This should be an engrossing game as Alloa Athletic have their supposed home advantage, while Edinburgh City are in front by 6 points in the League One standings.
- Alloa Athletic have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Edinburgh City have the most scored goals (42) in League One
This football pitch uses artifical turf, unlike Edinburgh City's home arena. The previous 18 games by the visitors on artifical turf have ended with 7 wins, 4 draws and 7 losses.
Alloa Athletic and Edinburgh City should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Alloa Athletic form and stats
Alloa Athletic have performed here at Indodrill Stadium this season with 6 wins from 9 League One matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 1 game and lost 2.
Alloa are returning here after visiting Queen of the South and winning with a 2-1 scoreline. Finally, a league victory after four matches without one.
In the match before that, Alloa Athletic hosted Kelty Hearts and drew the game 0-0.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Alloa Athletic have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 5 games) they have won 1 time, drawn 1 and lost 3.
Goals decide football matches and Alloa are scoring many of them at home; 21 on target from 9 league matches. Alloa Athletic's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 11 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Edinburgh City form and stats
6-1-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Edinburgh City, who have the most scored goals (42) in League One, in their League One matches away. Edinburgh has recorded two wins in a row in their away matches and hold legitimate hopes of a third one.
This match can not go any worse than the last one, the home defeat versus Dunfermline Athletic with 0-1 on the scoreboard. That defeat was their first after five consecutive league fixtures winning points.
Preceding that game was the away victory against Airdrieonians with the score of 5-3.Edinburgh City are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 3 wins, 4 draws and 6 defeats. From a total of 13 matches.
With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Edinburgh City are regular goalscorers on their travels. Edinburgh City have conceded 14 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The squads have met each other previously this season, with the final score Edinburgh City - Alloa 4-3 entered in the official records. The ref brandished his red card when these clubs last faced each other, and the criminal was O'Donnell (Alloa Athletic). Head-2-head stats last four meetings: one - one - two (Alloa Athletic wins - draws - Edinburgh City wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), zero had two or less. The matches between these teams have sometimes been rough and physical, having seen 2 red cards from the last four duels.
Top Goalscorers
  D. Handling 11 goals |  J. Robertson 9 goals |   C. Sammon 6 goals |
Alloa Athletic missing players
Edinburgh City missing players
| Alloa Athletic | Edinburgh City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 9 | 1 | Played | P | 3 | 10 | 21 |
| 9 | 6 | 0 | Won | W | 3 | 6 | 12 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 37 | 21 | 0 | Scored | S | 13 | 23 | 42 |
| 28 | 11 | 3 | Conceded | C | 4 | 14 | 30 |
| 90% | 89% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 85% | 89% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 90% | 90% |
| 60% | 78% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 50% | 57% |
| 40% | 44% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 40% | 38% |
| 25% | 33% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 67% | 40% | 24% |
| 60% | 56% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 50% | 38% |
| 25% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 30% | 33% |
| 25% | 22% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 20% | 29% |
| 4.7 | 4.8 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.7 | 4.1 | 3.5 |
| 5.5 | 5.8 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.7 | 5.2 | 6.1 |
| 1.2 | 1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.3 | 2.6 | 1.8 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 6.9 | 6.2 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.7 | 7.5 | 7.6 |
| 3.9 | 3.9 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 7.3 | 4.3 | 4.2 |
| 48% | 60% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 59% | 53% | 47% |
| 7 | 4.1 | 3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.7 | 10.7 | 11 |
| 3.6 | 2.3 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.7 | 4.6 | 4.9 |
- Alloa Athletic have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Edinburgh City have the fewest dropped points from leading position (2) in League One
- Edinburgh City have the most points from losing position (11) in League One
- Edinburgh City have the most scored goals (23) away in League One
- Edinburgh City have the most scored goals (42) in League One
- Edinburgh City have the most scored goals in the second half (27) in League One
- Edinburgh City haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Dunfermline Athletic | 19 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 28 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 3 | 17 | 42 |
| 2 | Edinburgh City | 21 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 42 | 30 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 23 | 14 | 12 | 38 |
| 3 | Falkirk | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 38 | 23 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 15 | 35 |
| 4 | Airdrieonians | 20 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 39 | 30 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 9 | 32 |
| 5 | Alloa Athletic | 20 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 37 | 28 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 17 | 9 | 32 |
| 6 | Montrose | 21 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 30 | 27 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 3 | 30 |
| 7 | Kelty Hearts | 21 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 22 | 29 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 20 | -7 | 27 |
| 8 | Queen of the South | 21 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 34 | 36 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 20 | -2 | 26 |
| 9 | Clyde | 20 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 24 | 42 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 23 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 19 | -18 | 10 |
| 10 | Peterhead | 20 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 10 | 48 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 21 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 27 | -38 | 8 |
