STIRLING ALBION V BRECHIN CITY

Scottish Irn Bru Second Division

Saturday 18th February 2012

Doubletree Dunblane Stadium Kick-Off – 3.00pm

Referee Willie Collum
Assistant Referees Stephen Allan and Frank Connor

Admission Information : -

Adults - £14
Seniors (65 and over) - £8
Students - £8
Children U17 - £5

Post Code for Satellite Navigation Systems – FK7 7UJ

MATCH PREVIEW

City played well in Tuesday night’s 1-1 draw against second placed Arbroath and will be determined to keep up the good work against the division’s basement side.

The Binos are seven points adrift of City having played the same number of games but Greig McDonald’s men sit only three points behind both Albion Rovers and Forfar and have everything to play for as they try to steer themselves away from bottom spot.

City sit just five points off the play-off positions and clearly, they will be absolutely determined to close the gap even further and to do that they will have to come away from Stirling with all three points.

The players will take heart from their good performance on Tuesday night and will be anxious to avenge their 1-0 defeat at Doubletree Dunblane Stadium way back at the beginning of October when a Darren Smith goal for the hosts after 19 minutes won the match for them.

City boss Jim Weir welcomes Craig Molloy back into the squad after his one-match suspension but Derek Carcary, Gerry McGlauchlan and Charlie King remain sidelined.

Stirling boss Greig McDonald will be without midfielders Josh Flood and Andy Hunter while there is also a doubt about experienced defender Marc McCulloch.

Brechin City - (Last Six League Results) – WWWLDD
Stirling Albion – (Last Six League Results) – WLDLLL

Brechin City – 21 League games played.
Won 6 Drawn 8 Lost 7
Goals For 24 Goals Against 28 GD -4
Points - 26
League Position – 7th

Stirling Albion – 21 League games played
Won 5 Drawn 4 Lost 12
Points - 19
Goals For 25 Goals Against 41 GD -16
League Position – 10th

Brechin City Top Scorer – Paul McManus (10 Goals)
Stirling Albion Top Scorer – Scott Davidson (6 Goals)

Results This Season : -

Stirling Albion 1 (Smith) Brechin City 0
Played at Doubletree Dunblane Stadium on 1st October 2011
Attendance - 555


Brechin City’s Last Match

Brechin City 1 (McLean) Arbroath 1 (Doris)
Played at Glebe Park on 14th February 2012
Attendance – 703

Stirling Albion’s Last Match

Cowdenbeath 4 (Coult (3), McKenzie) Stirling Albion 1 (Thom)
Played at Central Park on 11th February 2012
Attendance - 343

Brechin City

Biggest win this season – 3-0 against Dumbarton at Glebe Park on 19th November.

Biggest defeat this season – 4-1 against Albion Rovers at Glebe Park on 12th November.

Stirling Albion

Biggest Win this season – 5-1 against Dumbarton at Strathclyde Homes Stadium on 13th August 2011

Biggest Defeat this season – 5-0 against Airdrie United at Excelsior Stadium on 30th July 2011 and 5-0 against Livingston at Braidwood Motor Company Stadium on 9th August 2011.