League Two match preview and statistics: Stirling Albion fight Stranraer

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Competition: Scotland League Two
Competition: Sat 01.May
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Forthbank Stadium (3808 seats)

It's advantage Stirling Albion so far with their 3rd position in the League Two table, welcoming Stranraer who are placed 4th.

Insights:
  • Stranraer have the most scored goals in the second half (20) in League Two

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Stirling and Stranraer.

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Stirling Albion form and stats

Stirling Albion have collected 14 points from their League Two home games so far after 4-2-3. Game days at Forthbank Stadium have recently become somewhat of a nightmare for Stirling as they have lost three home games in a row. It hurts.

The Stirling fans got no joy from their last match, a League Two game also here at Forthbank Stadium: A 1-2 defeat against Queen's Park. A strong away win before that one, visiting Edinburgh City and winning 1-0.

Stirling aren't scoring a lot here at Forthbank Stadium in the league, with only 6 goals from 9 games. Stirling have only conceded 5 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Stranraer form and stats

4-3-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Stranraer in their League Two matches away. Having won their last three away games Stranraer has no reason to fear anyone.

This game can not go any worse than the last one, a League Two home defeat versus Elgin City with 1-4 on the scoreboard. Preceding that game was the away victory against Queen's Park with the score of 1-0.

A new game in only three days for Stranraer, the League Two home match versus Edinburgh City. Busy days.

The visiting Stranraer have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 13 goals from 9 games. Stranraer have conceded 10 goals in these away matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Stirling - Stranraer 0-1 entered in the official records. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Stirling victories, two draws and five Stranraer wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

StirlingA. Ryan
A. Ryan
10 goals
StranraerT. Orr
T. Orr
7 goals
StranraerR. Paton
R. Paton
6 goals

Stirling Albion missing players

Stranraer missing players

Stirling Albion Stranraer
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
20 10 2 Played P 3 10 20
10 4 1 Won W 2 5 10
5 2 0 Drew D 0 3 4
5 4 1 Lost L 1 2 6
29 7 2 Scored S 2 14 32
17 7 2 Conceded C 3 10 22
95% 90% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
50% 30% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 70% 75%
40% 20% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 40% 45%
25% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 20% 35%
15% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 10% 15%
45% 30% 50% BTTS BTTS 0% 50% 40%
40% 50% 50% Clean Sheets C S 67% 40% 45%
20% 30% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 10% 15%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.1 1.9 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.7 1.6 1.4
1 1 0 Red cards R C 2 3 5
 
10.2 9.1 12 Shots (avg) S ( 3.7 8.7 9.2
3.5 3.3 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.7 3.8 4
41% 21% 20% Goal Efficiency G E 40% 37% 40%
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Stranraer have the most scored goals in the second half (20) in League Two
  • Stranraer 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 Queen's Park 18 15 3 0 37 8 9 7 2 0 19 4 9 8 1 0 18 4 29 48
2 Edinburgh City 18 11 2 5 37 22 9 4 1 4 16 13 9 7 1 1 21 9 15 35
3 Stirling Albion 18 9 5 4 27 15 9 4 2 3 6 5 9 5 3 1 21 10 12 32
4 Stranraer 18 9 4 5 30 18 9 5 1 3 17 8 9 4 3 2 13 10 12 31
5 Elgin City 18 9 2 7 29 22 9 5 1 3 17 12 9 4 1 4 12 10 7 29
6 Stenhousemuir 18 6 4 8 23 31 9 5 2 2 15 10 9 1 2 6 8 21 -8 22
7 Albion Rovers 18 5 3 10 22 35 9 1 2 6 6 15 9 4 1 4 16 20 -13 18
8 Annan Athletic 18 4 5 9 20 24 9 2 2 5 13 16 9 2 3 4 7 8 -4 17
9 Cowdenbeath 18 3 5 10 10 29 9 2 2 5 7 17 9 1 3 5 3 12 -19 14
10 Brechin City 18 1 3 14 10 41 9 0 3 6 6 23 9 1 0 8 4 18 -31 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.