Stenhousemuir vs Stirling Albion: Match guide and preview

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Competition: Scotland League Two
Competition: Sat 31.July
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Ochilview Park (5267 seats)

New season, new opportunities: Here's what you need to know before the Stenhousemuir - Stirling Albion match!

Stenhousemuir and Stirling Albion 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.

One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on artifical turf and that the visiting Stirling Albion have a different surface at their stadium (grass). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on artifical turf is 4-5-4 (win-draw-loss) from 13 matches.

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Stenhousemuir form and stats

Last season, Stenhousemuir's league statistics were 6 wins, 4 draws and 8 losses, resulting in a 6th position in the League Two. Over these 18 matches they scored 23 goals and conceded 31. Playing at home last season Stenhousemuir managed 5-2-2 (win-draw-lost) with 15 goals and 10 conceded.

Stenhousemuir have prepared for this season with one friendly games versus mixed opposition. Results from training matches should always be treated with caution, but the takeaways from these one matches are 1 victories, 0 draws and 0 losses. In these games, Stenhousemuir have scored 5 goals and conceded 1 time.

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Stirling Albion form and stats

Let's have a look at how Stirling Albion performed last season in the League Two: They landed a 3rd position in the league table after playing out 9 victories, 5 draws and 4 defeats. In total they scored 27 and conceded 15 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 5 - drew 3 and lost 1 with 21/10 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Stenhousemuir two wins, four draws and Stirling Albion four victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.

Stenhousemuir missing players

Stirling Albion missing players

Stenhousemuir Stirling Albion
Total Home vs low 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%
Stenhousemuir Last season Stirling Albion
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
22 11   Played P   11 22
7 5   Won W   6 10
5 2   Drew D   3 6
10 4   Lost L   2 6
25 15   Scored S   23 32
35 13   Conceded C   13 22
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 95%
82% 82%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   73% 55%
45% 45%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   64% 45%
36% 27%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   55% 32%
5% 0%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   27% 14%
55% 45%   BTTS BTTS   64% 50%
23% 36%   Clean Sheets C S   27% 36%
23% 18%   Failed to Score F T   9% 18%
 
4.2 5.5   Corners for (avg) C F   5.6 6.3
5.1 5.5   Corners against (avg) C A   4.3 3.9
2 2.2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.5 2.1
4 1   Red cards R C   0 1
 
10.1 10.5   Shots (avg) S (   11.1 10.2
3.4 4   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.1 3.8
33% 34%   Goal Efficiency G E   51% 38%

  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 Cowdenbeath 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Edinburgh City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Elgin City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Forfar Athletic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Kelty Hearts 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 Stenhousemuir 4 1 1 2 2 4 2 0 0 2 0 3 2 1 1 0 2 1 -2 26
2 Albion Rovers 4 2 1 1 3 3 2 1 1 0 2 1 2 1 0 1 1 2 0 25
3 Annan Athletic 4 1 2 1 5 3 2 0 2 0 2 2 2 1 0 1 3 1 2 22
4 Cowdenbeath 4 2 1 1 5 3 2 1 0 1 2 2 2 1 1 0 3 1 2 21
5 Brechin City 4 1 1 2 3 5 2 0 0 2 0 4 2 1 1 0 3 1 -2 10

Read more about League Two

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.