Can Stirling Albion beat Annan Athletic in Forthbank Stadium clash?

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Competition: Scotland League Two
Competition: Sat 31.October
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Forthbank Stadium (3808 seats)

Only a few games have been played in the League Two so far, with Stirling Albion placed 7th and Annan Athletic sitting in the 2nd position.

Stirling Albion and Annan Athletic 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.

15 - 2 - 16 with 42-50. What does this mean? Well, these are the statistics for Annan Athletic when playing on grass like they will do today. Wins - draws- losses and goals scored-conceded. Annan Athletic play their home games on artifical turf so that's why we provide these numbers.

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Stirling Albion form and stats

The first League Two game here at Forthbank Stadium resulted in a draw. Last season Stirling Albion's home game statistics were 3 victories, 3 draws and 7 defeats from 13 games.

The home team returns to Forthbank Stadium after being equal after 90 minutes with Stenhousemuir (placed 3rd) on their last time out; the League Two game ended 2-2. In the match before that, Stirling hosted Queen's Park and drew the game 0-0.

This is expected to be a close game, with Stirling Albion perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Stirling Albion as a small favourite), we find six games. Stirling has won two of these, drawn one and lost three.

At Forthbank Stadium, Stirling Albion has the goal stats of 0-0 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.

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Annan Athletic form and stats

A perfect away game record so far for the visitors in the League Two, but they have only played once. Last season their away game stats were 3 wins, 0 draws and 10 defeats from 13 matches.

Annan delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Stranraer (placed 8th) in their previous match; a League Two game. Ahead of that match was the victory versus Cowdenbeath at their stadium, the result 3-0.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Annan playing away and similar expectations, we found eight relevant matches. Results were four Annan Athletic wins, one draw and three defeats.

As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Annan Athletic has managed 3 goals and let in 0 from 1 match.

Head 2 Head

Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: four wins for Stirling, four draws and two wins for Annan Athletic. Over 2,5 goals: seven times; under 2,5 goals: three games.

Top Goalscorers

Stirling AlbionD. Wilson
D. Wilson
1 goals
Annan AthleticN. Flanagan
N. Flanagan
1 goals
Annan AthleticO. Moxon
O. Moxon
1 goals

Stirling Albion missing players

Annan Athletic missing players

Stirling Albion Annan Athletic
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
2 1 0 Played P 0 1 2
0 0 0 Won W 0 1 1
2 1 0 Drew D 0 0 1
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
2 0 0 Scored S 0 3 4
2 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 1
50% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
50% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 100%
50% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 100% 50%
50% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
50% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 50%
50% 100% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 100% 50%
50% 100% 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
3 2 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0.5
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
14 8 0 Total Shots T S 0 9 18
3 0 0 Shots on Target S O 0 4 6
67% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 75% 67%
Stirling Albion Last season Annan Athletic
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
28 13   Played P   13 27
10 3   Won W   3 9
6 3   Drew D   0 4
12 7   Lost L   10 14
34 13   Scored S   9 33
35 21   Conceded C   32 54
89% 85%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 93%
64% 62%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   92% 85%
43% 46%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   69% 63%
21% 23%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   38% 41%
14% 15%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   8% 22%
46% 46%   BTTS BTTS   38% 48%
36% 38%   Clean Sheets C S   8% 15%
29% 31%   Failed to Score F T   54% 44%
 
0 0   Corners for (avg) C F   0 0
0 0   Corners against (avg) C A   0 0
1.9 1.6   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.2 2
7 3   Red cards R C   2 4
 
273 144   Total Shots T S   80 213
100 53   Shots on Target S O   41 98
34% 25%   Goal Efficiency G E   22% 34%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Elgin City 2 2 0 0 7 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 4 1 6 6
2 Annan Athletic 2 1 1 0 4 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 4
3 Stenhousemuir 2 1 1 0 5 3 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 4
4 Queen's Park 2 1 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 4
5 Edinburgh City 2 1 0 1 5 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 5 1 3 3
6 Cowdenbeath 2 1 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 -2 3
7 Stirling Albion 2 0 2 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 2
8 Stranraer 2 0 1 1 2 5 1 0 0 1 1 4 1 0 1 0 1 1 -3 1
9 Albion Rovers 2 0 0 2 1 5 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 -4 0
10 Brechin City 2 0 0 2 1 8 1 0 0 1 1 5 1 0 0 1 0 3 -7 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 Cove Rangers 28 22 2 4 76 34 14 14 0 0 37 7 14 8 2 4 39 27 42 68
2 Edinburgh City 27 17 4 6 49 28 14 10 2 2 28 9 13 7 2 4 21 19 21 55
3 Elgin City 28 12 7 9 48 34 14 7 2 5 30 19 14 5 5 4 18 15 14 43
4 Cowdenbeath 27 12 5 10 37 35 14 10 2 2 23 15 13 2 3 8 14 20 2 41
5 Queen's Park 28 11 7 10 37 35 14 6 5 3 21 17 14 5 2 7 16 18 2 40
6 Stirling Albion 28 10 6 12 34 35 13 3 3 7 13 21 15 7 3 5 21 14 -1 36
7 Annan Athletic 27 9 4 14 33 54 14 6 4 4 24 22 13 3 0 10 9 32 -21 31
8 Stenhousemuir 28 7 8 13 32 48 15 3 4 8 16 29 13 4 4 5 16 19 -16 29
9 Albion Rovers 26 6 6 14 37 51 12 5 2 5 23 23 14 1 4 9 14 28 -14 24
10 Brechin City 27 4 5 18 31 60 13 2 3 8 12 25 14 2 2 10 19 35 -29 17

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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.