2nd position in the League Two table for Edinburgh City so far, a good performance. The home supporters hope for more joy as 6th-placed Stirling Albion visits Ainslie Park Stadium.
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
Edinburgh City form and stats
This stadium, Ainslie Park Stadium, has been a fortress for Edinburgh City in the League Two so far this season with the win-draw-loss statistic 8-1-1.
A strong away win for Edinburgh City against Stenhousemuir the last match, as S. Shepherd and D. Handling were on target. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Hamilton Academical (0-5).
Goals decide football matches and Edinburgh City are scoring many of them at home; 22 on target from 10 league matches. Edinburgh City are not conceding a lot of goals here at Ainslie Park Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 8 from 10 matches.
Stirling Albion form and stats
Playing away, Stirling Albion have won 4 games, drawn 3 and suffered 4 defeats in the League Two this season. Stirling Albion have won three away matches in a row now and will not be intimidated by being the visitors in this fixture.
The manager K. Rutkiewicz was unhappy after their last game, a League Two match played at their home ground Forthbank Stadium. Stirling Albion suffered a 1-2 loss to Elgin City (placed 4th). Prior to that result Stirling Albion won their away game at Annan Athletic. The scoreline was 3-2.
Stirling Albion find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 13 goals from 11 away fixtures in the league. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (10 so far).
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Stirling Albion - Edinburgh City 0-1 earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Edinburgh City 4 wins, 3 draws and Stirling Albion 3 victories. As for goals, 4 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 6 games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  D. Handling 7 goals |   D. Duffy 7 goals |  S. Shepherd 6 goals |
Edinburgh City missing players
Stirling Albion missing players
| Edinburgh City | Stirling Albion | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 10 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 11 | 21 |
| 15 | 8 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 41 | 22 | 5 | Scored | S | 0 | 13 | 24 |
| 24 | 8 | 1 | Conceded | C | 2 | 10 | 21 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 91% | 90% |
| 81% | 90% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 64% | 62% |
| 67% | 70% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 36% | 38% |
| 38% | 30% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 9% | 10% |
| 19% | 10% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 9% | 10% |
| 57% | 60% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 45% | 43% |
| 33% | 40% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 27% | 33% |
| 10% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 36% | 33% |
| 5 | 5.2 | 4 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 5 | 4.4 | 5.2 |
| 4.2 | 4.1 | 4 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 10 | 6.7 | 5.9 |
| 1.7 | 1.7 | 0 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.4 | 2 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 221 | 94 | 18 | Total Shots | T S | 11 | 98 | 212 |
| 104 | 47 | 10 | Shots on Target | S O | 3 | 36 | 79 |
| 39% | 47% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 36% | 30% |
- Edinburgh City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Edinburgh City have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Edinburgh City have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Edinburgh City haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Stirling Albion has the fewest conceded goals (10) away
- Stirling Albion has the fewest conceded goals (21)
- Stirling Albion has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (5)
- Stirling Albion has the fewest matches over the total-line (7)
- Stirling Albion has the fewest scored goals (24)
- Stirling Albion has the most matches under the total-line (13)
- Stirling Albion have won significantly less corners away then at 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 | Cove Rangers | 21 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 57 | 25 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 27 | 21 | 32 | 52 |
| 2 | Edinburgh City | 21 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 41 | 24 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 16 | 17 | 47 |
| 3 | Cowdenbeath | 20 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 29 | 23 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 35 |
| 4 | Elgin City | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 35 | 27 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 28 |
| 5 | Annan Athletic | 22 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 31 | 45 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 27 | -14 | 27 |
| 6 | Stirling Albion | 21 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 24 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 26 |
| 7 | Queen's Park | 21 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 29 | 32 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 13 | 15 | -3 | 26 |
| 8 | Albion Rovers | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 28 | 38 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 18 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 20 | -10 | 20 |
| 9 | Stenhousemuir | 22 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 26 | 43 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 24 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 19 | -17 | 20 |
| 10 | Brechin City | 21 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 27 | 49 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 21 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 16 | 28 | -22 | 15 |