Stranraer welcomes Brechin City as clear favourites: Big betting preview

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Competition: Scotland League Two
Competition: Tue 23.March
Match begins: 19:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stair Park (5600 seats)

With their 14 point advantage in the league table, Stranraer fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Brechin City.

Insights:
  • Stranraer have the most dropped points from leading position (6) in League Two
  • Brechin City have the fewest scored goals (5) in League Two

It's no vacation for neither Stranraer nor Brechin City as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Stranraer form and stats

The story so far in the League Two for Stranraer at their home stadium (Stair Park) is 3 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats. Stranraer has recorded two wins in a row here at Stair Park, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.

Before that match, a Scottish Cup win away at Kelty Hearts.

Stranraer have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stair Park with 11 goals in 6 league matches. Stranraer's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 7 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Brechin City form and stats

There's been little loot from Brechin City's travels as they have only collected 3 points from 6 away games in the League Two. Brechin City, who have the fewest scored goals (5) in League Two, only have 1 win to counter their 5 defeats and 0 draws. It's all red in the travel logs of Brechin, having lost four matches in a row as the visiting team.

Trialist B was the last player to score for the away team. Brechin haven't scored a league goal in the last 298 minutes.

The home team is given a winning chance of about 80 percent by the betting public. This does not leave much hope for the visitors, but some teams enjoy the outsider role and perform well in it. Looking at similar away games for Brechin City we find four games. Results are zero Brechin wins, zero draws and four defeats.

Goals are few and far between in Brechin City's away league games. Only 3 goals from 6 travels. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Brechin have conceded 11 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Brechin City - Stranraer 1-4 earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Stranraer four wins, two draws and Brechin City four victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

StranraerT. Orr
T. Orr
5 goals
StranraerD. Duffy
D. Duffy
4 goals
StranraerR. Paton
R. Paton
4 goals

Stranraer missing players

Brechin City missing players

Stranraer Brechin City
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
11 6 3 Played P 2 6 10
5 3 3 Won W 0 1 1
3 1 0 Drew D 0 0 1
3 2 0 Lost L 2 5 8
19 11 8 Scored S 1 3 5
14 7 0 Conceded C 5 11 25
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 90%
82% 83% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 83% 80%
55% 50% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 50% 60%
45% 50% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 30%
18% 17% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 30%
45% 33% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 17% 30%
36% 50% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 17% 20%
18% 17% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 67% 60%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.3 1.2 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 1.3 1.6
3 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
8.6 9.3 11.7 Shots (avg) S ( 8.5 6.2 6.5
4 4.3 5.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 2.2 2.8
43% 42% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 12% 23% 18%
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Brechin City have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Brechin City have the fewest scored goals (5) in League Two
  • Brechin City have the fewest scored goals in the second half (3) in League Two
  • Brechin City have the most conceded goals (25) in League Two
  • Brechin City have the most conceded goals in the second half (15) in League Two
  • Brechin City have the most matches under the total-line (6) in League Two
  • Brechin City have the the worst goal difference (-20) in League Two
  • Brechin City haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Brechin City is in the worst form (0-1-5)
  • Stranraer have scored more than double the goals of Brechin City.
  • Stranraer have the most dropped points from leading position (6) 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 10 8 2 0 21 5 5 4 1 0 14 4 5 4 1 0 7 1 16 26
2 Stirling Albion 10 6 3 1 17 8 5 3 1 1 4 2 5 3 2 0 13 6 9 21
3 Edinburgh City 11 6 1 4 24 15 6 3 0 3 10 8 5 3 1 1 14 7 9 19
4 Elgin City 11 6 0 5 20 13 6 4 0 2 12 5 5 2 0 3 8 8 7 18
5 Stranraer 11 5 3 3 19 14 6 3 1 2 11 7 5 2 2 1 8 7 5 18
6 Stenhousemuir 10 4 3 3 16 14 6 3 2 1 11 7 4 1 1 2 5 7 2 15
7 Annan Athletic 11 2 3 6 9 15 5 0 2 3 4 10 6 2 1 3 5 5 -6 9
8 Cowdenbeath 9 2 2 5 6 15 4 1 1 2 3 7 5 1 1 3 3 8 -9 8
9 Albion Rovers 9 2 0 7 9 22 4 1 0 3 4 7 5 1 0 4 5 15 -13 6
10 Brechin City 10 1 1 8 5 25 4 0 1 3 2 14 6 1 0 5 3 11 -20 4

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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.