Only a win will satisfy the Edinburgh City supporters in this Ainslie Park Stadium clash with Annan Athletic, having a healthy lead on the opposition in the League Two table.
- Edinburgh City have the most scored goals (30) in League Two
- Edinburgh City have scored more than double the goals of Annan Athletic.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
This pitch has grass, which is not Annan Athletic's usual surface at their own ground. When playing on grass Annan Athletic have performed like this: Played 39 matches resulting in 15 wins, 5 draws and 19 defeats with the goal stats 47-60 (scored/conceded).
Edinburgh City form and stats
3-0-3 (win-draw-lost) are the League Two numbers at home for Edinburgh City, who have the most scored goals (30) in League Two, so far this season. With a nice streak brewing from their home games, Edinburgh are also looking for their fifth consecutive victory regardless of location.
Edinburgh City are returning here after visiting Forfar Athletic in a Scottish Cup game and winning with a 2-1 scoreline. A strong away win before that one, visiting Cowdenbeath and winning 3-1.
There will be little rest for Edinburgh after this match as they are travelling to Stranraer for a League Two game in only four days.
Edinburgh have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Ainslie Park Stadium with 11 goals in 6 league matches. Edinburgh's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 8 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Annan Athletic form and stats
2-2-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Annan Athletic in their League Two matches away. With three draws in a row for Annan the feeling in the team is perhaps one of both relief and disappointment.
There were no winners in Annan's previous match, a League Two home game that ended 0-0 vs Elgin City (placed 4th). Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Albion Rovers that ended 1-1.
A new game in only four days for Annan, the League Two home match versus Stirling Albion. Busy days.
The visitors have scored 6 goals from 7 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's not easy to score on Annan as they have only conceded 6 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: Annan Athletic - Edinburgh 0-4. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Edinburgh eight wins, zero draws and Annan Athletic two victories. As for goals, nine matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one game had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  B. Henderson 5 goals | J. Campbell 5 goals | L. Henderson 4 goals |
Edinburgh City missing players
Annan Athletic missing players
| Edinburgh City | Annan Athletic | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 6 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 7 | 13 |
| 8 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 30 | 11 | 5 | Scored | S | 0 | 6 | 10 |
| 17 | 8 | 3 | Conceded | C | 1 | 6 | 16 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 86% | 77% |
| 77% | 50% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 57% | 62% |
| 69% | 50% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 29% | 38% |
| 54% | 50% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 15% |
| 31% | 33% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 62% | 50% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 29% | 38% |
| 15% | 17% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 29% | 31% |
| 23% | 33% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 57% | 54% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 2.8 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.7 | 1.7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 12.2 | 11 | 13 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 4 | 8 | 7.4 |
| 5.7 | 4.7 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1 | 2.6 | 2.3 |
| 41% | 39% | 42% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 33% | 33% |
- Edinburgh City have scored more than double the goals of Annan Athletic.
- Edinburgh City have the fewest matches under the total-line (4) in League Two
- Edinburgh City have the most matches over the total-line (7) in League Two
- Edinburgh City have the most scored goals (30) in League Two
- Edinburgh City have the most scored goals in the first half (15) in League Two
- Edinburgh 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 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 21 | 32 |
| 2 | Edinburgh City | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 30 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 13 | 25 |
| 3 | Stirling Albion | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 10 | 25 |
| 4 | Elgin City | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 22 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 22 |
| 5 | Stranraer | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 22 |
| 6 | Stenhousemuir | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 | -1 | 15 |
| 7 | Annan Athletic | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | -6 | 10 |
| 8 | Cowdenbeath | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -11 | 9 |
| 9 | Albion Rovers | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 11 | 28 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 15 | -17 | 7 |
| 10 | Brechin City | 13 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 31 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 13 | -25 | 4 |