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Albion Rovers vs Stranraer Live Stream, Predictions
Stranraer will be at The Reigart Stadium on Tuesday for the League Two game with home team Albion Rovers.
To see all of our predictions, user poll & stats for Albion Rovers v Stranraer, scroll down - as well as up-to-date odds.
๐ 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).
Itโs 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.
๐ค๐ค 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. Thatโs 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.
๐๏ธ 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.
๐ฐ 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) wonโt be in action.
๐ง Prediction
Our assessment is that Stranraer and Albion Rovers could well cancel each other out, with goals at a real premium.
Letโs see how it plays out, but a draw with few scoring chances is looking likely to us. We therefore think that itโs going to be a close game with a 0-0 scoreline by the conclusion of this game.
Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Peter Guest, 02:05 17/03/2023

๐๏ธ Team Focus:
Albion Rovers
Formed: 1882
Stadium: The Reigart Stadium (1,572)
Captain: Sean Fagan
Chairman: Ian Benton
Manager: Brian Reid
Competitions: League Two position 9
๐ Star Player: Charlie Reilly
Customarily taking to the field in the Central Attacking Midfielder position, Charlie Reilly was born in Scotland. Having played his first senior match for Albion Rovers in the 2022 - 2023 season, the skilful Midfielder has bagged 18 league goals in this League Two 2022 - 2023 season so far in 26 appearances.
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28 | 10 | 8 | 10 | -1 | 38 | WWLWL |
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27 | 10 | 7 | 10 | -3 | 37 | DDDLW |
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27 | 9 | 6 | 12 | -7 | 33 | LLWLL |
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28 | 9 | 6 | 13 | -10 | 33 | LWWLD |
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28 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 30 | LWLLW |
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29 | 7 | 7 | 15 | -15 | 28 | LDWLD |
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Goals scored | 0.9 |
Goals conceded | 1.2 |
Time first goal scored | 32 |
Time first goal conceded | 54 |
Yellow cards | 2 |
Red cards | 0.2 |
Subs used | 2.1 |
Biggest victory | 3-0 |
Biggest defeat | 2-0 |
Goals scored | 1 |
Goals conceded | 1.8 |
Time first goal scored | 37 |
Time first goal conceded | 33 |
Yellow cards | 2.1 |
Red cards | 0.1 |
Subs used | 3.5 |
Biggest victory | 3-1 |
Biggest defeat | 4-1 |
Charlie Reilly | 20 |
Callum Wilson | 4 |
Joe Bevan | 3 |
Luke Graham | 2 |
Jamie Leslie | 2 |
James Hilton | 7 |
Josh Walker | 4 |
Paul Woods | 4 |
Matty Grant | 3 |
Scott Robertson | 3 |
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