Match Report
On the table this was a mismatch: Peterhead (1st, 66 pts) held a 26-point advantage over Stranraer (8th, 40 pts). Against a league average of 1.3 goals per team per game, Stranraer ran at 0.94 scored and 1.17 conceded, Peterhead at 1.44 and 1.11.
Defeat had not touched Peterhead in 5 games.
7 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Stranraer 2, draws 1, Peterhead 4, at 2 goals per meeting. Home advantage is real in this fixture: whoever hosted won 86% of the meetings. Only 29% of the meetings produced more than two goals. The recent editions have closed up — 1.2 goals per game over the last five against 2 all-time.
Stair Park in Stranraer staged the fixture, a ground that holds 6,250. On the scoreboard, it was 0-0 at the break, and no goals arrived after the restart: 0-0 the final score.