head 2 Head

Brechin City-Stirling Albion H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Brechin City six wins, Stirling Albion three wins, one draw. six of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Stirling AlbionD. Wilson
D. Wilson
1 goals
Stirling AlbionA. Ryan
A. Ryan
1 goals

Brechin City missing players

Stirling Albion missing players

Brechin City Stirling Albion
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
3 1 0 Played P 0 1 3
1 0 0 Won W 0 0 1
0 0 0 Drew D 0 1 2
2 1 0 Lost L 0 0 0
3 1 0 Scored S 0 2 3
8 5 0 Conceded C 0 2 2
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 67%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 33%
67% 100% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 100% 33%
33% 100% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 100% 33%
33% 100% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
33% 100% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 100% 33%
33% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 67%
33% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 33%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.3 2 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 4 2.3
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
21 5 0 Total Shots T S 0 6 23
9 4 0 Shots on Target S O 0 3 7
33% 25% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 67% 43%
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Brechin City has the most conceded goals (8) in League Two
  • Brechin City has the most conceded goals in the second half (6) in League Two
Brechin City Last season Stirling Albion
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
27 13   Played P   15 28
4 2   Won W   7 10
5 3   Drew D   3 6
18 8   Lost L   5 12
31 12   Scored S   21 34
60 25   Conceded C   14 35
89% 85%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   93% 89%
78% 77%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   67% 64%
70% 62%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   40% 43%
41% 23%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   20% 21%
33% 23%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   13% 14%
67% 62%   BTTS BTTS   47% 46%
15% 15%   Clean Sheets C S   33% 36%
30% 38%   Failed to Score F T   27% 29%
 
0 0   Corners for (avg) C F   0 0
0 0   Corners against (avg) C A   0 0
2.4 2.2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.2 1.9
3 2   Red cards R C   4 7
 
215 112   Total Shots T S   129 273
87 45   Shots on Target S O   47 100
36% 27%   Goal Efficiency G E   45% 34%

  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 3 2 1 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 3 7
2 Elgin City 3 2 0 1 7 2 1 1 0 0 3 0 2 1 0 1 4 2 5 6
3 Edinburgh City 3 2 0 1 6 2 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 5 1 4 6
4 Stenhousemuir 3 1 2 0 6 4 1 0 1 0 2 2 2 1 1 0 4 2 2 5
5 Stirling Albion 3 1 2 0 3 2 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 5
6 Annan Athletic 3 1 1 1 4 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 3 1 2 4
7 Cowdenbeath 3 1 1 1 2 4 2 0 1 1 1 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 -2 4
8 Brechin City 3 1 0 2 3 8 1 0 0 1 1 5 2 1 0 1 2 3 -5 3
9 Stranraer 3 0 1 2 2 6 2 0 0 2 1 5 1 0 1 0 1 1 -4 1
10 Albion Rovers 3 0 0 3 1 7 2 0 0 2 1 5 1 0 0 1 0 2 -6 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

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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.