Getting closer to the top teams is at stake when these two mid-table clubs battle it out. Both will be aiming to improve their league table standing, Stirling Albion in 5th and Queen's Park in 6th place.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Stirling Albion form and stats
3-2-5 (win-draw-lost) are the League Two numbers at home for Stirling Albion so far this season. Three consecutive losses here at Forthbank Stadium is hard to swallow for the home team. Both players, staff and the home crowd are desperate to get something from this match.
Stirling Albion are returning here after visiting Edinburgh City in a League Two game and winning with a 1-0 scoreline. J. McGregor scored the goal(s). Ahead of that match, Stirling Albion lost 1-2 at home to Elgin City.
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 Stirling Albion have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found seven matches with the results: Won three Drawn one Lost three.
Stirling Albion has scored 11 league goals at home this season, in 10 matches. Stirling Albion's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 11 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Queen's Park form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their League Two travels is 4 wins, 0 draws and 6 defeats.
C. Slater scored in Queen's Park's previous match, the home game against Cowdenbeath that ended 1-0. A 2-2 draw was the result before that, hosting Albion Rovers.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Queen's Park playing away and similar expectations, we found six relevant matches. Results were one Queen's Park win, three draws and two defeats.
Queen's Park have scored 13 goals on their travels this season, from 10 away games in the league. Queen's Park have conceded 15 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Queen's Park - Stirling Albion 1-1 entered in the official records. Stirling Albion-Queen's Park H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Stirling Albion one win, Queen's Park three wins, six draws. one of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  S. Kouider-Aïssa 9 goals |   D. Duffy 7 goals |  D. Galt 6 goals |
Stirling Albion missing players
Queen's Park missing players
| Stirling Albion | Queen's Park | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 10 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 10 | 22 |
| 8 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 9 | 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 6 | 9 |
| 25 | 11 | 2 | Scored | S | 1 | 13 | 30 |
| 21 | 11 | 2 | Conceded | C | 3 | 15 | 32 |
| 91% | 90% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 95% |
| 59% | 60% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 80% | 82% |
| 36% | 40% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 70% | 64% |
| 9% | 10% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 20% | 23% |
| 9% | 10% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 10% | 9% |
| 41% | 40% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 40% | 59% |
| 36% | 40% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 30% | 23% |
| 32% | 30% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 30% | 23% |
| 5 | 6.2 | 6.5 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 4 | 5.5 | 5.9 |
| 5.9 | 4.9 | 2.5 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 4 | 3.7 | 4.2 |
| 2.1 | 1.7 | 3.5 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 216 | 114 | 28 | Total Shots | T S | 5 | 109 | 250 |
| 81 | 43 | 10 | Shots on Target | S O | 4 | 47 | 100 |
| 31% | 26% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 28% | 30% |
- Queen's Park have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Queen's Park haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Stirling Albion has the fewest conceded goals (21)
- Stirling Albion has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (5)
- Stirling Albion has the fewest matches over the total-line (7)
- Stirling Albion has the fewest points from losing position (2)
- Stirling Albion has the fewest scored goals (11) at home
- Stirling Albion has the fewest scored goals (25)
- Stirling Albion has the fewest scored goals in the first half (12)
- Stirling Albion has the most matches under the total-line (14)
- Stirling Albion have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Stirling Albion have won significantly more corners at 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 | 22 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 59 | 27 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 4 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 29 | 23 | 32 | 53 |
| 2 | Edinburgh City | 22 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 41 | 25 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 16 | 16 | 47 |
| 3 | Cowdenbeath | 21 | 11 | 2 | 8 | 29 | 24 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 15 | 5 | 35 |
| 4 | Elgin City | 23 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 37 | 28 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 9 | 31 |
| 5 | Stirling Albion | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 25 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 29 |
| 6 | Queen's Park | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 30 | 32 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 13 | 15 | -2 | 29 |
| 7 | Annan Athletic | 23 | 8 | 3 | 12 | 31 | 48 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 21 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 27 | -17 | 27 |
| 8 | Stenhousemuir | 23 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 29 | 43 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 24 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 19 | -14 | 23 |
| 9 | Albion Rovers | 20 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 30 | 40 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 20 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 20 | -10 | 21 |
| 10 | Brechin City | 22 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 28 | 51 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 23 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 16 | 28 | -23 | 15 |