Edinburgh City favourites for feisty fight facing Stranraer

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Competition: Scotland League Two
Competition: Sat 21.November
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Ainslie Park Stadium (5000 seats)

The League Two season is still fresh and sports bettors should be cautious. This meeting between Edinburgh City and Stranraer promises to be an interesting one.

Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!

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Edinburgh City form and stats

Only two League Two home games for Edinburgh City so far, yet both highs and lows with 1 win, 0 draws and 1 defeat.

Prior to that, an away loss at Stenhousemuir in the League Two.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Edinburgh City handle that role? We have found three games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are one win, one draw and one defeat.

Edinburgh City has scored 1 goal so far and conceded 1 goal from 2 home games. These are numbers from the league only.

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Stranraer form and stats

The visitors settled for one point in their first League Two away game of the season. During their previous season 15 away games resulted in 0 wins, 6 draws and 9 defeats. Travelling has not been lucrative for the away team as they have returned home without a win in 17 away games in a row.

Prior to that match, a home win 2-1 against Hamilton Academical.

Stranraer are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is two wins, one draw and four defeats. From a total of seven matches.

Stranraer have the goal stats of 1-1 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.

Head 2 Head

Top Goalscorers

EdinburghC. Balatoni
C. Balatoni
1 goals
Edinburgh CityL. Brown
L. Brown
1 goals
Edinburgh CityD. Jardine
D. Jardine
1 goals

Edinburgh City missing players

Stranraer missing players

Edinburgh City Stranraer
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
4 2 1 Played P 1 1 4
2 1 0 Won W 0 0 1
0 0 0 Drew D 1 1 1
2 1 1 Lost L 0 0 2
6 1 0 Scored S 1 1 4
4 1 1 Conceded C 1 1 6
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
50% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 75%
25% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 25%
25% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 25%
25% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 25%
25% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 100% 50%
25% 50% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 25%
50% 50% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 25%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.2 1.5 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 4 2.2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 2
 
51 15 5 Total Shots T S 5 5 27
20 6 2 Shots on Target S O 2 2 13
30% 17% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 50% 31%
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Stranraer has the fewest points (1) away in League Two
Edinburgh City Last season Stranraer
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
27 14   Played P   15 27
17 10   Won W   0 2
4 2   Drew D   6 10
6 2   Lost L   9 15
49 28   Scored S   15 28
28 9   Conceded C   37 57
96% 93%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   93% 93%
78% 79%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   87% 85%
63% 64%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   67% 59%
30% 21%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   47% 37%
15% 7%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   27% 22%
52% 43%   BTTS BTTS   73% 63%
37% 50%   Clean Sheets C S   7% 11%
15% 14%   Failed to Score F T   27% 33%
 
0 0   Corners for (avg) C F   0 0
0 0   Corners against (avg) C A   0 0
1.5 1.5   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.3 1.9
3 0   Red cards R C   2 2
 
277 137   Total Shots T S   149 244
127 64   Shots on Target S O   55 94
39% 44%   Goal Efficiency G E   27% 30%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Queen's Park 4 3 1 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 3 2 1 0 2 0 4 10
2 Stirling Albion 4 2 2 0 8 2 2 1 1 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 7 2 6 8
3 Stenhousemuir 4 2 2 0 8 4 2 1 1 0 4 2 2 1 1 0 4 2 4 8
4 Elgin City 4 2 0 2 7 3 2 1 0 1 3 1 2 1 0 1 4 2 4 6
5 Edinburgh City 4 2 0 2 6 4 2 1 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 5 3 2 6
6 Annan Athletic 4 1 1 2 6 5 2 0 1 1 3 4 2 1 0 1 3 1 1 4
7 Stranraer 4 1 1 2 4 6 3 1 0 2 3 5 1 0 1 0 1 1 -2 4
8 Cowdenbeath 4 1 1 2 2 6 2 0 1 1 1 4 2 1 0 1 1 2 -4 4
9 Albion Rovers 4 1 0 3 4 9 2 0 0 2 1 5 2 1 0 1 3 4 -5 3
10 Brechin City 4 1 0 3 3 13 2 0 0 2 1 10 2 1 0 1 2 3 -10 3
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 Cove Rangers 28 22 2 4 76 34 14 14 0 0 37 7 14 8 2 4 39 27 42 68
2 Edinburgh City 27 17 4 6 49 28 14 10 2 2 28 9 13 7 2 4 21 19 21 55
3 Elgin City 28 12 7 9 48 34 14 7 2 5 30 19 14 5 5 4 18 15 14 43
4 Cowdenbeath 27 12 5 10 37 35 14 10 2 2 23 15 13 2 3 8 14 20 2 41
5 Queen's Park 28 11 7 10 37 35 14 6 5 3 21 17 14 5 2 7 16 18 2 40
6 Stirling Albion 28 10 6 12 34 35 13 3 3 7 13 21 15 7 3 5 21 14 -1 36
7 Annan Athletic 27 9 4 14 33 54 14 6 4 4 24 22 13 3 0 10 9 32 -21 31
8 Stenhousemuir 28 7 8 13 32 48 15 3 4 8 16 29 13 4 4 5 16 19 -16 29
9 Albion Rovers 26 6 6 14 37 51 12 5 2 5 23 23 14 1 4 9 14 28 -14 24
10 Brechin City 27 4 5 18 31 60 13 2 3 8 12 25 14 2 2 10 19 35 -29 17
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 Raith Rovers 28 15 8 5 49 33 14 9 4 1 29 14 14 6 4 4 20 19 16 53
2 Falkirk 28 14 10 4 54 18 14 10 2 2 35 5 14 4 8 2 19 13 36 52
3 Airdrieonians 28 14 6 8 38 27 15 7 4 4 20 13 13 7 2 4 18 14 11 48
4 Montrose 28 15 2 11 48 38 14 9 0 5 29 19 14 6 2 6 19 19 10 47
5 East Fife 28 12 9 7 44 36 14 6 6 2 27 19 14 6 3 5 17 17 8 45
6 Dumbarton 28 11 5 12 35 44 14 6 3 5 16 14 14 5 2 7 19 30 -9 38
7 Clyde 28 9 7 12 35 43 14 7 4 3 27 18 14 2 3 9 8 25 -8 34
8 Peterhead 27 7 5 15 30 44 14 5 4 5 16 14 13 2 1 10 14 30 -14 26
9 Forfar Athletic 28 6 6 16 26 47 14 4 3 7 17 22 14 2 3 9 9 25 -21 24
10 Stranraer 27 2 10 15 28 57 12 2 4 6 13 20 15 0 6 9 15 37 -29 16

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.