This game was marked in the calendar a long time ago by fans of both squads, as it's the premier League One Play-Offs game of the season. Both Edinburgh City and Annan Athletic are aiming for a positive start to their league season.
Edinburgh City's stadium, Ainslie Park Stadium, has a grass surface. Annan Athletic have artifical turf 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 Annan Athletic when playing on grass; 13 wins, 5 draws and 7 losses from 25 matches. They have scored 42 goals in these games and conceded 23.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Edinburgh and Annan Athletic.
Edinburgh City form and stats
It's the first season at a new level for Edinburgh City as they were promoted from League Two last season. Happy days that were secured through 14 wins, 10 draws and 12 losses from 36 games. The team scored 23 goals at home last season and conceded 25. It will be interesting to see how they perform at this level.
This is expected to be a close game, with Edinburgh perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Edinburgh City as a small favourite), we find ten games. Edinburgh City has won six of these, drawn two and lost two.
There will be little rest for Edinburgh City after this match as they are travelling to Annan Athletic for a League One Play-Offs game in only three days.
Annan Athletic form and stats
A job perfectly done for Annan Athletic last season as they secured promotion from League Two. With a grand total of 18 wins, 5 draws and 13 defeats the season objective was secured. Of these wins, 11 were in away matches.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Annan Athletic playing away and similar expectations, we found nine relevant matches. Results were five Annan Athletic wins, zero draws and four defeats.
A new game in only three days for Annan, the League One Play-Offs home match versus Edinburgh City. Busy days.
Head 2 Head
Edinburgh City-Annan Athletic H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Edinburgh City seven wins, Annan Athletic two wins, one draw. seven of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  T. Wallace 13 goals | T. Goss 12 goals | A. Smith 8 goals |
Edinburgh City missing players
Annan Athletic missing players
| Edinburgh City | Annan Athletic | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 4 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 6 | 7 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 8 | 6.5 |
| 1.5 | 2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | 13 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 5 | 10 |
| 5.5 | 6 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 45% | 67% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 33% | 33% |
| 13 | 17 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 13 | 11.5 |
| 4.5 | 5 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| Edinburgh City | Last season | Annan Athletic | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 36 | 18 | Played | P | 18 | 36 | ||
| 14 | 7 | Won | W | 11 | 18 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | ||
| 12 | 6 | Lost | L | 6 | 13 | ||
| 43 | 23 | Scored | S | 31 | 64 | ||
| 49 | 25 | Conceded | C | 22 | 51 | ||
| 94% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 97% | ||
| 75% | 78% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 86% | ||
| 47% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 56% | 64% | ||
| 31% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 42% | ||
| 8% | 6% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 22% | ||
| 50% | 56% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 64% | ||
| 28% | 28% | Clean Sheets | C S | 39% | 25% | ||
| 28% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 11% | 14% | ||
| 3.2 | 3.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.2 | 3.7 | ||
| 5.6 | 5.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.8 | 5.4 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 1.8 | ||
| 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 6.9 | 6.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.3 | 9.9 | ||
| 2.8 | 2.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 4.6 | ||
| 42% | 46% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 46% | 39% | ||
| 11.1 | 9.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.2 | 10.8 | ||
| 4.7 | 4.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 4 | ||
| 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 | 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 |
