Edinburgh City vs Stirling Albion match preview: Even contest expected at Ainslie Park Stadium

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Competition: Scotland League Two
Competition: Fri 17.September
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Ainslie Park Stadium (5000 seats)

This could be an interesting match as Edinburgh City have their presumed home advantage while Stirling Albion are ahead 3 points in the League Two table.

Insights:
  • Edinburgh City have the fewest scored goals in the second half (1) in League Two
  • Stirling Albion have the most matches over the total-line (4) in League Two

Both teams have had a decent time to rest since their last effort on the pitch. Let's trust this will be an active game!

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Edinburgh City form and stats

As mentioned below, Edinburgh City are feasting on a winning streak here so far with maximum points from their first 2 League Two games. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Ainslie Park Stadium.

The Edinburgh goalkeeper Brian Schwake is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 216 minutes without conceding a goal in the League Two.

A strong away win for Edinburgh against Stranraer the last match, as O. See were on target.

Previous to that game, a home match hosting Elgin City in a game that was won 2-0.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Edinburgh have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found four matches with the results: Won two, drawn one and lost one.

At Ainslie Park Stadium, Edinburgh City has the goal stats of 3-0 (for/against) from 2 league fixtures.

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Stirling Albion form and stats

It's gone fairly well in the League Two away games so far for Stirling Albion with six points collected from three matches.

Impressive finishing from D. NGuene secured the home win 1-0 against Forfar Athletic in their previous game. World class coaching! That was the thoughts of manager K. Rutkiewicz when D. NGuene scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 68th minute.

It was a Challenge Cup defeat before that one as the away game against Montrose wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Stirling playing away and similar expectations, we found twelve relevant matches. Results were three Stirling Albion wins, five draws and four defeats.

Stirling has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 5 goals from 3 games. 3 goals have been conceded by Stirling in these games.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's five Edinburgh victories, one draw and four Stirling Albion wins. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, eight matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Edinburgh CityD. Handling
D. Handling
2 goals
Stirling AlbionK. Roberts
K. Roberts
2 goals
EdinburghO. See
O. See
1 goals

Edinburgh City missing players

Stirling Albion missing players

Edinburgh City Stirling Albion
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
6 2 0 Played P 0 3 6
3 2 0 Won W 0 2 4
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
3 0 0 Lost L 0 1 2
4 3 0 Scored S 0 5 9
5 0 0 Conceded C 0 3 7
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
50% 50% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 67% 67%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 67% 67%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 33% 33%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 33% 50%
50% 100% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 67% 50%
50% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
2.7 2 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 5.3 5.2
6.8 6.5 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 4 4.3
1.5 1 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2 1.8
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
8.2 9.5 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 14.7 12.2
2.3 3 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 5 4.3
29% 50% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 33% 35%
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Edinburgh City have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
  • Edinburgh City have the fewest conceded goals (0) at home in League Two
  • Edinburgh City have the fewest matches over the total-line (0) in League Two
  • Edinburgh City have the fewest scored goals in the second half (1) in League Two
  • Edinburgh City have the most matches under the total-line (5) in League Two
  • Edinburgh City have won all their matches at home so far.
  • Edinburgh City have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • Edinburgh City haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Stirling Albion have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Stirling Albion have scored more than double the goals of Edinburgh City.
  • Stirling Albion have the fewest matches under the total-line (1) in League Two
  • Stirling Albion have the most matches over the total-line (4) in League Two
  • Stirling Albion haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 6 4 2 0 13 5 3 2 1 0 4 1 3 2 1 0 9 4 8 14
2 Annan Athletic 6 4 0 2 11 6 3 1 0 2 4 5 3 3 0 0 7 1 5 12
3 Stirling Albion 6 4 0 2 9 7 3 2 0 1 4 4 3 2 0 1 5 3 2 12
4 Forfar Athletic 6 2 3 1 8 5 3 1 2 0 5 3 3 1 1 1 3 2 3 9
5 Edinburgh City 6 3 0 3 4 5 2 2 0 0 3 0 4 1 0 3 1 5 -1 9
6 Albion Rovers 6 2 1 3 7 9 4 2 1 1 6 4 2 0 0 2 1 5 -2 7
7 Elgin City 6 1 3 2 7 8 3 1 2 0 5 2 3 0 1 2 2 6 -1 6
8 Stenhousemuir 6 1 2 3 6 10 3 0 1 2 2 6 3 1 1 1 4 4 -4 5
9 Stranraer 6 1 2 3 4 10 3 0 0 3 0 7 3 1 2 0 4 3 -6 5
10 Cowdenbeath 6 1 1 4 7 11 3 1 0 2 5 6 3 0 1 2 2 5 -4 4

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.