With their 4 point advantage in the league table, Elgin City fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Albion Rovers.
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
Elgin City form and stats
When playing at home in the League Two, Elgin City have managed 3 wins, 1 draw and suffered 3 defeats from 7 games.
The home team returns to Borough Briggs after sharing the points with Cowdenbeath (placed 3rd) on their last time out; the League Two game ended 0-0. Before that, Elgin City played out a draw 2-2 when visiting Stenhousemuir.
Goals decide football matches and Elgin City are scoring many of them at home; 14 on target from 7 league matches. Elgin City have conceded 9 in these home matches.
Albion Rovers form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Albion Rovers so far with only 4 points returning home. The records show 1-1-5 (win-draw-lose). Bitter travels for Albion Rovers as they have lost four games in a row away from home. The last time they avoided an away-from-home loss was the Queen's Park match.
Albion Rovers are travelling after their nice 2-0 home win in the League Two against Queen's Park (placed 6th). The game before that, in the Scottish Cup, was lost at home, a 1-4 defeat against Airdrieonians.
Albion Rovers are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 8 away goals from 7 games (in the league). For Albion Rovers, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: Albion Rovers - Elgin City 1-3. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Elgin City 6 wins, 0 draws and Albion Rovers 4 victories. As for goals, 7 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 3 games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
 
S. Sutherland
10 goals
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D. Byrne
6 goals
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E. East
5 goals
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Elgin City missing players
Albion Rovers missing players
| Elgin City | Albion Rovers | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs
|
Statistics | Stat | vs
|
Away | Total |
| 15 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 14 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 8 |
| 22 | 14 | 1 | Scored | S | 3 | 8 | 20 |
| 17 | 9 | 3 | Conceded | C | 4 | 16 | 29 |
| 87% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 73% | 86% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 86% | 86% |
| 53% | 71% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 71% | 71% |
| 33% | 43% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 43% | 43% |
| 7% | 14% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 43% | 29% |
| 53% | 43% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 57% | 64% |
| 27% | 29% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 7% |
| 33% | 29% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 43% | 29% |
| 5 | 5.7 | 3.5 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 2 | 3.1 | 4.1 |
| 4.9 | 4.3 | 5 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 6 | 7.4 | 6.6 |
| 1.9 | 2 | 3 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.4 | 2.1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 164 | 86 | 14 | Total Shots | T S | 18 | 52 | 131 |
| 68 | 36 | 2 | Shots on Target | S O | 4 | 19 | 48 |
| 32% | 39% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 75% | 42% | 42% |
- Albion Rovers has the fewest points (4) away
- Albion Rovers have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Albion Rovers have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Albion Rovers have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Albion Rovers haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Elgin City has the fewest points from losing position (1)
- Elgin City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Elgin City haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 40 | 21 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 34 |
| 2 | Edinburgh City | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 32 | 21 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 11 | 32 |
| 3 | Cowdenbeath | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 26 |
| 4 | Annan Athletic | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 25 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 18 | -2 | 24 |
| 5 | Elgin City | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 22 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 18 |
| 6 | Queen's Park | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 11 | -2 | 18 |
| 7 | Stirling Albion | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | -1 | 16 |
| 8 | Stenhousemuir | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 28 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 10 | -11 | 16 |
| 9 | Albion Rovers | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 20 | 29 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 16 | -9 | 14 |
| 10 | Brechin City | 15 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 19 | 35 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 20 | -16 | 10 |