There's been ups and downs for these two teams so far this season, occupying positions near the middle of the League Two table so far. Here's the Annan Athletic - Elgin City latest:
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
Elgin City play their home games on grass, while this game is played on artificial turf. Recent stats for Elgin City when playing on artificial turf are 1 win, 5 draws and 8 defeats from 14 matches. They have scored 13 goals and conceded 30 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 20 goals to get 18 points from 9 games. The overall stats in the League Two are 5-3-1 (wins-draws-losses).
Annan Athletic lost their last game at Cowdenbeath (placed 3rd) after a 1-3 scoreline. Before that, Annan Athletic had a home game versus Queen's Park which ended with a victory 3-2.
This is expected to be a close game, with Annan Athletic perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Annan Athletic as a small favourite), we find nine games. Annan Athletic has won 5 of these, drawn 3 and lost 1.
With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (20 in 9 games), Annan Athletic's attacking play is working. 11 goals have been conceded.
Elgin City form and stats
Elgin City have only collected 8 points from their away games in the League Two, after 1-5-3 (9 played).
Elgin City have been frustrated by their lack of goals lately, as they haven't scored in the league since they found the net 180 minutes ago. D. Mackay was the goal scorer.
Elgin City failed to get anything from their last game, a League Two home match vs Edinburgh City (placed 2nd) that ended with defeat 0-1. Preceding that game, the 0-2 loss visiting Cove Rangers's place.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found six similar matches played by Elgin City in our archives, and the results are: 3 wins for Elgin City, 0 draws and 3 defeats.
The attacking power of Elgin City when travelling is not overwhelming with 8 goals scored from 9 league matches away. As opposed to that, Elgin City have seen the ball go into their own net 10 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Elgin City - Annan Athletic 4-0. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 6 Annan Athletic victories, 2 draws and 2 Elgin City wins. 3 of these games ended with three goals or more, 7 matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  S. Sutherland 12 goals |   T. Muir 6 goals |  C. Nadé 4 goals |
Annan Athletic missing players
Elgin City missing players
| Annan Athletic | Elgin City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 9 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 9 | 19 |
| 8 | 5 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 3 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 5 | 7 |
| 8 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 29 | 20 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 8 | 27 |
| 36 | 11 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 10 | 23 |
| 95% | 89% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 78% | 89% |
| 84% | 78% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 67% | 74% |
| 63% | 44% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 53% |
| 47% | 44% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 22% | 37% |
| 26% | 44% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 5% |
| 58% | 67% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 56% | 53% |
| 16% | 22% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 22% | 21% |
| 32% | 22% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 44% | 37% |
| 4.9 | 4.2 | 4 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 3 | 4.1 | 4.7 |
| 4.8 | 3.7 | 4 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 2 | 5.4 | 4.7 |
| 2.1 | 1.8 | 2 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2 | 1.9 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 150 | 86 | 8 | Total Shots | T S | 4 | 90 | 221 |
| 76 | 41 | 3 | Shots on Target | S O | 1 | 33 | 93 |
| 38% | 49% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 24% | 29% |
- Annan Athletic has the most points from losing position (14)
- Annan Athletic have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Elgin City have scored away.
- Elgin City has the fewest scored goals (8) away
| 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 | 19 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 52 | 24 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 27 | 21 | 28 | 46 |
| 2 | Edinburgh City | 19 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 38 | 21 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 17 | 44 |
| 3 | Cowdenbeath | 18 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 25 | 18 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 32 |
| 4 | Annan Athletic | 19 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 29 | 36 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 25 | -7 | 27 |
| 5 | Stirling Albion | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 20 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 23 |
| 6 | Elgin City | 19 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 27 | 23 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 22 |
| 7 | Queen's Park | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 25 | 29 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 14 | -4 | 22 |
| 8 | Albion Rovers | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 26 | 36 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 18 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 18 | -10 | 19 |
| 9 | Stenhousemuir | 19 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 20 | 37 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 20 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 17 | -17 | 16 |
| 10 | Brechin City | 19 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 23 | 44 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 21 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 12 | 23 | -21 | 14 |