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The League One match at Forthbank Stadium on Saturday sees hosts Stirling Albion up against opponents in Alloa Athletic.
Our tips, poll and stats for Stirling Albion v Alloa Athletic can all be found here (plus the best game odds).
📊 Form Guide
Stirling Albion
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Stirling Albion will be hoping for a better result after a 4-2 League One losing effort in their last game against Cove Rangers.
For Stirling Albion, goals were scored by Kieran Offord (17'), Jordan McGregor (35' Own goal, 92' Own goal) and Cammy Clark (58'). Rumarn Burrell (22') and Mouhamed Niang (56') scored for Cove Rangers.
Over their prior six games, Darren Young's Stirling Albion have hit the target a combined total of 6 times giving them an average number of goals per match of 1.
Going into this contest, Stirling Albion have not won against Alloa Athletic in their last 2 league matches.
Alloa Athletic
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In their previous game, Alloa Athletic drew 1-1 in the League One match with Annan Athletic.
The only scorer from Alloa Athletic was Bobby Wales (23'). Tommy Muir (40') was the scorer for Annan Athletic.
Proving their fondness for eventful matches, we’ve had goals 24 times in the prior six matches in which Alloa Athletic have taken to the pitch, making it an average of 4 goals each meeting. Opposition teams have got 11 from this total. We will see whether or not that trend will end up being continued on into this next match.
Coming into this clash, Alloa Athletic haven't been defeated by Stirling Albion when having played them away from home in the previous 4 league matches. A very decent away record against them.
👥 Head to head
Looking over their past head-to-head clashes stretching back to 30/11/2013 tells us that Stirling Albion have won 2 of them & Alloa Athletic 4, with the tally of draws standing at 0.
A combined sum of 15 goals were scored between them in this period, with 6 for The Binos and 9 created by The Wasps. That’s an average goals per game figure of 2.5.
The last league clash between these clubs was League One match day 24 on 10/02/2024 when the final score was Alloa Athletic 1-0 Stirling Albion.
The referee was Ross Hardie.
📰 Team News: Stirling Albion
The Stirling Albion boss Darren Young has no fitness concerns whatsoever ahead of this game with a fully injury-free squad to choose from.
📋 Team News: Alloa Athletic
With a completely injury-free squad ready to go, the Alloa Athletic manager Andy Graham has no fitness worries to report ahead of this match.
💡 Prediction
Our feeling is that Alloa Athletic will probably dominate on the ball and be rewarded with decent chances.
In contrast, Stirling Albion won’t find it easy finding the net themselves but we do think that it’s more than likely that they will be pulling one back during this clash.
We therefore think that it’s going to be a controlled 1-3 winning score for Alloa Athletic at the end of the match.
Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Peter Guest, 13:05 06/04/2024
⚽️ Team Focus:
Stirling Albion
Formed: 1945
Stadium: Forthbank Stadium (3,808)
Captain: Ross McGeachie
Manager: Darren Young
Competitions: League One position 8
⭐ Key Man: Dale Carrick
Normally deployed in the Striker position, Dale Carrick was born in Scotland. After having made a senior debut playing for Hearts in the 2012 - 2013 season, the gifted Forward has scored a sum of 8 league goals in this League One 2023 - 2024 season so far coming from a total of 28 appearances.
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | +/- | Pts | Form |
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31 | 25 | 6 | 0 | 62 | 81 | WWWWW |
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31 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 40 | 62 | WWWWD |
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31 | 14 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 48 | WWLLD |
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31 | 13 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 46 | LLWLW |
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31 | 13 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 46 | WWDLL |
6 |
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31 | 10 | 7 | 14 | -12 | 37 | LLWLW |
7 |
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31 | 9 | 7 | 15 | -9 | 34 | DLLWD |
8 |
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31 | 9 | 7 | 15 | -16 | 34 | DLLWL |
9 |
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31 | 7 | 10 | 14 | -14 | 31 | DWDWD |
10 |
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31 | 2 | 5 | 24 | -54 | 5 | LLLLL |
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Goals scored | 1.5 |
Goals conceded | 1.1 |
Time first goal scored | 46 |
Time first goal conceded | 34 |
Yellow cards | 1.8 |
Red cards | 0 |
Subs used | 4.1 |
Biggest victory | 5-0 |
Biggest defeat | 2-0 |
Goals scored | 1.8 |
Goals conceded | 1.9 |
Time first goal scored | 41 |
Time first goal conceded | 32 |
Yellow cards | 2.1 |
Red cards | 0.1 |
Subs used | 3.1 |
Biggest victory | 5-2 |
Biggest defeat | 3-0 |
Dale Carrick | 8 |
Josh Cooper | 6 |
Paul McLean | 3 |
Kieran Offord | 3 |
Cammy Clark | 2 |
Bobby Wales | 10 |
Taylor Steven | 9 |
Scott Taggart | 6 |
Ally Roy | 5 |
Conor Sammon | 5 |
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