It's still early in the League Two season, but we are learning more and more about the teams. Here is the Edinburgh City - Elgin City preview!
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.
Edinburgh City form and stats
The home fans saw their team lose the first League Two game of the season here at Ainslie Park Stadium. Last season these fans witnessed 10 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses from Edinburgh City's 14 home games.
Edinburgh City's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-1 versus Cowdenbeath (placed 6th). Before that match, a win away at Brechin City.
The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Edinburgh handle that role? We have found three games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are one win, one draw and one defeat.
Edinburgh City has scored 0 goals so far and conceded 1 goal from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.
Elgin City form and stats
Only one away game in the League Two so far for Elgin City and it resulted in three points. Last season the statistics for their away games were 5 victories, 5 draws and 4 losses from 14 travels.
B. Cameron and K. Hester (2) scored in Elgin's previous match, the home game against Brechin City that ended 3-0. Ahead of that match was the victory versus Stranraer at their stadium, the result 4-1.
We have checked recent matches where Elgin City have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those five games were zero victories, two draws and three defeats.
4 goals so far away for Elgin City, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 1. All from 1 league match away.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Edinburgh won three games, six matches ended with a draw and Elgin City has one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / sixTop Goalscorers
  K. Hester 3 goals | R. Dingwall 2 goals |   C. Balatoni 1 goals |
Edinburgh City missing players
Elgin City missing players
| Edinburgh City | Elgin City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | 5 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 9 | 24 |
| 12 | 2 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 8 | 15 |
| 42% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 50% | 47% |
| Edinburgh City | Last season | Elgin City | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 27 | 14 | Played | P | 14 | 28 | ||
| 17 | 10 | Won | W | 5 | 12 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 5 | 7 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Lost | L | 4 | 9 | ||
| 49 | 28 | Scored | S | 18 | 48 | ||
| 28 | 9 | Conceded | C | 15 | 34 | ||
| 96% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 86% | 93% | ||
| 78% | 79% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 79% | 82% | ||
| 63% | 64% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 64% | ||
| 30% | 21% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 21% | 39% | ||
| 15% | 7% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 11% | ||
| 52% | 43% | BTTS | BTTS | 57% | 57% | ||
| 37% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 21% | 21% | ||
| 15% | 14% | Failed to Score | F T | 36% | 29% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.7 | ||
| 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 277 | 137 | Total Shots | T S | 143 | 324 | ||
| 127 | 64 | Shots on Target | S O | 55 | 140 | ||
| 39% | 44% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 34% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Elgin City | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 6 |
| 2 | Annan Athletic | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 3 | Stenhousemuir | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | Queen's Park | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | Edinburgh City | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 6 | Cowdenbeath | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 3 |
| 7 | Stirling Albion | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | Stranraer | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -3 | 1 |
| 9 | Albion Rovers | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -4 | 0 |
| 10 | Brechin City | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -7 | 0 |
| Last season | 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 | 28 | 22 | 2 | 4 | 76 | 34 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 7 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 39 | 27 | 42 | 68 |
| 2 | Edinburgh City | 27 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 49 | 28 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 28 | 9 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 19 | 21 | 55 |
| 3 | Elgin City | 28 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 48 | 34 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 30 | 19 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 15 | 14 | 43 |
| 4 | Cowdenbeath | 27 | 12 | 5 | 10 | 37 | 35 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 20 | 2 | 41 |
| 5 | Queen's Park | 28 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 37 | 35 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 21 | 17 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 18 | 2 | 40 |
| 6 | Stirling Albion | 28 | 10 | 6 | 12 | 34 | 35 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 21 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 14 | -1 | 36 |
| 7 | Annan Athletic | 27 | 9 | 4 | 14 | 33 | 54 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 22 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 9 | 32 | -21 | 31 |
| 8 | Stenhousemuir | 28 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 32 | 48 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 29 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 19 | -16 | 29 |
| 9 | Albion Rovers | 26 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 37 | 51 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 23 | 23 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 28 | -14 | 24 |
| 10 | Brechin City | 27 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 31 | 60 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 25 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 19 | 35 | -29 | 17 |