Delightful dogfight as daring Stenhousemuir duel with determined Albion Rovers

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Competition: Scotland League Two
Competition: Sat 30.July
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Ochilview Park (5267 seats)

This is the League Two season opener for these squads, whom at last are competing for points again. Will Stenhousemuir or Albion Rovers get that vital first three points?

Stenhousemuir's stadium, Ochilview Park, has a artifical turf surface. Albion Rovers have grass on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Albion Rovers when playing on artifical turf; 3 wins, 2 draws and 7 losses from twelve matches. They have scored 16 goals in these games and conceded 30.

Stenhousemuir and Albion Rovers should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Stenhousemuir form and stats

Last season, Stenhousemuir's league stats were 13 wins, 10 draws and 13 losses, resulting in 5th place in the League Two. Over these 36 matches they scored 47 goals and gave away 46. Appearing as the home side in the last season Stenhousemuir delivered 5-4-9 (win-draw-lost) with 22 goals and 27 conceded.

At last, a league win after five games without one.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Stenhousemuir handle that role? We have found 10 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 3 wins, 3 draws and 4 defeats.

It's been an intense period of training leading up to this game for Stenhousemuir, who have participated in two training matches. Stenhousemuir have won 0 of these, drawn 1 and were beaten in 1 game.

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Albion Rovers form and stats

Let's have a look at how Albion Rovers performed last season in the League Two: They landed a 8th position in the league table after playing out 10 victories, 9 draws and 17 defeats. In total they scored 37 and conceded 58 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 5 - drew 4 and lost 9 with 20/32 goals scored/conceded.

That loss was their first after three consecutive league rounds winning points.

We have checked recent matches where Albion Rovers have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 12 games were 4 victories, 2 draws and 6 defeats.

Head 2 Head

Head-to-head statistics (for the previous ten meetings): Stenhousemuir won six games, one match ended in a draw and Albion Rovers have three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: seven / three

Stenhousemuir missing players

Albion Rovers missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Stenhousemuir Albion Rovers
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 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 0
 
0 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 0
Stenhousemuir Last season Albion Rovers
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
36 18   Played P   18 36
13 5   Won W   5 10
10 4   Drew D   4 9
13 9   Lost L   9 17
47 22   Scored S   20 37
46 27   Conceded C   32 58
94% 94%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   89% 86%
78% 78%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   72% 67%
42% 50%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   56% 50%
28% 33%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   39% 33%
11% 17%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   17% 19%
56% 61%   BTTS BTTS   56% 47%
22% 17%   Clean Sheets C S   28% 31%
28% 28%   Failed to Score F T   28% 36%
 
4.7 6.1   Corners for (avg) C F   3.9 4.1
4.7 4.7   Corners against (avg) C A   5.1 4.6
1.6 1.7   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.3 1.4
3 3   Red cards R C   3 4
 
9.6 10   Shots (avg) S (   9.2 9.1
3.8 3.4   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.5 3.9
35% 35%   Goal Efficiency G E   25% 26%
 
9.2 9.3   Shots against (avg) S A   10.1 9.4
3.6 3.6   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3.8 4

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Albion Rovers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Annan Athletic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Dumbarton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 East Fife 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Elgin City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Forfar Athletic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Stenhousemuir 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Stirling Albion 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Stranraer 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 Kelty Hearts 36 24 9 3 68 28 18 13 5 0 36 12 18 11 4 3 32 16 40 81
2 Forfar Athletic 36 16 12 8 57 36 18 10 5 3 34 17 18 6 7 5 23 19 21 60
3 Annan Athletic 36 18 5 13 64 51 18 7 4 7 33 29 18 11 1 6 31 22 13 59
4 Edinburgh City 36 14 10 12 43 49 18 7 5 6 23 25 18 7 5 6 20 24 -6 52
5 Stenhousemuir 36 13 10 13 47 46 18 5 4 9 22 27 18 8 6 4 25 19 1 49
6 Stranraer 36 13 8 15 50 54 18 6 4 8 18 26 18 7 4 7 32 28 -4 47
7 Stirling Albion 36 11 9 16 41 46 18 6 2 10 22 26 18 5 7 6 19 20 -5 42
8 Albion Rovers 36 10 9 17 37 58 18 5 5 8 17 26 18 5 4 9 20 32 -21 39
9 Elgin City 36 9 10 17 33 51 18 6 6 6 20 21 18 3 4 11 13 30 -18 37
10 Cowdenbeath 36 7 8 21 28 49 18 3 5 10 13 21 18 4 3 11 15 28 -21 29

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 Albion Rovers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Annan Athletic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Dumbarton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 East Fife 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Elgin City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Forfar Athletic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Stenhousemuir 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Stirling Albion 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Stranraer 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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.