Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Elgin City & Stenhousemuir face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Challenge Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
Stenhousemuir play their home games on artifical turf, while this fixture will take place on grass. The latest statistics for Stenhousemuir when playing on grass are 9 wins, 8 draws and 8 defeats from 25 matches. They have created 30 goals and conceded 34 times in these games.
It's no vacation for neither Elgin City nor Stenhousemuir as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Elgin City form and stats
This is not the first game this season in the Challenge Cup for Elgin City, as the manager Price led his troops to eliminate Dundee United II, and reach the 2nd Round. Elgin participated in Challenge Cup the last season, where they reached the 3rd round.0-1-1 (win-draw-lost) are the League Two numbers at home for Elgin City so far this season.
The spoils were shared in Elgin City's previous game, also at home. Visiting Stranraer travelled back with a draw after a 2-2 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 Elgin City have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 13 matches with the results: Won 3, drawn 5 and lost 5.
The manager Price will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Dumbarton in only four days.
Elgin City has scored 3 goals so far and conceded 5 goals from 2 home games. These are numbers from the league only.
Stenhousemuir form and stats
They also participated in Challenge Cup last season. This ended in the 2nd round.No League Two points yet away for Stenhousemuir, from their first 2 matches.
Stenhousemuir might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Dumbarton proved too strong as Stenhousemuir slumped to a 1-3 defeat in front of their own fans at Ochilview Park.
Prior to that match, the Stenhousemuir manager Swift faced defeat when travelling to Stirling Albion and losing 0-3.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 12 similar matches played by Stenhousemuir in our archives, and the results are: 6 wins for Stenhousemuir, 2 draws and 4 defeats.
Stenhousemuir have another fixture away from home in just four nights, a League Two match vs Forfar Athletic. A difficult programme for the visiting team!
Stenhousemuir have the goal stats of 1-5 (for/against) from 2 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
Stats for the prior ten meetings between these two squads are: three wins for Elgin City, two draws and five wins for Stenhousemuir. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.
Top Goalscorers
  D. McHardy 2 goals | R. Dingwall 2 goals | K. Hester 2 goals |
Elgin City missing players
Stenhousemuir missing players
| Elgin City | Stenhousemuir | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Won | W | 4 | 9 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 5 | 6 | ||
| 11 | 6 | Lost | L | 4 | 10 | ||
| 36 | 17 | Scored | S | 13 | 28 | ||
| 40 | 21 | Conceded | C | 14 | 27 | ||
| 88% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 84% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 77% | 68% | ||
| 60% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 23% | 36% | ||
| 44% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 8% | 16% | ||
| 20% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 8% | ||
| 36% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 46% | 44% | ||
| 40% | 42% | Clean Sheets | C S | 38% | 36% | ||
| 36% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 23% | 28% | ||
| 4.4 | 4.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.3 | 4 | ||
| 5.2 | 5.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.8 | 5.5 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.1 | 1.3 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | ||
| 8.1 | 8.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.5 | 8.3 | ||
| 3.3 | 3.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 3.1 | ||
| 33% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 35% | 38% | ||
| 9.1 | 8.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.8 | 9.5 | ||
| 4.3 | 3.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 3.5 | ||
| 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 |
