Edinburgh City vs Peterhead preview for football fans

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Competition: Scotland League One
Competition: Sat 24.December
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Meadowbank Stadium (2000 seats)

Edinburgh City are thought of as favourites to win this home fixture vs Peterhead, if the league table is anything to judge by. Or could we be in for a surprise?

Insights:
  • Edinburgh City have the most points from losing position (8) in League One
  • Peterhead have the fewest scored goals (10) in League One

Edinburgh City and Peterhead 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.

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Edinburgh City form and stats

The story so far in the League One for Edinburgh City at their home stadium (Meadowbank Stadium) is 5 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats.

A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Edinburgh City, who played 2-2 against Montrose. That match was also played at this venue (Meadowbank Stadium).

In the game before, an away victory match versus Clyde with a 2-0 scoreline.

A decent goal production from Edinburgh in their home games so far, with 15 goals from 9 league matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Edinburgh City defense is not exactly impregnable. 15 goals conceded from 9 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 8 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Peterhead form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Peterhead so far with only 3 points returning home. The records show 0-3-6 (win-draw-lose).

Peterhead are looking to quickly end their 237 minutes long goal drought in the League One.

Peterhead play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-3 to Kelty Hearts (placed 8th).

The match earlier was the Scottish Cup-duel against Queen's Park, a home loss (0-3). You'll want to know how Peterhead managed when outsiders such as today. Our database found 7 similar matches resulting in 1 away win, 1 draw and 5 home wins.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Peterhead as they have only managed to score 6 times from 9 away games in the league. People interested in "over 2,5 goals" betting will like to know that Peterhead concede an average of more than 2,5 goals per away match all on their own. Peterhead has visited these top teams two times, and 2 of 2 has ended with 2 goals or more!

Head 2 Head

Edinburgh have won or drawn the last 6 fixtures (2-4-0) versus Peterhead.

Edinburgh City and Peterhead have duelled earlier this season: Peterhead - Edinburgh City 1-1. The referee had use for red card when these teams last played each other, and the criminal was Carre (Peterhead).

Top Goalscorers

EdinburghD. Handling
D. Handling
9 goals
Edinburgh CityJ. Robertson
J. Robertson
8 goals
Edinburgh CityR. Shanley
R. Shanley
5 goals

Edinburgh City missing players

Peterhead missing players

Edinburgh City Peterhead
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
18 9 3 Played P 2 9 17
10 5 2 Won W 0 0 1
2 1 0 Drew D 1 3 4
6 3 1 Lost L 1 6 12
33 15 4 Scored S 3 6 10
26 15 3 Conceded C 5 23 41
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
94% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 100%
56% 67% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 67% 53%
33% 33% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 44% 35%
22% 11% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 11% 12%
39% 33% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 44% 41%
33% 33% 67% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
28% 33% 33% Failed to Score F T 0% 56% 59%
 
3.3 3 3 Corners for (avg) C F 1 2.9 3.3
6.4 7.6 7.3 Corners against (avg) C A 8.5 7.8 7.2
1.7 1.1 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.1 2.2
3 1 0 Red cards R C 1 2 4
 
7.6 7.9 8.7 Shots (avg) S ( 4.5 6 6.1
4.1 3.9 3.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.5 2.4 2.6
45% 43% 36% Goal Efficiency G E 100% 27% 23%
 
11.6 12 11 Shots against (avg) S A 18.5 13.4 11.6
5.1 5.4 4.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 9 6.8 5.7
Key stats in League One this season:
  • All of Edinburgh City's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • All of Peterhead's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Edinburgh City have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won at home.
  • Edinburgh City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Edinburgh City have scored more than double the goals of Peterhead.
  • Edinburgh City have the most points from losing position (8) in League One
  • Edinburgh City haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Peterhead have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
  • Peterhead have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Peterhead have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Peterhead have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Peterhead have the fewest clean sheets (0) in League One
  • Peterhead have the fewest points (3) away in League One
  • Peterhead have the fewest points from losing position (2) in League One
  • Peterhead have the fewest scored goals (10) in League One
  • Peterhead have the fewest scored goals (6) away in League One
  • Peterhead have the fewest scored goals in the second half (4) in League One
  • Peterhead have the most conceded goals (23) away in League One
  • Peterhead have the most conceded goals (41) in League One
  • Peterhead have the most conceded goals in the first half (15) in League One
  • Peterhead have the most conceded goals in the second half (26) in League One
  • Peterhead have the the worst goal difference (-17) away in League One
  • Peterhead have the the worst goal difference (-31) in League One
  • Peterhead have yet to win a game away.
  • Peterhead 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 17 10 6 1 25 10 9 4 5 0 12 8 8 6 1 1 13 2 15 36
2 Edinburgh City 18 10 2 6 33 26 9 5 1 3 15 15 9 5 1 3 18 11 7 32
3 Falkirk 17 8 5 4 31 20 9 5 2 2 16 8 8 3 3 2 15 12 11 29
4 Montrose 18 8 5 5 27 21 9 5 3 1 16 6 9 3 2 4 11 15 6 29
5 Alloa Athletic 17 8 3 6 33 25 8 6 0 2 21 11 9 2 3 4 12 14 8 27
6 Airdrieonians 17 7 5 5 29 23 8 5 2 1 20 10 9 2 3 4 9 13 6 26
7 Queen of the South 18 6 5 7 30 29 9 3 2 4 15 14 9 3 3 3 15 15 1 23
8 Kelty Hearts 18 7 2 9 19 26 9 5 2 2 11 7 9 2 0 7 8 19 -7 23
9 Clyde 17 2 3 12 21 37 9 1 2 6 12 19 8 1 1 6 9 18 -16 9
10 Peterhead 17 1 4 12 10 41 8 1 1 6 4 18 9 0 3 6 6 23 -31 7

Read more about League One

The Scottish League One is the third division in the Scottish football league pyramid. It holds ten teams who play each other four times for a total of 36 fixtures in a season from August to May. The top team in the league table is promoted, the bottom team relegated. There are also playoffs to promote and relegate.