Delightful dogfight as daring Stirling Albion duel with determined Edinburgh City

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Competition: Scotland League One
Competition: Sat 05.Aug
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Forthbank Stadium (3808 seats)

It's a brand new League One campaign and Stirling Albion are impatient to get competitive here at Forthbank Stadium. Edinburgh City are visiting and this looks to be a rip-roaring season kickoff.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Stirling Albion form and stats

It's the first season at a new level for Stirling Albion as they were promoted from League Two last season. Happy days that were secured through 21 wins, 10 draws and 5 losses from 36 games. The team scored 42 goals at home last season and conceded 18. It will be interesting to see how they perform at this level.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Stirling Albion handle that role? We have found 9 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 6 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats.

With the first game of the season soon underway, it's time to look at the results from the Stirling Albion friendly games in pre-season: Stirling Albion played two friendlies, won 2, drew 0 and lost 0. If you are really into statistics you might appreciate knowing that Stirling scored {11 goals} and conceded 0 in these two games.

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Edinburgh City form and stats

Let's have a look at how Edinburgh City performed last season in the League One: They landed a 6th position in the league table after playing out 15 victories, 6 draws and 15 defeats. In total they scored 60 and conceded {55 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 8 - drew 3 and lost 7 with 32/25 goals scored/conceded.

Edinburgh City are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 4 wins, 5 draws and 6 defeats. From a total of 15 matches.

It's finally time to play a game of importance again as a long period of training has passed. Edinburgh City have played a number of friendly games in this period, resulting in 1 win, 0 draws and 1 defeats from two fixtures.

Head 2 Head

Stirling Albion-Edinburgh City H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Stirling four wins, Edinburgh City five wins, one draw. four of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Stirling Albion missing players

Edinburgh City missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Stirling Albion Edinburgh City
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 0
Stirling Albion Last season Edinburgh City
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
36 18   Played P   18 36
21 13   Won W   8 15
10 4   Drew D   3 6
5 1   Lost L   7 15
67 42   Scored S   32 60
37 18   Conceded C   25 55
94% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   94% 97%
83% 89%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   78% 86%
61% 72%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   56% 61%
36% 50%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   28% 33%
11% 17%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   28% 19%
64% 67%   BTTS BTTS   56% 50%
25% 28%   Clean Sheets C S   22% 25%
17% 6%   Failed to Score F T   28% 28%
 
5.6 5.8   Corners for (avg) C F   4.4 4.2
4.1 3.8   Corners against (avg) C A   4.9 5.4
2 1.9   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.2 1.8
5 1   Red cards R C   3 4
 
10.4 10.3   Shots (avg) S (   6.6 8
4.6 4.7   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.5 3.9
41% 49%   Goal Efficiency G E   51% 43%
 
8.4 6.8   Shots against (avg) S A   10.8 11.7
3.3 2.5   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.8 5.2

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Alloa Athletic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Annan Athletic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Cove Rangers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Edinburgh City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Falkirk 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Hamilton Academical 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Kelty Hearts 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Montrose 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Queen of the South 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Stirling Albion 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Stirling Albion 36 21 10 5 67 37 18 13 4 1 42 18 18 8 6 4 25 19 30 73
2 Dumbarton 36 18 8 10 49 39 18 10 4 4 25 16 18 8 4 6 24 23 10 62
3 Annan Athletic 36 14 9 13 61 51 18 8 5 5 36 21 18 6 4 8 25 30 10 51
4 East Fife 36 14 8 14 54 50 18 7 3 8 28 24 18 7 5 6 26 26 4 50
5 Forfar Athletic 36 13 9 14 37 43 18 7 5 6 20 23 18 6 4 8 17 20 -6 48
6 Stenhousemuir 36 12 11 13 51 55 18 6 7 5 26 24 18 6 4 8 25 31 -4 47
7 Stranraer 36 12 9 15 43 57 18 9 5 4 28 23 18 3 4 11 15 34 -14 45
8 Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic 36 11 9 16 36 47 18 6 3 9 22 29 18 5 6 7 14 18 -11 42
9 Elgin City 36 11 7 18 44 62 18 6 4 8 21 24 18 5 3 10 23 38 -18 40
10 Albion Rovers 36 11 6 19 47 48 18 6 3 9 20 19 18 5 3 10 27 29 -1 39
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Dunfermline Athletic 36 23 12 1 63 21 18 10 8 0 30 10 18 13 4 1 33 11 42 81
2 Falkirk 36 19 10 7 70 39 18 10 5 3 38 17 18 9 5 4 32 22 31 67
3 Airdrieonians 36 17 9 10 82 51 18 10 3 5 50 27 18 7 6 5 32 24 31 60
4 Alloa Athletic 36 17 6 13 56 47 18 10 2 6 31 23 18 7 4 7 25 24 9 57
5 Queen of the South 36 16 6 14 59 59 18 9 2 7 30 25 18 7 4 7 29 34 0 54
6 Edinburgh City 36 15 6 15 60 55 18 7 3 8 28 30 18 8 3 7 32 25 5 51
7 Montrose 36 13 9 14 50 55 18 8 5 5 31 26 18 5 4 9 19 29 -5 48
8 Kelty Hearts 36 10 10 16 39 54 18 7 4 7 21 18 18 3 6 9 18 36 -15 40
9 Clyde 36 5 9 22 35 68 18 4 6 8 23 32 18 1 3 14 12 36 -33 24
10 Peterhead 36 3 7 26 19 84 18 3 4 11 10 33 18 0 3 15 9 51 -65 16

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Alloa Athletic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Annan Athletic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Cove Rangers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Edinburgh City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Falkirk 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Hamilton Academical 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Kelty Hearts 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Montrose 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Queen of the South 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Stirling Albion 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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The Scottish League One is the third division in the Scottish football league pyramid. It holds ten teams who play each other four times for a total of 36 fixtures in a season from August to May. The top team in the league table is promoted, the bottom team relegated. There are also playoffs to promote and relegate.