League Two news and preview: Edinburgh City odds-on betting favourite to overwhelm Stenhousemuir

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Competition: Scotland League Two
Competition: Fri 13.August
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Ainslie Park Stadium (5000 seats)

This is shaping up to be yet another spellbinding skirmish at Ainslie Park Stadium in the League Two. Edinburgh City is in 10th position and receive Stenhousemuir in 7th place. Read all about the fixture here!

It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only three days ago in the Challenge Cup.

9-10-11 (wins/draws/losses). These are the numbers for Stenhousemuir when playing away games on grass, which is not the surface they have on their own home stadium (which has artifical turf). Their goal statistics from those 30 matches are 35-48 (scored/conceded).

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Edinburgh City form and stats

Stress levels are on the rise for Edinburgh's attacking players as they have now played 243 minutes without scoring in a league game. S. Robertson (own goal) was their last goal scorer.

Edinburgh City lost their last game at Forfar Athletic (placed 2nd) after a 0-2 scoreline.

Prior to that, an away loss at Albion Rovers.

The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Edinburgh's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played five games, won three matches, drawn one and lost one.

There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Edinburgh, as the Challenge Cup home game vs Hearts U21 is only four days away.

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Stenhousemuir form and stats

The visitors settled for one point in their first League Two away game of the season. During their previous season 2 away games resulted in 1 win, 1 draw and 0 defeats.

C. Graham, R. Tierney and N. Jamieson scored in Stenhousemuir's previous match, the home game against Dundee United II that ended 3-0.

Before that, Stenhousemuir travelled to Albion Rovers and returned home with a draw after the League Two game finished 2-2.

Looking at the earlier recent performances of Stenhousemuir when being an outsider away as they are today, we find four matches with the visitors losing three times, drawing zero and winning one game.

2 goals so far away for Stenhousemuir, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 2. All from 1 league match away.

Head 2 Head

Edinburgh-Stenhousemuir H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Edinburgh City four wins, Stenhousemuir five wins, one draw. eight of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

StenhousemuirR. Thomson
R. Thomson
1 goals
StenhousemuirT. Orr
T. Orr
1 goals

Edinburgh City missing players

Stenhousemuir missing players

Edinburgh City Stenhousemuir
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
2 0 0 Played P 0 1 2
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 1 1
2 0 0 Lost L 0 0 1
0 0 0 Scored S 0 2 2
4 0 0 Conceded C 0 2 3
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 50%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 100% 50%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 100% 50%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 100% 50%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 50%
 
3 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 5 6.5
4.5 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 1 3
1.5 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1 2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
10.5 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 18 12.5
2 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 11 7.5
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 18% 13%
Edinburgh City Last season Stenhousemuir
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
4 2   Played P   11 22
2 0   Won W   2 7
1 1   Drew D   3 5
1 1   Lost L   6 10
5 3   Scored S   10 25
5 5   Conceded C   22 35
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
50% 100%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   82% 82%
50% 100%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   45% 45%
50% 100%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   45% 36%
0% 0%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   9% 5%
50% 100%   BTTS BTTS   64% 55%
50% 0%   Clean Sheets C S   9% 23%
0% 0%   Failed to Score F T   27% 23%
 
3.7 4   Corners for (avg) C F   3 4.2
4.3 3   Corners against (avg) C A   4.7 5.1
2 2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.9 2
1 0   Red cards R C   3 4
 
7.7 6   Shots (avg) S (   9.7 10.1
2 2   Shots on Target (avg) S O   2.8 3.4
50% 50%   Goal Efficiency G E   32% 33%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Kelty Hearts 2 2 0 0 5 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 4 6
2 Forfar Athletic 2 2 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 4 6
3 Albion Rovers 2 1 1 0 4 2 2 1 1 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4
4 Annan Athletic 2 1 0 1 3 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 3
5 Cowdenbeath 2 1 0 1 3 3 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 3
6 Stirling Albion 2 1 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 -1 3
7 Stenhousemuir 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 2 -1 1
8 Elgin City 2 0 1 1 2 4 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 3 -2 1
9 Stranraer 2 0 1 1 1 4 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 -3 1
10 Edinburgh City 2 0 0 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 4 -4 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 Stenhousemuir 4 1 1 2 2 4 2 0 0 2 0 3 2 1 1 0 2 1 -2 26
2 Albion Rovers 4 2 1 1 3 3 2 1 1 0 2 1 2 1 0 1 1 2 0 25
3 Annan Athletic 4 1 2 1 5 3 2 0 2 0 2 2 2 1 0 1 3 1 2 22
4 Cowdenbeath 4 2 1 1 5 3 2 1 0 1 2 2 2 1 1 0 3 1 2 21
5 Brechin City 4 1 1 2 3 5 2 0 0 2 0 4 2 1 1 0 3 1 -2 10

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.