Can Edinburgh City outdo Stranraer in Ainslie Park Stadium clash?

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Competition: Scotland League Two
Competition: Fri 12.November
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Ainslie Park Stadium (5000 seats)

Edinburgh City have claimed 8 of their 14 in total here at their home arena. Will they claim the win versus Stranraer?

Insights:
  • Edinburgh City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Stranraer have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.

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Edinburgh City form and stats

When playing at home in the League Two, Edinburgh City have managed 2 wins, 2 draws and suffered 2 defeats from 6 games. The Edinburgh City manager G. Naysmith might feel some added pressure to get something from this game after two straight home defeats.

The Edinburgh City crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-4 to Albion Rovers here at Ainslie Park Stadium in a League Two match. Edinburgh were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.

Ahead of that match, Edinburgh City won a home game hosting Bo'ness United (2-1).

Edinburgh are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 8 goals in 6 games. Edinburgh City have conceded 10 from these games.

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Stranraer form and stats

1-4-1 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Stranraer in their League Two matches away. Two points from the last two away games for Stranraer, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.

Stranraer are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 2-2 draw at Annan Athletic (placed 4th). As mentioned above, Stranraer drew the match against Annan Athletic. Manager J. Hamill brought on P. Woods to rescue the draw from a losing position and it worked.

A loss against Forfar Athletic was the result prior to that, in a home game.

Stranraer find the net regularly in their away games. 7 goals from 6 away fixtures in the league. 7 goals have been conceded by Stranraer in these games.

Head 2 Head

This is what happened when the squads met earlier this campaign; Stranraer - Edinburgh City 0-1. Last five meetings between these teams: Edinburgh won three, Stranraer triumphed in two and we saw zero draws. two games with over 2,5 goals, three matches with less than 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

Edinburgh CityD. Handling
D. Handling
3 goals
Edinburgh CityO. See
O. See
3 goals
EdinburghJ. Hilton
J. Hilton
2 goals

Edinburgh City missing players

Stranraer missing players

Edinburgh City Stranraer
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
11 6 3 Played P 1 6 12
4 2 2 Won W 0 1 3
2 2 1 Drew D 1 4 4
5 2 0 Lost L 0 1 5
12 8 4 Scored S 2 7 12
16 10 1 Conceded C 2 7 17
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
73% 83% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 83% 75%
36% 50% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 33% 42%
36% 50% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 17% 17%
9% 17% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 8%
36% 50% 33% BTTS BTTS 100% 83% 50%
27% 33% 67% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 17%
36% 17% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 17% 33%
 
2.4 1.8 2 Corners for (avg) C F 3 3.7 4.3
6.4 5.3 6 Corners against (avg) C A 6 5.2 4.9
2 2.5 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.2 1.8
0 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 1
 
7.8 6.3 8 Shots (avg) S ( 9 8.8 10.1
3.2 3 2.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3.7 4.4
34% 44% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 32% 23%
 
13.1 10.7 10 Shots against (avg) S A 19 12.7 11.4
5.5 4.8 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 4.3 4.6
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Edinburgh City have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
  • Edinburgh City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Edinburgh City have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • Edinburgh City haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Stranraer have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Stranraer 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 12 9 3 0 24 9 6 4 2 0 8 3 6 5 1 0 16 6 15 30
2 Forfar Athletic 12 6 5 1 20 11 6 4 2 0 12 5 6 2 3 1 8 6 9 23
3 Stirling Albion 12 6 3 3 20 14 6 3 1 2 10 8 6 3 2 1 10 6 6 21
4 Annan Athletic 12 6 1 5 18 15 6 2 1 3 8 10 6 4 0 2 10 5 3 19
5 Edinburgh City 11 4 2 5 12 16 6 2 2 2 8 10 5 2 0 3 4 6 -4 14
6 Albion Rovers 11 4 1 6 14 16 6 3 1 2 8 7 5 1 0 4 6 9 -2 13
7 Stranraer 12 3 4 5 12 17 6 2 0 4 5 10 6 1 4 1 7 7 -5 13
8 Stenhousemuir 11 3 3 5 13 16 5 0 2 3 4 9 6 3 1 2 9 7 -3 12
9 Elgin City 11 2 3 6 10 17 5 1 2 2 5 6 6 1 1 4 5 11 -7 9
10 Cowdenbeath 12 1 3 8 9 21 6 1 1 4 6 10 6 0 2 4 3 11 -12 6

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.