This could be an interesting match as Annan Athletic have their presumed home advantage while Edinburgh City are ahead 8 points in the League Two table.
Annan 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.
Edinburgh City play their home games on grass, while this game is played on artificial turf. Recent stats for Edinburgh City when playing on artificial turf are 4 wins, 1 draw and 7 defeats from twelve matches. They have scored 15 goals and conceded 23 times in these games.
Annan Athletic form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at Galabank as Annan Athletic have scored 17 goals to get 15 points from 7 games. The overall stats in the League Two are 4-3-0 (wins-draws-losses). There’s a good atmosphere here at Galabank after three straight home wins.
A good away victory last time out for Annan Athletic, who won 2-1 against Stenhousemuir (placed 8th). Before that game, the 6-1 home victory against Cove Rangers.
With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (17 in 7 games), Annan Athletic's attacking play is working. Annan Athletic have conceded 7 in these home matches.
Edinburgh City form and stats
The visitors are W3-D1-L3 on the road this term. That's in the League Two.
Edinburgh City won their last game, 2-1 versus Cove Rangers played at home. A 1-2 defeat away at Queen's Park before that.
The travelling fans enjoy Edinburgh City's attacking play in away games, having scored 13 goals in 7 league matches away. The Edinburgh City manager J. McDonaugh has some worries about the defense as 15 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Edinburgh City - Annan Athletic 4-0 entered in the official records. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Annan Athletic 4 wins, 0 draws and Edinburgh City 6 victories. As for goals, 9 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 1 game had two or less.Top Goalscorers
 
D. Handling
5 goals
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T. Muir
4 goals
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S. Shepherd
4 goals
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Annan Athletic missing players
Edinburgh City missing players
| Annan Athletic | Edinburgh City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs
|
Statistics | Stat | vs
|
Away | Total |
| 15 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 15 |
| 7 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 23 | 17 | 7 | Scored | S | 4 | 13 | 32 |
| 25 | 7 | 1 | Conceded | C | 5 | 15 | 21 |
| 93% | 86% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 80% | 71% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 86% | 87% |
| 60% | 43% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 86% | 80% |
| 40% | 43% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 71% | 53% |
| 20% | 43% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 43% | 27% |
| 53% | 71% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 71% | 67% |
| 20% | 29% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 33% | 14% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 29% | 13% |
| 4.7 | 4.6 | 4 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 4.3 | 4.8 |
| 4.8 | 3.3 | 4 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 5 | 4.3 | 4.3 |
| 2 | 1.9 | 2.5 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.4 | 1.6 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 128 | 70 | 28 | Total Shots | T S | 19 | 80 | 165 |
| 63 | 33 | 14 | Shots on Target | S O | 11 | 36 | 78 |
| 37% | 52% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 36% | 41% |
- Annan Athletic has the most points from losing position (14)
- Annan Athletic have not yet lost a game at home.
- Annan Athletic have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Edinburgh City has the fewest matches under the total-line (4)
- Edinburgh City has the most matches over the total-line (11)
- Edinburgh City has the most scored goals in the second half (21)
- Edinburgh City have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Edinburgh City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Edinburgh City haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Edinburgh City is in the best form (4-1-1)
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Cove Rangers | 15 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 40 | 21 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 34 |
| 2 | Edinburgh City | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 32 | 21 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 11 | 32 |
| 3 | Cowdenbeath | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 26 |
| 4 | Annan Athletic | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 25 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 18 | -2 | 24 |
| 5 | Elgin City | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 22 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 18 |
| 6 | Queen's Park | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 11 | -2 | 18 |
| 7 | Stirling Albion | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | -1 | 16 |
| 8 | Stenhousemuir | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 28 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 10 | -11 | 16 |
| 9 | Albion Rovers | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 20 | 29 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 16 | -9 | 14 |
| 10 | Brechin City | 15 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 19 | 35 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 20 | -16 | 10 |