Stirling Albion have come here for an exciting duel against the home side Stranraer. Get smart on the game with this full League Two preview!
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.
Stranraer form and stats
The home fans saw their team lose the first League Two game of the season here at Stair Park. Last season these fans witnessed 1 win, 0 draws and 1 loss from Stranraer's 2 home games.
Stranraer's last game was hosting Motherwell U21 and winning 3-0.
Before that game, the home loss against Annan Athletic with the scoreline 0-3.This is expected to be a close game, with Stranraer perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Stranraer as a small favourite), we find nine games. Stranraer has won zero of these, drawn three and lost six.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Stranraer at home in the league. 0 on target and 3 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.
Stirling Albion form and stats
Stirling Albion are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the League Two, having played 2 games and collected 3 points (1 win, 0 draws and 1 loss).
Stirling are travelling again after losing away to Annan Athletic in their previous match (1-3).
A 1-3 loss hosting Kelty Hearts before that.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found twelve similar matches played by Stirling in our archives, and the results are: three wins for Stirling Albion, five draws and four defeats.
2 goals so far away for Stirling Albion, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 3. All from 2 league matches away.
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings between these sides: Stranraer won five, Stirling Albion triumphed in two and we saw three draws. four games with over 2,5 goals, six matches with less than 2,5 goals.Top Goalscorers
  G. Gallagher 1 goals |  K. Roberts 1 goals | M. McNiff 1 goals |
Stranraer missing players
Stirling Albion missing players
| Stranraer | Stirling Albion | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 50% | 67% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 67% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 67% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 67% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 50% | 33% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 7.5 | 6 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 5.5 | 4.7 |
| 5.5 | 8 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8 | 5 | 6 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.5 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | 11 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13 | 11.5 | 10.3 |
| 3.5 | 3 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 2.5 | 2.3 |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 40% | 43% |
| Stranraer | Last season | Stirling Albion | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 22 | 11 | Played | P | 11 | 22 | ||
| 11 | 6 | Won | W | 6 | 10 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | ||
| 36 | 20 | Scored | S | 23 | 32 | ||
| 25 | 13 | Conceded | C | 13 | 22 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 95% | ||
| 77% | 82% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 73% | 55% | ||
| 50% | 55% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 64% | 45% | ||
| 36% | 45% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 55% | 32% | ||
| 14% | 18% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 27% | 14% | ||
| 45% | 36% | BTTS | BTTS | 64% | 50% | ||
| 41% | 45% | Clean Sheets | C S | 27% | 36% | ||
| 14% | 18% | Failed to Score | F T | 9% | 18% | ||
| 5.3 | 6.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.6 | 6.3 | ||
| 4.3 | 3.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.3 | 3.9 | ||
| 1.3 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.1 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 9.4 | 10 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.1 | 10.2 | ||
| 4.1 | 4.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.1 | 3.8 | ||
| 40% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 51% | 38% | ||
| 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 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 2 | Forfar Athletic | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 3 | Annan Athletic | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 4 | Elgin City | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | Albion Rovers | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -1 | 4 |
| 6 | Cowdenbeath | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | Stirling Albion | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -3 | 3 |
| 8 | Edinburgh City | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | -3 | 3 |
| 9 | Stenhousemuir | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -2 | 1 |
| 10 | Stranraer | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -3 | 1 |
| Last season | 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 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 54 |
| 2 | Elgin City | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 38 |
| 3 | Stranraer | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | -1 | 38 |
| 4 | Edinburgh City | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -2 | 38 |
| 5 | Stirling Albion | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -2 | 36 |