Football tips: Brechin City vs Elgin City - predictions and betting guide

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Competition: Scotland League Two
Competition: Sat 02.January
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Glebe Park (4083 seats)

Struggling Brechin City will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Elgin City in the upcoming league round. It’s 10th vs 2nd and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.

Insights:
  • Brechin City has the fewest scored goals (5) in League Two
  • Elgin City have scored more than double the goals of Brechin City.

Brechin City and Elgin 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.

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Brechin City form and stats

0 victories, 1 draw and 3 defeats. That’s what Brechin City, who have the fewest scored goals (5) in League Two, have to build on here at Glebe Park in the League Two.

Brechin haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 208 minutes ago. Trialist B scored that one.

The Brechin City crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 2-3 to Linlithgow Rose here at Glebe Park in a Scottish Cup match. Preceding that game was the home draw versus Annan Athletic that ended 0-0.

Brechin has huge difficulties finding the net and are scoring on average only once per two home matches in the league: 2 goals from 4 games. This has been a stadium of sighs so far as Brechin have let the opposition score 14 times, an average of more than three per game.

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Elgin City form and stats

Playing away, Elgin City have won 2 games, drawn 0 and suffered 2 defeats in the League Two this season.

Elgin City had fun at their own home (Glebe Park) last time out, beating Civil Service Strollers 4-0. A home win before that, celebrating 2-0 vs Stenhousemuir.

As mentioned above, Elgin City was the only team on the pitch versus Civil Service Strollers in their previous game, winning 4-0. This could be a tougher task.

Elgin has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 7 goals from 4 games. Elgin City's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 6 goals from these trips.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Elgin City - Brechin 3-0 entered in the official records. As for the last eight games between these two teams, there's three Brechin City victories, zero draws and five Elgin City wins. Over/under statistics; eight of these games ended with three goals or more, zero matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Elgin CityK. Hester
K. Hester
7 goals
Elgin CityR. Dingwall
R. Dingwall
3 goals
Elgin CityB. Cameron
B. Cameron
2 goals

Brechin City missing players

Elgin City missing players

Brechin City Elgin City
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
9 4 1 Played P 1 4 9
1 0 0 Won W 0 2 6
1 1 0 Drew D 0 0 0
7 3 1 Lost L 1 2 3
5 2 0 Scored S 1 7 18
24 14 5 Conceded C 3 6 9
89% 75% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
89% 75% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 75% 67%
67% 75% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 75% 56%
33% 75% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 50% 33%
33% 75% 100% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 25% 22%
33% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 75% 44%
22% 25% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 33%
56% 50% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 25% 22%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.7 2 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.8 1.7
1 1 1 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
6.4 7 6 Shots (avg) S ( 4 6.5 10.3
3 3.8 1 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 3.5 5.4
19% 13% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 50% 37%
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Brechin City has the fewest scored goals (2) at home in League Two
  • Brechin City has the fewest scored goals (5) in League Two
  • Brechin City has the fewest scored goals in the second half (3) in League Two
  • Brechin City has the most conceded goals (14) at home in League Two
  • Brechin City has the most conceded goals (24) in League Two
  • Brechin City has the most conceded goals in the second half (14) in League Two
  • Brechin City has the most matches under the total-line (6) in League Two
  • Brechin City has the the worst goal difference (-12) at home in League Two
  • Brechin City has the the worst goal difference (-19) in League Two
  • Brechin City have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Brechin City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Brechin City have yet to win a game at home.
  • Brechin City is in the worst form (0-1-5)
  • Elgin City have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Elgin City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Elgin City have scored more than double the goals of Brechin City.
  • Elgin 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 Queen's Park 9 7 2 0 18 5 4 3 1 0 11 4 5 4 1 0 7 1 13 23
2 Elgin City 9 6 0 3 18 9 5 4 0 1 11 3 4 2 0 2 7 6 9 18
3 Stirling Albion 9 5 3 1 16 8 4 2 1 1 3 2 5 3 2 0 13 6 8 18
4 Stranraer 9 4 3 2 17 11 5 2 1 2 9 7 4 2 2 0 8 4 6 15
5 Edinburgh City 9 4 1 4 20 13 5 2 0 3 8 7 4 2 1 1 12 6 7 13
6 Stenhousemuir 9 3 3 3 14 14 5 2 2 1 9 7 4 1 1 2 5 7 0 12
7 Annan Athletic 9 2 2 5 9 13 4 0 1 3 4 10 5 2 1 2 5 3 -4 8
8 Cowdenbeath 8 2 1 5 6 15 4 1 1 2 3 7 4 1 0 3 3 8 -9 7
9 Albion Rovers 8 2 0 6 9 20 4 1 0 3 4 7 4 1 0 3 5 13 -11 6
10 Brechin City 9 1 1 7 5 24 4 0 1 3 2 14 5 1 0 4 3 10 -19 4

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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.