Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Arbroath & Elgin City face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the League Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
The visiting Elgin City played their last game only four days ago, a League Cup match.
Arbroath form and stats
Arbroath participated in League Cup the last season, where they reached the group stage.Two Championship home games so far for Arbroath, who are yet to win here at Gayfield Park. Only 1 point so far. 2W-0D-1L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the League Cup for Arbroath.
A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Arbroath, who played 1-1 against Queen of the South. That match was also played at this venue (Gayfield Park). Heartbreak before that as Arbroath lost 1-3 at Inverness CT's place.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Arbroath at home in the league. 1 on target and 2 scored by the opposition; from 2 matches.
Elgin City form and stats
They also participated in League Cup last season. This ended in the group stage.Things could have gone better for Elgin City in their League Two away matches, but 3 points from 2 games is all right. When we have look at the League Cup statistics, we find 2W-0D-1L. This is both home and away.
Elgin City have been frustrated by their lack of goals lately, as they haven't scored in the league since they found the net 205 minutes ago. K. Hester was the goal scorer.
This game can not go any worse than the last one, a League Cup home defeat versus Ross County with 1-4 on the scoreboard. A loss against Queen's Park was the result prior to that, in a League Two home game.
Elgin City have the goal stats of 4-2 (for/against) from 2 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings between the teams: Arbroath won five, Elgin City won three and two draws. five games with over 2,5 goals, five matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  K. Hester 3 goals | R. Dingwall 2 goals |  B. Linn 1 goals |
Arbroath missing players
Elgin City missing players
| Arbroath | Elgin City | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Won | W | 7 | 13 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | ||
| 10 | 3 | Lost | L | 3 | 9 | ||
| 25 | 16 | Scored | S | 23 | 49 | ||
| 27 | 8 | Conceded | C | 11 | 35 | ||
| 92% | 83% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 72% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 84% | ||
| 36% | 42% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 58% | 68% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 44% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 24% | ||
| 44% | 42% | BTTS | BTTS | 42% | 52% | ||
| 28% | 42% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 28% | ||
| 36% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 24% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.6 | ||
| 4 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | ||
| 184 | 102 | Total Shots | T S | 107 | 251 | ||
| 68 | 43 | Shots on Target | S O | 40 | 111 | ||
| 31% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 45% | 37% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Ross County | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 6 |
| 2 | Arbroath | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | Elgin City | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 4 | Stirling Albion | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 3 |
| 5 | Montrose | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -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 | Raith Rovers | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 10 |
| 2 | Dunfermline Athletic | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 10 |
| 3 | Hearts | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 9 |
| 4 | Greenock Morton | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | -4 | 6 |
| 5 | Ayr United | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
| 6 | Dundee | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 9 | -3 | 5 |
| 7 | Inverness CT | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -1 | 4 |
| 8 | Alloa Athletic | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -4 | 1 |
| 9 | Queen of the South | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -5 | 1 |
| 10 | Arbroath | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -6 | 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 | Queen's Park | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 10 |
| 2 | Stirling Albion | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| 3 | Stenhousemuir | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 4 | Elgin City | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 5 | Edinburgh City | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| 6 | Annan Athletic | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | Stranraer | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 4 |
| 8 | Cowdenbeath | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -4 | 4 |
| 9 | Albion Rovers | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -5 | 3 |
| 10 | Brechin City | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -10 | 3 |