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It’s almost time for League Cup action happening on Saturday when Annan Athletic will be taking on Ross County.
To see all of our predictions, user poll & stats for Annan Athletic v Ross County, scroll down (inc. the best betting odds).
Annan Athletic enter this match coming off the back of a 1-1 League Two draw against Forfar Athletic.
The only scorer from Annan Athletic was Aidan Smith (6'). Jake Dolzanski (32') scored for Forfar Athletic.
In their past 6 games, Willie Gibson's Annan Athletic have celebrated scoring a combined total of 7 times which gives them an average number of goals scored per match of 1.17.
After a losing effort in their last game against Raith Rovers in Championship action, Ross County and their travelling supporters will be hoping that they can get a better result in this one.
For Ross County, goals were scored by Kieran Phillips (16') and Jayden Carbon (96'). Innes Cameron (76'), Jack Hamilton (80') and Josh Mullin (98') scored for Raith Rovers.
Indicating their partiality to eventful matches, we’ve seen goals 21 times in the last 6 games in which Ross County have played, yielding an average of 3.5 goals per clash. Opposing teams have hit 12 of this grand total. It will be interesting to find out if that trend will end up being sustained in this game.
There’s just one fitness concern for the Annan Athletic manager Willie Gibson to be concerned about from of an almost fully healthy group of players. 1 (Annan Athletic) won’t play.
In an otherwise available group of players, there’s just the lone fitness problem for the Ross County gaffer Stuart Kettlewell to be concerned with. 1 (Ross County ) won’t be playing here.
Annan Athletic have the firepower to find the back of the net against this Ross County lineup, although just one goal likely won’t be enough.
Therefore, we think that it’s going to be a narrow 1-2 winning score for Ross County at the end of this one. Could easily go either way, this.
Looking at what the bookmakers’ view is of this game in the 90 min. result market, the win for Annan Athletic can be had for 8.5, going for the draw is 5 and taking a punt on the winning team to be Ross County comes in at 1.25. They are the best of the prices that can be secured right now.
Peter Guest, 15:03 08/07/2026
🏟️ Team Focus:
Annan Athletic
Formed: 1942
Stadium: Galabank (2,504)
Captain: Tommy Muir
Chairman: Russell Brown
Manager: Willie Gibson
Competitions: League Cup (Group D)
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | +/- | Pts | Form |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | LWLLD |
| 2 |
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | WWWWL |
| 3 |
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | DWLLL |
| 4 |
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | LLLLW |
| 5 |
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | LLDDL |
| 6 |
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | WWWWD |
| 7 |
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 8 |
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | LLDDD |
| 9 |
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | DWLDW |
| 10 |
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | WLWDD |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | +/- | Pts | Form |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2 |
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | WLWLL |
| 3 |
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | WLWWD |
| 4 |
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | LWLDD |
| 5 |
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 6 |
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | LWWWL |
| 7 |
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | LLLDL |
| 8 |
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | LLDLL |
| 9 |
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | DWDDW |
| 10 |
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Annan Athletic |
|
Forfar Athletic |
| Clyde |
|
Annan Athletic |
| Annan Athletic |
|
Spartans |
| Elgin City |
|
Annan Athletic |
| East Kilbride |
|
Annan Athletic |
| Annan Athletic |
|
Stranraer |
| Raith Rovers |
|
Ross County |
| Ross County |
|
Greenock Morton |
| Ross County |
|
Ayr United |
| Queen's Park |
|
Ross County |
| Ross County |
|
Airdrie United |
| Partick Thistle |
|
Ross County |
| Annan Athletic |
|
Forfar Athletic |
| Annan Athletic |
|
Spartans |
| Annan Athletic |
|
Stranraer |
| Annan Athletic |
|
Edinburgh City |
| Annan Athletic |
|
Elgin City |
| Annan Athletic |
|
Stirling Albion |
| Raith Rovers |
|
Ross County |
| Queen's Park |
|
Ross County |
| Partick Thistle |
|
Ross County |
| St Johnstone |
|
Ross County |
| Arbroath |
|
Ross County |
| Dunfermline Athletic |
|
Ross County |
| Aidan Smith | 17 |
| Myles Gaffney | 8 |
| Josh Dixon | 7 |
| Tommy Goss | 6 |
| Tommy Muir | 4 |
| Ronan Hale | 11 |
| Jay Henderson | 8 |
| Kieran Phillips | 6 |
| Jordan White | 6 |
| Jamie Lindsay | 3 |
| Annan Athletic |
|
Ross County |
| Annan Athletic |
|
Dundee |
| Airdrie United |
|
Annan Athletic |
| Clyde |
|
Annan Athletic |
| Annan Athletic |
|
Spartans |
| Stranraer |
|
Annan Athletic |
| Annan Athletic |
|
Clyde |
| Edinburgh City |
|
Annan Athletic |
| Annan Athletic |
|
Dumbarton |
| Kelty Hearts |
|
Annan Athletic |
| Annan Athletic |
|
Ross County |
| Ross County |
|
Clyde |
| Ross County |
|
Dundee |
| Airdrie United |
|
Ross County |
| Peterhead |
|
Ross County |
| Ross County |
|
Montrose |
| Ross County |
|
Queen Of The South |
| Airdrie United |
|
Ross County |
| Ross County |
|
East Kilbride |
| East Fife |
|
Ross County |
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