Season ticket holders at Ochilview Park haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Stenhousemuir languishing in the 8th position so far. The guesting Annan Athletic will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.
Stenhousemuir have less rest than Annan Athletic in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a League Two game only four days ago. This match was also played here at Ochilview Park. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Annan Athletic have had more rest.
Stenhousemuir form and stats
With 2 League Two wins, 1 draw and 4 defeats from their home games, Stenhousemuir, who have the most conceded goals (16) at home in League Two, are certainly not brimming with confidence.
The home supporters saw a 2-2 draw versus Elgin City in the League Two last time out and are looking for a win here. In the preceding match a 2-1 victory visiting Brechin City.
There was plenty of action in the dying minutes of the game against Elgin City as A. Munro's goal in the 90th minute completed a cancellation of 0-2 and secured a point.
The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Stenhousemuir have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found five matches with the results: Won 1 Drawn 0 Lost 4.
Stenhousemuir has scored 9 league goals at home this season, in 7 matches. Stenhousemuir are struggling defensively, conceding on average more than two goals per home game (16 from 7 played).
Annan Athletic form and stats
Annan Athletic have only collected 6 points from their away games in the League Two, after 2-0-5 (7 played). Annan Athletic has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.
Annan Athletic won their last game, 6-1 versus Cove Rangers played at home. Prior to that match, the Annan Athletic manager P. Murphy faced defeat when travelling to Edinburgh City and losing 3-4.
As mentioned above, Annan Athletic was the only team on the pitch versus Cove Rangers in their previous game, winning 6-1. This could be a tougher task. It's hard not to mention T. Muir's lethal finishing against Cove Rangers. 3 goals was a big reason for the three points.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found eight similar matches played by Annan Athletic in our archives, and the results are: 3 wins for Annan Athletic, 2 draws and 3 defeats.
The attacking power of Annan Athletic when travelling is not overwhelming with 4 goals scored from 7 league matches away. The Annan Athletic manager P. Murphy has some worries about the defense as 17 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Annan Athletic - Stenhousemuir 1-1 entered in the official records. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: 3 - 3 - 4 (Stenhousemuir wins - draws - Annan Athletic wins). As for goals, 6 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 4 had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. McGuigan 4 goals |  D. Hopkirk 4 goals |   T. Muir 4 goals |
Stenhousemuir missing players
Annan Athletic missing players
| Stenhousemuir | Annan Athletic | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 14 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 5 |
| 16 | 9 | 2 | Scored | S | 1 | 4 | 21 |
| 26 | 16 | 5 | Conceded | C | 2 | 17 | 24 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 93% |
| 86% | 86% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 86% | 79% |
| 64% | 86% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 71% | 57% |
| 36% | 57% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 43% | 43% |
| 14% | 29% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 21% |
| 64% | 57% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 29% | 50% |
| 14% | 14% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 14% | 21% |
| 21% | 29% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 57% | 36% |
| 4.6 | 3.6 | 5 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 5 | 4.8 |
| 5.7 | 5.7 | 7.5 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 4 | 5.9 | 4.6 |
| 1.9 | 1.9 | 2 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.3 | 2.1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 143 | 70 | 18 | Total Shots | T S | 21 | 56 | 126 |
| 48 | 25 | 7 | Shots on Target | S O | 12 | 28 | 61 |
| 33% | 36% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 8% | 14% | 34% |
- Annan Athletic has the most points from losing position (11)
- Annan Athletic has the the worst goal difference (-13) 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.
- Stenhousemuir has the fewest scored goals in the second half (7)
- Stenhousemuir has the most conceded goals (16) at home
- Stenhousemuir have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Stenhousemuir have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Annan Athletic have scored away.
- Stenhousemuir have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- 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 | Cove Rangers | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 39 | 19 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 17 | 20 | 34 |
| 2 | Edinburgh City | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 30 | 20 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 10 | 29 |
| 3 | Cowdenbeath | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 25 |
| 4 | Annan Athletic | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 24 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 17 | -3 | 21 |
| 5 | Queen's Park | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 18 |
| 6 | Elgin City | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 17 |
| 7 | Stirling Albion | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 16 |
| 8 | Stenhousemuir | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 26 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 10 | -10 | 16 |
| 9 | Albion Rovers | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 18 | 29 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 16 | -11 | 11 |
| 10 | Brechin City | 14 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 15 | 33 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 18 | -18 | 7 |