The League One game at Galabank on Saturday will see home side Annan Athletic up against opponents in Arbroath.
Full predictions, pre-match stats and user poll for Annan Athletic v Arbroath are shown on this page (inc. the best betting odds).
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Annan Athletic
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Annan Athletic will be hoping to return to winning ways here after the 1-0 League One losing effort in their last game against Alloa Athletic.
Magnus MacKenzie (51') was the scorer for Alloa Athletic.
It’s been all too rare in recent times where Annan Athletic have managed to hold out for a full 90 minutes. It will be a concern for them that Annan Athletic have seen their defence breached in 5 of their previous 6 clashes, leaking 9 goals on the way.
Heading into this fixture, Annan Athletic have not won against Arbroath in their last 4 league matches.
Arbroath
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Arbroath head into the game following a 4-0 League One win with the defeat of Stenhousemuir in their last game.
For Arbroath, the scorers were Sam Stanton (45', 52'), Fraser Taylor (48') and Andrew Winter (60').
A series of reliable performances from the Arbroath defence has resulted in their ‘goals against’ tally amounting to 4 from their past 6 clashes overall. In that period of time, the number of goals that they have scored themselves amounts to 11. We will just have to find out if that trend will end up being sustained into this next match.
Leading up to this clash, Arbroath:
- are undefeated by Annan Athletic in games played away from home for the previous 3 matches in the league.
- are unbeaten in their previous 4 league matches away from home.
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Head to head
Inspecting their most recent head to head meetings going back to 21/01/2017 tells us that Annan Athletic have won 2 of them & Arbroath 4, with the number of drawn games being 0.
Those games weren’t short on goals, either, with 22 overall which averages out at 3.67 goals per match.
The previous league match featuring these clubs was League One match day 27 on 01/03/2025 and the score finished Arbroath 3-0 Annan Athletic.
The match was refereed by Steven Kirkland.
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Prediction
We’re envisaging that Annan Athletic might have a difficult job to break down this Arbroath team who we think should score & stay on top.
With that in mind, we reckon that it will be a narrow 0-1 victory for Arbroath after 90 minutes.
Expecting it to be tight.
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⚽️ What are the best odds for this match?
Looking at the betting prices for the match on the WDW market, a win for Annan Athletic is best priced at 4, a wager on a drawn result is 3.8 & selecting a win for Arbroath gets you 1.67. These are the best of the returns being offered right now.
Renata Leite,
06:06 18/04/2025
Odds correct at time of publishing. All odds subject to change.
🏟️ Team Focus:
Annan Athletic
Formed: 1942
Stadium: Galabank (2,504)
Captain: Tommy Muir
Chairman: Russell Brown
Manager: Willie Gibson
Competitions: League One position 9
⭐ Key Player: Willie Gibson
Normally taking to the field in the Central Defensive Midfielder position, Willie Gibson was born in Dumfries, Scotland. Having made his senior debut playing for Queen Of The South in the 2000 - 2001 season, the goalscoring Midfielder has scored 4 league goals in this League One 2024 - 2025 campaign to date coming from a total of 32 appearances.