Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Elgin City & Stirling Albion face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the League Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
The visiting Stirling Albion played their last game only four days ago, a League Cup match.
Elgin City form and stats
Last season their League Cup adventure ended in the group stage.Elgin City have played 14 League Two games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 7-2-5 (wins-draws-losses). Nine out of nine points from the last three home games for Elgin, and the home supporters are ready to scream their lungs out to keep the winning streak alive.
A nice win for Elgin City last time playing, versus Cowdenbeath. That was also a home game and the match ended 3-2 with A. Macphee, B. Cameron and S. Sutherland scoring for the victors. Previous to that game, a League Two home match hosting Stirling Albion in a game that was won 3-1.
There will be little rest for Elgin City after this match as they are travelling to Montrose for a League Cup game in only three days.
The Elgin manager G. Price has got the team scoring with 30 from 14 home games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only -1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. On the other hand, Elgin have conceded 19 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only -1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Stirling Albion form and stats
Last season their League Cup adventure ended in the group stage.As the visiting team in League Two matches, Stirling Albion have produced an overall stat of 7-3-5 so far.
Stirling failed to get anything from their last game, a League Cup home match vs Arbroath that ended with defeat 1-2. The game before that, in the League Two, was lost at home, a 1-7 defeat against Cove Rangers.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Stirling have scored 21 goals in 15 league games away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only -1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (14 so far). There's been improvement defensively lately, as only -1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings between the teams: Elgin City won five, Stirling Albion won five and zero draws. nine games with over 2,5 goals, one match with two goals or less.Elgin City missing players
Stirling Albion missing players
| Elgin City | Stirling Albion | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 7 | Won | W | 7 | 10 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Lost | L | 2 | 9 | ||
| 53 | 31 | Scored | S | 20 | 34 | ||
| 37 | 24 | Conceded | C | 10 | 32 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 88% | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 76% | ||
| 76% | 92% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 42% | 44% | ||
| 56% | 77% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 24% | ||
| 20% | 23% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 16% | ||
| 64% | 77% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 48% | ||
| 24% | 15% | Clean Sheets | C S | 42% | 40% | ||
| 16% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 24% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.4 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 1.9 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | ||
| 233 | 135 | Total Shots | T S | 108 | 283 | ||
| 101 | 66 | Shots on Target | S O | 40 | 107 | ||
| 41% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 32% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Arbroath | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | Elgin City | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Montrose | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Ross County | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Stirling Albion | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 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 | Cove Rangers | 28 | 22 | 2 | 4 | 76 | 34 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 7 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 39 | 27 | 42 | 68 |
| 2 | Edinburgh City | 27 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 49 | 28 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 28 | 9 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 19 | 21 | 55 |
| 3 | Elgin City | 28 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 48 | 34 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 30 | 19 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 15 | 14 | 43 |
| 4 | Cowdenbeath | 27 | 12 | 5 | 10 | 37 | 35 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 20 | 2 | 41 |
| 5 | Queen's Park | 28 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 37 | 35 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 21 | 17 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 18 | 2 | 40 |
| 6 | Stirling Albion | 28 | 10 | 6 | 12 | 34 | 35 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 21 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 14 | -1 | 36 |
| 7 | Annan Athletic | 27 | 9 | 4 | 14 | 33 | 54 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 22 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 9 | 32 | -21 | 31 |
| 8 | Stenhousemuir | 28 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 32 | 48 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 29 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 19 | -16 | 29 |
| 9 | Albion Rovers | 26 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 37 | 51 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 23 | 23 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 28 | -14 | 24 |
| 10 | Brechin City | 27 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 31 | 60 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 25 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 19 | 35 | -29 | 17 |