Elgin City vs Albion Rovers: Match guide and preview

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Competition: Scotland League Two
Competition: Sat 14.August
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Borough Briggs (4927 seats)

Elgin City oppose Albion Rovers for honour and success.

Elgin have less rest than Albion Rovers in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Challenge Cup game only four days ago. That game was an away game at Hibernian U21, so at least Elgin are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!

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Elgin City form and stats

The first League Two game here at Borough Briggs resulted in a draw. Last season Elgin City's home game statistics were 2 victories, 0 draws and 0 defeats from 2 games.

Happy days for Elgin in their previous game, a Challenge Cup match away at Hibernian U21 that ended with a 2-1 victory.

Heartbreak before that as Elgin lost 1-3 at Cowdenbeath's place.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Elgin City handle that role? We have found seven games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are six wins, zero draws and one defeat.

At Borough Briggs, Elgin City has the goal stats of 1-1 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.

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Albion Rovers form and stats

Albion Rovers played 2-2 against Stenhousemuir in their previous match.

Before that, Albion secured a home win against Edinburgh City with the score 2-0.

We have checked recent matches where Albion have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those seven games were two victories, one draw and four defeats.

Head 2 Head

Elgin-Albion Rovers H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Elgin City six wins, Albion Rovers three wins, one draw. eight of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Elgin CityD. McHardy
D. McHardy
2 goals
Albion RoversK. Doherty
K. Doherty
1 goals
Albion RoversD. Wilson
D. Wilson
1 goals

Elgin City missing players

Albion Rovers missing players

Elgin City Albion Rovers
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
2 1 0 Played P 0 0 2
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 1
1 1 0 Drew D 0 0 1
1 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
2 1 0 Scored S 0 0 4
4 1 0 Conceded C 0 0 2
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 100%
50% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 50%
50% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 50%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 100% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 50%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 50%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
4 3 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 2
6.5 9 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 3
1 2 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 1.5
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
9 12 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 11.5
3.5 4 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 4.5
29% 25% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 44%
Elgin City Last season Albion Rovers
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
22 11   Played P   11 22
12 7   Won W   5 7
2 1   Drew D   1 4
8 3   Lost L   5 11
39 23   Scored S   17 25
28 15   Conceded C   22 38
95% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 95%
77% 82%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   82% 77%
59% 64%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   45% 41%
32% 36%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   45% 32%
23% 27%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   36% 18%
55% 64%   BTTS BTTS   45% 45%
23% 27%   Clean Sheets C S   18% 18%
27% 9%   Failed to Score F T   36% 41%
 
5.1 4.6   Corners for (avg) C F   4.8 4.6
5.5 4.2   Corners against (avg) C A   5.2 5.5
1.6 1.4   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.5 1.7
1 1   Red cards R C   1 3
 
9.7 11.2   Shots (avg) S (   7.7 7.2
4.4 5.4   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.2 2.8
41% 41%   Goal Efficiency G E   49% 40%

  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 Queen's Park 4 2 0 2 6 5 2 1 0 1 2 1 2 1 0 1 4 4 1 54
2 Elgin City 4 3 0 1 10 6 2 2 0 0 6 3 2 1 0 1 4 3 4 38
3 Stranraer 4 2 1 1 6 7 2 1 0 1 3 5 2 1 1 0 3 2 -1 38
4 Edinburgh City 4 1 0 3 3 5 2 1 0 1 2 1 2 0 0 2 1 4 -2 38
5 Stirling Albion 4 1 1 2 5 7 2 0 1 1 3 4 2 1 0 1 2 3 -2 36

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.