Season ticket holders at Forthbank Stadium haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Stirling Albion languishing in the 9th position so far. The guesting Annan Athletic will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the League Two.
This pitch has grass, which is not Annan Athletic's usual surface at their own ground. When playing on grass Annan Athletic have performed like this: Played 32 matches resulting in 17 wins, 3 draws and 12 defeats with the goal stats 43-37 (scored/conceded).
Stirling Albion form and stats
2 victories, 2 draws and 2 defeats. That’s what Stirling Albion, who have the fewest scored goals (8) in League Two, have to build on here at Forthbank Stadium in the League Two.
In their previous game, the manager K. Rutkiewicz led his Stirling Albion to a defeat in the League Two match away at Cove Rangers. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Forthbank Stadium. Before that, Stirling Albion had a home game versus Albion Rovers which ended with a victory 3-0.
The Stirling Albion fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 6 in 6 matches. Stirling Albion have only conceded 4 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Annan Athletic form and stats
Annan Athletic, who have the the worst goal difference (-11) away in League Two, have only collected 6 points from their away games in the League Two, after 2-0-4 (6 played).
The supporters enjoyed Annan Athletic's previous game versus Brechin City (placed 10th), a League Two 5-2 win played at home. That result followed a home victory 1-0 versus Cowdenbeath.
A crazy, crazy match with lots of goals last time out for Annan Athletic, as mentioned above. 7 goals in that one, will this match be as much fun?
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Annan Athletic as they have only managed to score 4 times from 6 away games in the league. The opposition has been scoring high and low on Annan Athletic's goalkeeper in away games this season, as they have let in 15 goals in 6 travels.
Head 2 Head
Annan Athletic - Stirling Albion 0-0 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Stirling Albion-Annan Athletic H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Stirling Albion 4 wins, Annan Athletic 2 wins, 4 draws. 7 of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  J. Peters 3 goals |   C. Nadé 3 goals |  S. McLean 3 goals |
Stirling Albion missing players
Annan Athletic missing players
| Stirling Albion | Annan Athletic | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 6 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 6 | 12 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 8 | 6 | 1 | Scored | S | 1 | 4 | 15 |
| 10 | 4 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 15 | 21 |
| 83% | 83% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 92% |
| 42% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 83% | 75% |
| 25% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 83% | 58% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 42% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 33% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 33% | 50% |
| 33% | 50% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 17% | 25% |
| 50% | 33% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 33% |
| 5.3 | 5.5 | 2.5 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 5 | 5.2 | 5.1 |
| 5.2 | 4.2 | 3.5 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 5 | 6.3 | 4.8 |
| 1.8 | 1.5 | 3 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.3 | 2.1 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
- 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.
- Stirling Albion have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
| 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 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 35 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 11 | 22 | 31 |
| 2 | Edinburgh City | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 26 |
| 3 | Cowdenbeath | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 22 |
| 4 | Annan Athletic | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 15 | -6 | 18 |
| 5 | Elgin City | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 16 |
| 6 | Queen's Park | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 15 |
| 7 | Stenhousemuir | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 23 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | -11 | 12 |
| 8 | Albion Rovers | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 26 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 13 | -10 | 11 |
| 9 | Stirling Albion | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 6 | -2 | 10 |
| 10 | Brechin City | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 14 | 28 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 15 | -14 | 7 |