The wait is nearly over for the much anticipated Chamionship Play-offs semi-final battle between Stenhousemuir and Airdrie United on Tuesday. As they’ve both progressed this far, and with the reward for the side that makes it through the tie being a place in the final of the competition, it really does promise to be a beauty.
Our predictions, user poll and statistics for Stenhousemuir v Airdrie United can be found here - along with the latest match odds.
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Form Guide
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Stenhousemuir
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Stenhousemuir will want to continue from where they left off last time out with the 2-1 League One success versus Dumbarton.
For Stenhousemuir, the goals were scored by Matthew Aitken (9') and Blair Alston (60'). Matthew Shiels (53') was the scorer for Dumbarton.
Matches featuring Stenhousemuir have tended to be engaging affairs recently with a lot of goalmouth action being the norm. Over their past six games, a total of 21 goals have been scored for both teams combined (at an average of 3.5 goals per game) with 6 of them accredited to Stenhousemuir.
Airdrie United
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Since suffering a loss in their previous game against Ayr United in Championship action, Airdrie United and their fans will hope to get a better result this time.
Ben Dempsey (44') scored for Ayr United.
A run of very capable displays from the Airdrie United defensive unit has resulted in the number of goals they’ve conceded standing at 4 from their previous 6 fixtures in total. In that period of time, the number of goals that they have scored themselves is 8. With no two games being the same, we must now wait to see if that pattern will be sustained in this match.
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Head to head
Checking out their prior head to head duels dating back to 18/03/2017, there has been little to separate the clubs with Stenhousemuir winning 3 of those games, Airdrie United 3 and 0 being drawn in normal time.
A combined sum of 9 goals were yielded between them during those clashes, with 4 of them from The Warriors and 5 coming from The Diamonds . That is an average goals per game value of 1.5.
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Prediction
We’ve got the feeling that Stenhousemuir may well find it hard to be putting a goal past this Airdrie United lineup who we think should be able to grind out a win.
We therefore think that it’s going to be a good tussle with a 0-1 winning score for Airdrie United at the end of the match.
Let’s see how it plays out.
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⚽️ What are the top odds for this match?
Looking at the betting prices for the match on the 90 min. result market, putting your money on Stenhousemuir is best priced at 3.25, betting on the game finishing all-square is 3.5 and putting your money on a victory for Airdrie United can get you 1.91. They’re the top market prices being offered at present.
Peter Guest,
11:00 05/05/2025
Odds correct at time of publishing. All odds subject to change.
⚽️ Team Focus:
Stenhousemuir
Formed: 1884
Stadium: Ochilview Park (3,746)
Captain: Gregor Buchanan
Chairman: Gordon Thompson
Manager: Gary Naysmith
Competitions: League One position 4, Chamionship Play-offs (Semi-Finals)
⭐ Key Man: Matty Yates
Usually played in the Striker position, Matty Yates was born in Scotland. Having played his first senior match for Stenhousemuir in the 2022 - 2023 season, the accomplished Forward has accumulated 6 league goals in this League One 2024 - 2025 season so far from a total of 34 appearances.