Another action-packed fixture in League Two as Stirling Albion welcome Stenhousemuir

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Competition: Scotland League Two
Competition: Sat 02.January
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Forthbank Stadium (3808 seats)

It's advantage Stirling Albion so far with their 3rd position in the League Two table, welcoming Stenhousemuir who are placed 6th.

Insights:
  • Stirling Albion has the most scored goals in the first half (10) in League Two
  • Stenhousemuir have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

This pitch has grass, which is not Stenhousemuir's usual surface at their own ground. When playing on grass Stenhousemuir have performed like this: Played 29 matches resulting in 7 wins, 8 draws and 14 defeats with the goal stats 32-55 (scored/conceded).

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Stirling Albion form and stats

2-1-1 (win-draw-lost) are the League Two numbers at home for Stirling Albion, who have the fewest conceded goals (2) at home in League Two, so far this season.

Happy days for Stirling in their previous game, a Scottish Cup match away at Berwick Rangers that ended with a 3-0 victory. In the game before, an away victory in the League Two match versus Edinburgh City with a 3-2 scoreline.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Stirling here at Forthbank Stadium in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (3 from 4 games). As for guarding their own goal, Stirling Albion have only let in 2 goals at home.

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Stenhousemuir form and stats

1-1-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Stenhousemuir in their League Two matches away. Stenhousemuir has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.

Impressive finishing secured the home win 4-1 against Preston Athletic in their previous game. Prior to that match, the Stenhousemuir manager D. Irons faced defeat when travelling to Elgin City and losing 0-2.

The visiting Stenhousemuir have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 5 goals from 4 games. Stenhousemuir struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 7 goals conceded from these games.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Stenhousemuir - Stirling 2-2. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Stirling victories, four draws and two Stenhousemuir wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Stirling AlbionA. Ryan
A. Ryan
5 goals
StenhousemuirB. Biabi
B. Biabi
4 goals
StenhousemuirG. Spence
G. Spence
4 goals

Stirling Albion missing players

Stenhousemuir missing players

Stirling Albion Stenhousemuir
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
9 4 0 Played P 2 4 9
5 2 0 Won W 0 1 3
3 1 0 Drew D 0 1 3
1 1 0 Lost L 2 2 3
16 3 0 Scored S 1 5 14
8 2 0 Conceded C 5 7 14
89% 75% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
56% 25% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 100%
56% 25% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 50% 67%
44% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 50% 44%
22% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
44% 25% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 75% 78%
56% 75% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 11%
11% 25% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 25% 11%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.1 1.5 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2.8 2.4
0 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 2
 
11.1 10.2 0 Shots (avg) S ( 6.5 8.8 9.6
3.7 3.2 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.5 3 3.6
48% 23% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 42% 44%
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • All of Stenhousemuir's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Stenhousemuir have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Stenhousemuir haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Stirling Albion has the fewest conceded goals (2) at home in League Two
  • Stirling Albion has the most scored goals in the first half (10) in League Two

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Queen's Park 9 7 2 0 18 5 4 3 1 0 11 4 5 4 1 0 7 1 13 23
2 Elgin City 9 6 0 3 18 9 5 4 0 1 11 3 4 2 0 2 7 6 9 18
3 Stirling Albion 9 5 3 1 16 8 4 2 1 1 3 2 5 3 2 0 13 6 8 18
4 Stranraer 9 4 3 2 17 11 5 2 1 2 9 7 4 2 2 0 8 4 6 15
5 Edinburgh City 9 4 1 4 20 13 5 2 0 3 8 7 4 2 1 1 12 6 7 13
6 Stenhousemuir 9 3 3 3 14 14 5 2 2 1 9 7 4 1 1 2 5 7 0 12
7 Annan Athletic 9 2 2 5 9 13 4 0 1 3 4 10 5 2 1 2 5 3 -4 8
8 Cowdenbeath 8 2 1 5 6 15 4 1 1 2 3 7 4 1 0 3 3 8 -9 7
9 Albion Rovers 8 2 0 6 9 20 4 1 0 3 4 7 4 1 0 3 5 13 -11 6
10 Brechin City 9 1 1 7 5 24 4 0 1 3 2 14 5 1 0 4 3 10 -19 4

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.