Game prediction for League Two: Stirling Albion - Stranraer at Forthbank Stadium

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Competition: Scotland League Two
Competition: Sat 26.March
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Forthbank Stadium (3808 seats)

Here's the whole lot you must know, and then some, before watching the Stirling Albion - Stranraer game!

Insights:
  • Stirling Albion have the most conceded goals (24) at home in League Two
  • Stranraer have the most conceded goals (47) in League Two

Not much time to rest for the hosting team, as they played a League Two match only four days ago. Thankfully the previous game, versus Albion Rovers, was also a home game here at Forthbank Stadium. The away team is better rested.

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Stirling Albion form and stats

The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the League Two this season. Stirling Albion have only managed 4 wins, 2 draws and 9 losses from their games here at Forthbank Stadium. Two defeats in a row at home hurts for Stirling, their manager Young and the supporters. There are certain expectations for improvement.

Stress levels are on the rise for Stirling Albion's attacking players as they have now played 238 minutes without scoring in a league game. Francis was their last goal scorer.

The Stirling Albion crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-1 to Albion Rovers here at Forthbank Stadium.

Preceding that match was a defeat to Annan Athletic (0-3).

Stirling are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 16 goals in 15 games. Stirling Albion have conceded 24 from these games.

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Stranraer form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their League Two travels is 5 wins, 4 draws and 6 defeats.

Two travels in a row for Stranraer, whose manager Hamill could celebrate last time after the win against Edinburgh City.

A home win before that, celebrating 3-0 vs Cowdenbeath.

The travelling fans enjoy Stranraer's attacking play in away games, having scored 24 goals in 15 league matches away. Stranraer have conceded 26 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

Stirling Albion and Stranraer have duelled already this season: Stranraer - Stirling Albion 3-3. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: two - five - three (Stirling wins - draws - Stranraer wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Stirling AlbionD. Carrick
D. Carrick
7 goals
StranraerM. Yates
M. Yates
7 goals
StranraerT. Muir
T. Muir
7 goals

Stirling Albion missing players

Stranraer missing players

Stirling Albion Stranraer
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
30 15 3 Played P 5 15 30
9 4 0 Won W 3 5 10
6 2 0 Drew D 1 4 8
15 9 3 Lost L 1 6 12
33 16 2 Scored S 8 24 40
42 24 6 Conceded C 6 26 47
97% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 97%
67% 73% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 87% 80%
50% 60% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 67% 53%
27% 27% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 47% 33%
7% 7% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 33% 23%
47% 53% 67% BTTS BTTS 80% 87% 57%
23% 13% 0% Clean Sheets C S 20% 7% 23%
33% 33% 33% Failed to Score F T 0% 7% 23%
 
4.4 4.7 6 Corners for (avg) C F 5 5.2 4.9
4.2 3.9 3.7 Corners against (avg) C A 3.8 4.2 4.1
1.9 1.6 1.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.7 1.6
7 4 2 Red cards R C 1 2 3
 
9.2 8.3 6.3 Shots (avg) S ( 9.6 10.3 10.5
3.4 3.1 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.8 4.5 4.6
32% 34% 22% Goal Efficiency G E 42% 36% 29%
 
9.2 8.9 7.3 Shots against (avg) S A 10.4 10.5 9.8
4.4 4.5 4.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.6 4.3 4.1
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Stirling Albion have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Stirling Albion have the most conceded goals (24) at home in League Two
  • Stirling Albion have the the worst goal difference (-8) at home in League Two
  • Stirling Albion haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Stranraer have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Stranraer have the fewest clean sheets (1) away in League Two
  • Stranraer have the most conceded goals (47) in League Two
  • Stranraer have the most dropped points from leading position (22) in League Two
  • Stranraer have the most matches over the total-line (14) in League Two
  • Stranraer haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 Kelty Hearts 30 21 6 3 59 24 15 12 3 0 33 10 15 9 3 3 26 14 35 69
2 Annan Athletic 30 17 5 8 56 35 15 7 4 4 28 20 15 10 1 4 28 15 21 56
3 Forfar Athletic 30 14 9 7 48 31 15 9 3 3 28 15 15 5 6 4 20 16 17 51
4 Edinburgh City 30 12 8 10 38 40 15 5 4 6 18 23 15 7 4 4 20 17 -2 44
5 Stenhousemuir 30 11 9 10 40 40 15 4 4 7 17 22 15 7 5 3 23 18 0 42
6 Stranraer 30 10 8 12 40 47 15 5 4 6 16 21 15 5 4 6 24 26 -7 38
7 Stirling Albion 30 9 6 15 33 42 15 4 2 9 16 24 15 5 4 6 17 18 -9 33
8 Albion Rovers 30 8 7 15 30 46 15 5 3 7 16 20 15 3 4 8 14 26 -16 31
9 Elgin City 30 7 9 14 28 43 15 5 6 4 17 15 15 2 3 10 11 28 -15 30
10 Cowdenbeath 30 5 5 20 20 44 15 3 3 9 13 20 15 2 2 11 7 24 -24 20

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.