Annan Athletic go to Stirling Albion and Forthbank Stadium full of hope and confidence, but the host team is hard to beat. More news on the fixture here!
- Stirling Albion is in the worst form (0-1-5)
- Annan Athletic have the most clean sheets (4) away in League Two
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on grass and that the visiting Annan Athletic have a different surface at their stadium (artifical turf). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on grass is 13-4-17 (win-draw-loss) from 34 matches.
Stirling Albion form and stats
Stirling Albion have played 7 League Two games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-1-3 (wins-draws-losses). Regardless of arena the trend is looking very unhealthy for Stirling Albion with their five defeats in a row. Not since the Kelty Hearts game, 49 days ago, have they avoided a loss.
Stress levels are on the rise for Stirling's attacking players as they have now played 248 minutes without scoring in a league game. Carrick was their last goal scorer.
The fans are hoping that Stirling will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-2 away loss in the League Two game against Forfar Athletic (placed 2nd).
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Cowdenbeath (0-1).Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the League Two game versus Elgin City in only three days. This game is also played here at Forthbank Stadium.
Stirling have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Forthbank Stadium with 11 goals in 7 league matches. Stirling have conceded 10 in these home matches.
Annan Athletic form and stats
5-0-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Annan Athletic in their League Two matches away.
Impressive finishing from Docherty (3) and Smith secured the home win 4-1 against Elgin City in their previous game. It's hard not to mention Docherty's lethal finishing against Elgin City. three goals were a big reason for the important victory.
Before that one, a nice away victory 1-0 at Edinburgh City.Annan have scored 11 goals on their travels this season, from 8 away games in the league. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (7 so far).
Head 2 Head
Annan Athletic - Stirling Albion 3-1 was the outcome when these two teams last played each other, earlier this season. Stirling-Annan Athletic H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Stirling Albion five wins, Annan Athletic two wins, three draws. seven of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  D. Carrick 4 goals |  D. Docherty 4 goals | D. Mackin 3 goals |
Stirling Albion missing players
Annan Athletic missing players
| Stirling Albion | Annan Athletic | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 8 | 16 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 21 | 11 | 2 | Scored | S | 4 | 11 | 24 |
| 20 | 10 | 3 | Conceded | C | 0 | 7 | 19 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 75% | 86% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 75% | 81% |
| 50% | 71% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 38% | 50% |
| 31% | 43% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 12% | 31% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 50% | 71% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 25% | 50% |
| 31% | 29% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 50% | 31% |
| 19% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 19% |
| 4.7 | 5 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 3.4 | 4.4 |
| 4.2 | 3.7 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 6.1 | 5.2 |
| 2.2 | 1.9 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 2 | 2.2 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10.2 | 9.7 | 9.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 7.8 | 10.1 |
| 3.9 | 4.3 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 3.9 | 4.6 |
| 33% | 37% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 44% | 35% | 32% |
| 9.6 | 9.9 | 11.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9 | 11.9 | 11.1 |
| 4.5 | 5 | 6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2 | 3.8 | 3.9 |
- Annan Athletic have the most clean sheets (4) away in League Two
- Annan Athletic have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Annan Athletic haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Stirling Albion have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Stirling Albion have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Stirling Albion haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Stirling Albion is in the worst form (0-1-5)
| 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 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 33 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 23 | 39 |
| 2 | Forfar Athletic | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 28 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 32 |
| 3 | Annan Athletic | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 24 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 26 |
| 4 | Stranraer | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 11 | -1 | 22 |
| 5 | Edinburgh City | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 10 | -2 | 22 |
| 6 | Stirling Albion | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 21 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 21 |
| 7 | Stenhousemuir | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 25 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | -4 | 19 |
| 8 | Albion Rovers | 16 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 20 | 29 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 19 | -9 | 17 |
| 9 | Elgin City | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 16 | -10 | 13 |
| 10 | Cowdenbeath | 16 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 27 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 17 | -17 | 9 |