National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Annan Athletic or Elgin City that keep their silverware dream alive.
Annan Athletic's stadium, Galabank, has a artifical turf surface. Elgin City have grass on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Elgin City when playing on artifical turf; 3 wins, 2 draws and 5 losses from ten matches. They have scored 11 goals in these games and conceded 13.
These are active days for the hosts, as they had a match only four days ago in the League Cup. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at St. Johnstone.
Annan Athletic form and stats
Annan was eliminated in the group stage last season in the League Cup.The Annan Athletic manager Murphy and his side return home after a 0-0 draw away versus St. Johnstone in the League Cup.
This is expected to be a close game, with Annan Athletic perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Annan Athletic as a small favourite), we find 15 games. Annan Athletic has won 5 of these, drawn 5 and lost 5.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Annan, as the League Cup home game vs Ayr United is only three days away.
Elgin City form and stats
Last season their League Cup adventure ended in the group stage.There's been little loot from Elgin City's travels as they have only collected 13 points from 18 away games in the League Two. Elgin City only have 3 wins to counter their 11 defeats and 4 draws.
Two away matches in a row for Elgin City, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-3 against Ayr United in the League Cup.
A 0-2 defeat away at Stranraer before that.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 14 similar matches played by Elgin City in our archives, and the results are: 7 wins for Elgin City, 2 draws and 5 defeats.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting St. Johnstone in just three days.
The visitors have scored 13 goals from 18 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. In the opposite end, Elgin City have conceded 30 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
Data for the former ten meetings involving these two participants are: five wins for Annan, one draw and four wins for Elgin City. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.Annan Athletic missing players
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| Annan Athletic | Elgin City | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 5 | Won | W | 4 | 9 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Lost | L | 6 | 11 | ||
| 40 | 18 | Scored | S | 19 | 37 | ||
| 41 | 20 | Conceded | C | 17 | 33 | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 85% | 88% | ||
| 84% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 85% | 88% | ||
| 68% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 62% | 52% | ||
| 36% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 31% | 32% | ||
| 28% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 15% | 16% | ||
| 64% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 23% | 28% | ||
| 24% | 17% | Clean Sheets | C S | 46% | 44% | ||
| 20% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 46% | 40% | ||
| 3.9 | 4.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.8 | 4.7 | ||
| 5.2 | 3.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.9 | 3.8 | ||
| 1.2 | 0.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 2 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 9.5 | 11.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.4 | 10 | ||
| 4 | 4.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 4.2 | ||
| 40% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 29% | ||
| 11 | 10.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.2 | 8.1 | ||
| 3.8 | 3.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 3.8 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Queen of the South | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | Annan Athletic | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Elgin City | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | St. Johnstone | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | Ayr United | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Kelty Hearts | 36 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 68 | 28 | 18 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 36 | 12 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 32 | 16 | 40 | 81 |
| 2 | Forfar Athletic | 36 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 57 | 36 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 34 | 17 | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 23 | 19 | 21 | 60 |
| 3 | Annan Athletic | 36 | 18 | 5 | 13 | 64 | 51 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 33 | 29 | 18 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 31 | 22 | 13 | 59 |
| 4 | Edinburgh City | 36 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 43 | 49 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 23 | 25 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 24 | -6 | 52 |
| 5 | Stenhousemuir | 36 | 13 | 10 | 13 | 47 | 46 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 22 | 27 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 25 | 19 | 1 | 49 |
| 6 | Stranraer | 36 | 13 | 8 | 15 | 50 | 54 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 26 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 32 | 28 | -4 | 47 |
| 7 | Stirling Albion | 36 | 11 | 9 | 16 | 41 | 46 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 22 | 26 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 19 | 20 | -5 | 42 |
| 8 | Albion Rovers | 36 | 10 | 9 | 17 | 37 | 58 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 26 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 20 | 32 | -21 | 39 |
| 9 | Elgin City | 36 | 9 | 10 | 17 | 33 | 51 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 20 | 21 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 30 | -18 | 37 |
| 10 | Cowdenbeath | 36 | 7 | 8 | 21 | 28 | 49 | 18 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 21 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 15 | 28 | -21 | 29 |
