fmt_directory_entry = "{counter:>02}. {director:<52} {avg}"

[buran]

Sorry, my mistake, your format string is incorrect, because you uses the 0 that is the prefix
the correct sequence is fill, allign

# replace with space
for counter in range(9,11):
    print(f'{counter: >2}.')

print('\n-----------------\n')

# replace with #
for counter in range(9,11):
    print(f'{counter:#>2}.')

Output:
 9.
10.

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#9.
10.