Soccer betting preview: Edinburgh City welcomes Peterhead in what could be a tight duel

Competition: Scotland League Two
Date: Sat 23.March
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Ainslie Park Stadium

A key match in League Two as both teams are battling for the top positions. With the home team in 2nd position and the visitors placed 1st, this promises to be an exciting meeting. Read on to find out more!

It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only three days ago in the League Two. That game was also an away game, at Berwick Rangers. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.

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Edinburgh City form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Ainslie Park Stadium as Edinburgh City has scored 29 goals to get 34 points from 15 games. The overall stats are 11-1-3 (wins-draws-losses). After failing to beat Annan Athletic here at Ainslie Park Stadium, Edinburgh City has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with four wins in a row.

In their previous game, the manager J. McDonaugh led his Edinburgh City to a defeat in the League Two match away at Annan Athletic. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Ainslie Park Stadium. Before that, Edinburgh City had a home game versus Queen's Park which ended with a victory 2-0.

A decent goal production from Edinburgh City in their home games so far, with 29 goals from 15 matches. From these home matches, Edinburgh City have conceded only 9 goals.

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Peterhead form and stats

The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 10 wins, 1 draw and only 3 losses.

Peterhead play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-2 to Berwick Rangers (placed 9th). Before that, Peterhead secured a home win against Annan Athletic with the score 2-1.

Peterhead have scored more than twice per away game on average, an impressive attacking display. They have 31 goals from 14 away matches. Peterhead are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 13 times in 14 matches.

Head 2 Head

The last H2H meeting was Peterhead - Edinburgh City 0-0, played this season. Edinburgh City-Peterhead H2H statistics last seven meetings regardless of arena: Edinburgh City 1 win, Peterhead 3 wins, 3 draws.

Top Goalscorers

B. Henderson
27 goals
R. McAllister
14 goals
D. Lyle
9 goals

Edinburgh City missing players

Peterhead missing players

Edinburgh City Peterhead
Total Home Statistic Away Total
29 15 Played 15 29
97% 100% Over 0.5 93% 97%
69% 73% Over 1.5 60% 76%
45% 47% Over 2.5 47% 52%
28% 27% Over 3.5 7% 24%
7% 7% Over 4.5 7% 10%
38% 40% Both teams to score 47% 41%
48% 47% Clean Sheet 47% 45%
17% 13% Failed To Score 13% 17%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Peterhead 29 21 3 5 54 22 15 11 2 2 23 9 14 10 1 3 31 13 32 66
2 Edinburgh City 29 19 4 6 51 21 15 11 1 3 29 9 14 8 3 3 22 12 30 61
3 Clyde 29 18 4 7 46 28 14 9 2 3 22 14 15 9 2 4 24 14 18 58
4 Annan Athletic 29 15 5 9 52 33 15 8 3 4 31 17 14 7 2 5 21 16 19 50
5 Elgin City 29 12 3 14 46 57 14 6 2 6 24 30 15 6 1 8 22 27 -11 39
6 Stirling Albion 29 11 4 14 38 40 14 6 1 7 16 16 15 5 3 7 22 24 -2 37
7 Queen's Park 29 9 8 12 37 39 15 7 5 3 24 16 14 2 3 9 13 23 -2 35
8 Cowdenbeath 28 8 6 14 34 37 14 5 2 7 20 21 14 3 4 7 14 16 -3 30
9 Berwick Rangers 29 5 4 20 27 69 15 3 2 10 13 32 14 2 2 10 14 37 -42 19
10 Albion Rovers 28 3 5 20 22 61 13 1 3 9 10 31 15 2 2 11 12 30 -39 14

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