Albion Rovers vs Stranraer Live Stream, Predictions

📊 Form Guide

Albion Rovers

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Albion Rovers fans will want a repeat of their previous result, being the 1-5 League Two triumph over Dumbarton.

For Albion Rovers, goals were scored by Joe Bevan (7', 12'), Charlie Reilly (32', 91'), Callum Wilson (39') and Ayrton Sonkur (89' Own goal).

It’s been all too rare in recent times where Albion Rovers have kept a clean sheet. It will be a concern for them that Albion Rovers have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 5 of their previous 6 games, shipping 9 goals on the way. Having said that, we will just have to wait and see whether the trend shall persist here in this match or not.

Coming into this meeting, Albion Rovers haven't been beaten in the league by Stranraer in their last 2 matches.

Stranraer

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In the game prior to this, Stranraer drew 1-1 in the League Two tie with Stirling Albion.

The only name on the scoresheet from Stranraer was Scott Robertson (73'). Jack Leitch (41') was the scorer for Stirling Albion.

In 5 of the previous six games featuring Stranraer, a notably low volume of goals have been scored between them and opposing sides. The overall average goals scored per game during that period is a mere 1.83, with the average goals for The Blues equalling 0.83.

🤜🤛 Head to head

Looking at their most recent head-to-head clashes dating back to 26/12/2021 shows that Albion Rovers have won 3 of them & Stranraer 2, with the number of drawn games being 1.

A total of 18 goals were shared by the two clubs throughout the course of those matches, with 9 of them from The Wee Rovers and 9 created by The Blues. That’s an average goals per game of 3.

The previous league fixture featuring the two was League Two match day 21 on 14/01/2023 when the final score was Stranraer 0-4 Albion Rovers.

The match was refereed by Alex Shepherd.

🗞️ Team News: Albion Rovers

The Albion Rovers manager Brian Reid will be happy not to have any fitness concerns at all before this game with a completely healthy group ready to go.

📰 Team News: Stranraer

Thanks to a mainly available group, there is only the sole fitness problem for the Stranraer gaffer Jamie Hamill to be concerned with. Paul Woods (Cruciate Ligament Rupture) won’t be in action.

🧠 Prediction

Our assessment is that Stranraer and Albion Rovers could well cancel each other out, with goals at a real premium.

Let’s see how it plays out, but a draw with few scoring chances is looking likely to us. We therefore think that it’s going to be a close game with a 0-0 scoreline by the conclusion of this game.

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Peter Guest, 02:05 17/03/2023