Glebe Park: Brechin City vs Elgin City League Two preview

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Competition: Scotland League Two
Date: Sat 01.February
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Glebe Park (4083 seats)

Brechin City hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 15 points and a 10th position in the League Two table. Visiting Elgin City holds 4th place with 28 pts.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Brechin City form and stats

With 2 League Two wins, 2 draws and 6 defeats from their home games, Brechin City, who have the most conceded goals (49) in League Two, are certainly not brimming with confidence.

The fans are hoping that Brechin City will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 2-3 away loss in the League Two game against Cowdenbeath (placed 3rd). Before that, Brechin City played out a draw 2-2 when visiting Stenhousemuir.

The Brechin City fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 11 in 10 matches. Brechin City are struggling defensively, conceding on average more than two goals per home game (21 from 10 played).

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Elgin City form and stats

3 wins, 5 draws and 3 losses. That’s the product of Elgin City playing as the away team in the League Two this season. Elgin City love their trips these days, as their two previous away games have resulted in victories.

It's the second away game in a row for Elgin City, but there's smiles all around after the 2-1 victory versus Stirling Albion (placed 6th) in the League Two last time out. A loss against Stenhousemuir was the result prior to that, in a home game.

Elgin City are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 14 away goals from 11 games (in the league). 11 goals have been conceded by Elgin City in these games.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Elgin City - Brechin City 3-1 earlier this season. As for the last six games between these two teams, there's 3 Brechin City victories, 0 draws and 3 Elgin City wins. 6 of these games ended with three goals or more, 0 matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Elgin CityS. Sutherland
S. Sutherland
14 goals
Brechin CityP. McManus
P. McManus
7 goals
Elgin CityK. Hester
K. Hester
7 goals

Brechin City missing players

Elgin City missing players

Brechin City Elgin City
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
21 10 2 Played P 3 11 22
4 2 0 Won W 1 3 7
3 2 1 Drew D 2 5 7
14 6 1 Lost L 0 3 8
27 11 1 Scored S 5 14 35
49 21 2 Conceded C 3 11 27
95% 90% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 82% 91%
81% 80% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 73% 77%
76% 70% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 45% 59%
43% 30% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 27% 41%
33% 30% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 9%
71% 70% 50% BTTS BTTS 67% 55% 55%
10% 10% 0% Clean Sheets C S 33% 27% 23%
24% 30% 50% Failed to Score F T 33% 36% 32%
 
4.1 4.2 2.5 Corners For (avg) C F 6.3 4.2 4.7
6.5 6.3 6 Corners Against (avg) C A 8.3 5.6 4.8
2.3 2.3 2 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 1.3 1.8 1.9
3 2 0 Red Cards R C 0 1 1
 
185 101 15 Total Shots T S 34 114 256
75 40 6 Shots on Target S O 14 45 108
36% 28% 17% Goal Efficiency G E 36% 31% 32%
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Brechin City has the most conceded goals (49)
  • Brechin City has the most conceded goals in the first half (24)
  • Brechin City has the the worst goal difference (-22)

  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 21 17 1 3 57 25 11 11 0 0 30 4 10 6 1 3 27 21 32 52
2 Edinburgh City 21 15 2 4 41 24 10 8 1 1 22 8 11 7 1 3 19 16 17 47
3 Cowdenbeath 20 11 2 7 29 23 11 9 1 1 19 9 9 2 1 6 10 14 6 35
4 Elgin City 22 7 7 8 35 27 11 4 2 5 21 16 11 3 5 3 14 11 8 28
5 Annan Athletic 22 8 3 11 31 45 11 5 3 3 22 18 11 3 0 8 9 27 -14 27
6 Stirling Albion 21 7 5 9 24 21 10 3 2 5 11 11 11 4 3 4 13 10 3 26
7 Queen's Park 21 7 5 9 29 32 11 3 5 3 16 17 10 4 0 6 13 15 -3 26
8 Albion Rovers 19 5 5 9 28 38 9 4 1 4 16 18 10 1 4 5 12 20 -10 20
9 Stenhousemuir 22 5 5 12 26 43 11 2 2 7 13 24 11 3 3 5 13 19 -17 20
10 Brechin City 21 4 3 14 27 49 10 2 2 6 11 21 11 2 1 8 16 28 -22 15

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Read more about League Two

The Scottish League Two is the fourth level of football in Scotland. 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.