Home advantage could prove decisive in Stirling Albion - Stenhousemuir battle

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Competition: Scotland League Two
Competition: Sat 06.November
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Forthbank Stadium (3808 seats)

League Two: Top-drawer against below average, at least according to the table. Stirling Albion - Stenhousemuir. Home win or a surprise result?

Insights:
  • Stirling Albion have the most clean sheets (5) in League Two
  • Stenhousemuir have won significantly less corners away then at home.

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.

10 - 8 - 12 with 34-44. What does this mean? Well, these are the statistics for Stenhousemuir when playing on grass like they will do today. Wins - draws- losses and goals scored-conceded. Stenhousemuir play their home games on artifical turf so that's why we provide these numbers.

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Stirling Albion form and stats

3 victories, 1 draw and 1 defeat. That’s what Stirling Albion have to build on here at Forthbank Stadium in the League Two.

Stirling travelled for their previous game, a trip to Kelty Hearts that ended 1-1. D. Scally was able to secure the draw 1-1 in the game against Kelty Hearts after coming on as a substitute and scoring the final goal. In the starting lineup today?

In the game before, an away victory in the Scottish Cup match versus Berwick Rangers with a 2-1 scoreline.

The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Stirling Albion's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played one game, won zero matches, drawn one and lost zero.

Stirling have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Forthbank Stadium with 9 goals in 5 league matches. 5 goals have been conceded.

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Stenhousemuir form and stats

The visitors are W2-D1-L2 on the road this term. That's in the League Two.

Stenhousemuir won their last game, 4-1 versus Huntly played at home.

Prior to that result Stenhousemuir won their away game at Cowdenbeath in the League Two. The scoreline was 2-0.

As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Stenhousemuir playing away, we found four games. Results were one away win, zero draws and three home wins.

After this away game Stenhousemuir return home for a League Two game against Albion Rovers. That game is only three sleeps after this.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Stenhousemuir have scored 6 goals in 5 league games away. 6 goals have been conceded by Stenhousemuir in these games.

Head 2 Head

Stirling and Stenhousemuir have met earlier this season: Stenhousemuir - Stirling Albion 0-1. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Stirling victories, four draws and two Stenhousemuir wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Stirling AlbionD. Mackin
D. Mackin
3 goals
StirlingD. Carrick
D. Carrick
3 goals
Stirling AlbionJ. Leitch
J. Leitch
2 goals

Stirling Albion missing players

Stenhousemuir missing players

Stirling Albion Stenhousemuir
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
11 5 2 Played P 0 5 10
6 3 2 Won W 0 2 2
3 1 0 Drew D 0 1 3
2 1 0 Lost L 0 2 5
19 9 6 Scored S 0 6 10
11 5 1 Conceded C 0 6 15
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
82% 80% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 80% 80%
55% 60% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 40% 40%
36% 40% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 20% 20%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 10%
55% 60% 50% BTTS BTTS 0% 40% 60%
45% 40% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 20% 10%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 40% 30%
 
4.9 4.6 4.5 Corners for (avg) C F 0 4.4 5.9
4.1 3.8 4 Corners against (avg) C A 0 4.2 4.2
2.1 1.8 0.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1.4 1.6
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
10.8 9.8 11 Shots (avg) S ( 0 12.8 11.8
4.2 4.2 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 6.2 4.9
41% 43% 60% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 19% 20%
 
9.4 9.6 8.5 Shots against (avg) S A 0 10.6 10.7
4.5 4.4 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 4 3.9
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Stenhousemuir have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Stenhousemuir 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 matches so far.
  • Stirling Albion have the most clean sheets (5) in League Two
  • Stirling Albion have the most matches over the total-line (6) in League Two
  • Stirling Albion have the most scored goals in the second half (13) in League Two
  • Stirling Albion haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 11 8 3 0 23 9 6 4 2 0 8 3 5 4 1 0 15 6 14 27
2 Stirling Albion 11 6 3 2 19 11 5 3 1 1 9 5 6 3 2 1 10 6 8 21
3 Forfar Athletic 11 5 5 1 18 10 5 3 2 0 10 4 6 2 3 1 8 6 8 20
4 Annan Athletic 11 6 0 5 16 13 5 2 0 3 6 8 6 4 0 2 10 5 3 18
5 Edinburgh City 10 4 2 4 12 12 5 2 2 1 8 6 5 2 0 3 4 6 0 14
6 Stranraer 11 3 3 5 10 15 6 2 0 4 5 10 5 1 3 1 5 5 -5 12
7 Albion Rovers 10 3 1 6 10 16 6 3 1 2 8 7 4 0 0 4 2 9 -6 10
8 Stenhousemuir 10 2 3 5 10 15 5 0 2 3 4 9 5 2 1 2 6 6 -5 9
9 Elgin City 10 2 3 5 9 15 5 1 2 2 5 6 5 1 1 3 4 9 -6 9
10 Cowdenbeath 11 1 3 7 9 20 5 1 1 3 6 9 6 0 2 4 3 11 -11 6

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.