League Two: Edinburgh City - Elgin City preview and statistics

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Competition: Scotland League Two
Competition: Sat 01.May
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Ainslie Park Stadium (5000 seats)

Edinburgh City have performed better than Elgin City so far this season, but every game starts at 0-0. Here's all you need to know about the upcoming game:

Insights:
  • Edinburgh City have the fewest matches under the total-line (7) in League Two
  • Elgin City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Elgin City could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a League Two game only four sleeps ago. That game, against Stranraer, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Elgin City.

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Edinburgh City form and stats

Edinburgh City, who have the fewest clean sheets (1) at home in League Two, have collected 13 points from their League Two home games so far after 4-1-4. The Edinburgh manager G. Naysmith might feel some added pressure to get something from this game after two straight home defeats.

Edinburgh City's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-1 versus Stirling Albion. A strong away win before that one, visiting Stirling Albion and winning 1-0.

The Edinburgh City fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 16 goals in 9 league matches. Edinburgh have conceded 13 in these home matches.

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Elgin City form and stats

4 wins, 1 draw and 4 losses. That’s the product of Elgin City playing as the away team in the League Two this season.

Two travels in a row for Elgin, whose manager G. Price could celebrate last time after the League Two win against Stranraer. Before that, Elgin travelled to Queen's Park and returned home with a draw after the game finished 0-0.

Elgin City find the net regularly in their away games. 12 goals from 9 away fixtures in the league. 10 goals have been conceded by Elgin City in these games.

Head 2 Head

Elgin City - Edinburgh 1-2 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Edinburgh victories, five draws and one Elgin City win. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Elgin CityK. Hester
K. Hester
12 goals
Edinburgh CityJ. Campbell
J. Campbell
6 goals
EdinburghL. Henderson
L. Henderson
5 goals

Edinburgh City missing players

Elgin City missing players

Edinburgh City Elgin City
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
19 10 2 Played P 2 10 19
11 4 1 Won W 1 5 10
2 1 0 Drew D 1 1 2
6 5 1 Lost L 0 4 7
37 16 3 Scored S 2 16 33
23 14 2 Conceded C 1 11 23
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 50% 90% 95%
68% 60% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 70% 74%
58% 50% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 60% 58%
42% 40% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 30% 26%
26% 30% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 20% 21%
58% 60% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 50% 53%
21% 10% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 20% 26%
21% 30% 50% Failed to Score F T 50% 40% 26%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.7 2.3 4.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.8 1.7
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
11.3 10.6 10.5 Shots (avg) S ( 5.5 8.1 9.5
5 4.4 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 3.6 4.4
39% 36% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 44% 40%
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Edinburgh City have the fewest clean sheets (1) at home in League Two
  • Edinburgh City have the fewest matches under the total-line (7) in League Two
  • Edinburgh City haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Elgin City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

  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 18 15 3 0 37 8 9 7 2 0 19 4 9 8 1 0 18 4 29 48
2 Edinburgh City 18 11 2 5 37 22 9 4 1 4 16 13 9 7 1 1 21 9 15 35
3 Stirling Albion 18 9 5 4 27 15 9 4 2 3 6 5 9 5 3 1 21 10 12 32
4 Stranraer 18 9 4 5 30 18 9 5 1 3 17 8 9 4 3 2 13 10 12 31
5 Elgin City 18 9 2 7 29 22 9 5 1 3 17 12 9 4 1 4 12 10 7 29
6 Stenhousemuir 18 6 4 8 23 31 9 5 2 2 15 10 9 1 2 6 8 21 -8 22
7 Albion Rovers 18 5 3 10 22 35 9 1 2 6 6 15 9 4 1 4 16 20 -13 18
8 Annan Athletic 18 4 5 9 20 24 9 2 2 5 13 16 9 2 3 4 7 8 -4 17
9 Cowdenbeath 18 3 5 10 10 29 9 2 2 5 7 17 9 1 3 5 3 12 -19 14
10 Brechin City 18 1 3 14 10 41 9 0 3 6 6 23 9 1 0 8 4 18 -31 6

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.