FootyMAD's Alloa Athletic match preview

Last updated : 23 December 2005 By Footymad Previewer
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History of the Alloa Athletic v Peterhead fixture

Peterhead face a trip to Alloa Athletic at Recreation Park on Saturday afternoon, looking to break their duck against the hosts. Both of the previous encounters have resulted in a drawn game.

The most recent encounter between these two sides was earlier this season, when they eased past their opponents in a high-scoring 4 - 1 thriller, in a Scottish Division Two match.

For a detailed analysis of the head-to-head between the two sides, click here

Recent encounters between the teams:
2005/2006Sat 22 OctPeterhead3 - 1Alloa Ath.SCD2
2005/2006Sat 06 AugAlloa Ath.4 - 1PeterheadSCD2
2001/2002Tue 11 SepAlloa Ath.4 - 0PeterheadSLGC

Recent respective form guides

Alloa Athletic's home form is poor, winning just 2 of the last six, and losing the other 4. The Wasps's have scored 13 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 15.

Peterhead's away form is none too clever either, winning and losing 3 each of the last six games. The The Blue Toon's have a narrow positive goal difference over these games, with 9 goals for and 7 against.

Alloa Ath. find themselves stuck right at the bottom of the division. Their 18 games have yielded only 10 points. Peterhead's total of 24 points from their 18 games sees them sitting in the playoff places in Bells Scottish Division Two.

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Current form guides:PWDLFAP
Alloa Ath.620413156
Peterhead640211812

FootyMad's prediction ...

Peterhead 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:
Alloa Ath. 9 games since last home draw.
Not drawn a match in their last 10 .
Peterhead 9 games since last away draw.
Last drawn game 11 outings ago.