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Stranraer face a trip to Albion Rovers at Cliftonhill on Tuesday evening, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The The Blues will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them ending up on the losing side in more than half of the games played between the two.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was earlier this season, as the Wee Rovers edged out their past their rivals by a score of 3 - 2 in a Scottish Division Three match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2007/2008 | Wed 26 Dec | Stranraer | 3 - 1 | Albion Rvs. | SCD3 |
| 2007/2008 | Sat 11 Aug | Albion Rvs. | 3 - 2 | Stranraer | SCD3 |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 15 May | Stranraer | 4 - 0 | Albion Rvs. | SCD3 |
| 2003/2004 | Tue 17 Feb | Albion Rvs. | 1 - 4 | Stranraer | SCD3 |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 01 Nov | Stranraer | 5 - 0 | Albion Rvs. | SCD3 |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 09 Aug | Albion Rvs. | 1 - 1 | Stranraer | SCD3 |
| 1993/1994 | Sat 26 Feb | Stranraer | 2 - 1 | Albion Rvs. | SCD2 |
Recent respective form guides
Albion Rovers need to improve on their recent home record of just 3 draws from the previous six. While Wee Rovers have scored 6, a worringly large 13 have been leaked at the other end.
Stranraer's away form is none too clever either, coming away with three points on 3 occasions, but drawing 1 and losing 2. Those games have seen the The Blues pummel 12 goals, and let in 5.
Albion Rvs. see themselves just below half way in the Irn Bru Scottish Division Three, showing a record of 31 points from their 29 games played so far, Stranraer are just outside the promotion places, in 3rd, having taken 48 points from 29 games.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Albion Rvs. | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 3 |
| Stranraer | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 9 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Stranraer are in reasonable form away from home coming into this match, and the Madmen are quite confident that they should come away with a comfortable victory from this contest. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Albion Rvs. | Been beaten in each of their previous 2 home matches. Failed to win in previous 6 home matches. Not won in the 6 most recent games. |
| Stranraer | 5 games since last away draw. An overall losing run of 2 games. No win in the 2 most recent games. |