Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Edinburgh City & Stranraer face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Challenge Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Edinburgh City and Stranraer.
Edinburgh City form and stats
Last season their Challenge Cup adventure ended in the 1st round.Edinburgh City have played 2 League One games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 0-0-2 (wins-draws-losses).
The Edinburgh crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-3 to Falkirk here at Meadowbank Stadium.
In the game before, an away victory in the League One match versus Alloa Athletic with a 4-2 scoreline.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Edinburgh City have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 11 matches with the results: Won 7, drawn 2 and lost 2.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Edinburgh City as they have a new game in only three days, a League One match thankfully also at home. Clyde are visiting.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Edinburgh City at home in the league. 0 on target and 6 scored by the opposition; from 2 matches.
Stranraer form and stats
Stranraer's mission in Challenge Cup last season failed in the 2nd round.Still no away game victory in the League Two for Stranraer with 1 draw and 1 loss from their first 2 attempts.
Stranraer are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 2-2 draw at Elgin City.
Preceding that match was the 2-2 draw at home vs Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 18 similar matches played by Stranraer in our archives, and the results are: 4 wins for Stranraer, 8 draws and 6 defeats.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting East Fife in just three days.
Stranraer have the goal stats of 2-4 (for/against) from 2 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
Edinburgh City-Stranraer H2H statistics last eight meetings regardless of arena: Edinburgh City five wins, Stranraer three wins, zero draws. four of these eight matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
  J. Robertson 3 goals |  D. Handling 1 goals |  O. See 1 goals |
Edinburgh City missing players
Stranraer missing players
| Edinburgh City | Stranraer | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 6 | Won | W | 5 | 8 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Lost | L | 8 | 13 | ||
| 31 | 19 | Scored | S | 25 | 36 | ||
| 35 | 17 | Conceded | C | 28 | 46 | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 84% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 86% | 84% | ||
| 52% | 62% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 79% | 64% | ||
| 20% | 15% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 36% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 36% | 24% | ||
| 52% | 54% | BTTS | BTTS | 64% | 48% | ||
| 32% | 31% | Clean Sheets | C S | 7% | 20% | ||
| 24% | 15% | Failed to Score | F T | 29% | 36% | ||
| 3.1 | 3.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 5.1 | ||
| 6.5 | 6.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 4.7 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 1.9 | ||
| 6 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | ||
| 7 | 7.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.5 | 10.6 | ||
| 2.8 | 2.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.4 | 4.2 | ||
| 45% | 51% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 33% | ||
| 12.6 | 11.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.3 | 10 | ||
| 5.1 | 4.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.2 | 4.4 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Airdrieonians | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 10 |
| 2 | Dunfermline Athletic | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 10 |
| 3 | Clyde | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 7 |
| 4 | Falkirk | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 7 |
| 5 | Edinburgh City | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | -2 | 6 |
| 6 | Queen of the South | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 7 | Montrose | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 8 | Alloa Athletic | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 3 |
| 9 | Peterhead | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -7 | 1 |
| 10 | Kelty Hearts | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -7 | 1 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Dumbarton | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 12 |
| 2 | East Fife | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| 3 | Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 4 | Stirling Albion | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| 5 | Stranraer | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -1 | 5 |
| 6 | Forfar Athletic | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -1 | 4 |
| 7 | Albion Rovers | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | -1 | 3 |
| 8 | Elgin City | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | -2 | 3 |
| 9 | Annan Athletic | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | -5 | 3 |
| 10 | Stenhousemuir | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -5 | 3 |
