The home team, Elgin City, should be the favourites in this match, but East Fife have proven both competence and determination. Learn more about the game!
- Elgin City haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- East Fife have the the best goal difference (+4) away in League Two
Elgin City and East Fife should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Elgin City form and stats
Elgin City have collected 13 points from their League Two home games so far after 4-1-4.
A good away victory last time out for Elgin City, who won 1-0 against Forfar Athletic (placed 9th).
Preceding that match was the home game against Stirling Albion that was lost 1-2.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Elgin City have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 5 games) they have won 3 times, drawn 1 and lost 1.
Lots of goals? Who knows about this one, but we do know that 14 of the 18 most recent league matches with this team has had three or more goals.
A decent goal production from Elgin City in their home games so far, with 14 goals from 9 league matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Elgin defense is not exactly impregnable. 14 goals conceded from 9 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
East Fife form and stats
4 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of East Fife, who have the the best goal difference (+4) away in League Two, playing as the away team in the League Two this season. The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as East Fife have lost on their last two travels.
The attacking players of Fife have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 229 minutes.
East Fife lost away at Dumbarton (0-2) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick.
A draw for East Fife before that, at their own venue hosting Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic (0-0).Fife are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 3 wins, 3 draws and 5 defeats. From a total of 11 matches.
Goal hungry football fans should note that 10 of this team's 12 most recent league matches have ended with three goals or more.
Defensive performances away have varied in quality as East Fife have conceded 14 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
East Fife - Elgin City 2-1 was the story when this pair of squads last played each other, earlier this season. The referee had use for red card when these teams last met, and the criminal was Nicolson (Elgin). Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - zero - seven (Elgin City wins - draws - East Fife wins). As for goals, nine matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  K. Hester 13 goals | R. Dingwall 9 goals |  A. Trouten 5 goals |
Elgin City missing players
East Fife missing players
| Elgin City | East Fife | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 9 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 9 | 18 |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 6 | 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| 33 | 14 | 7 | Scored | S | 1 | 18 | 26 |
| 30 | 14 | 3 | Conceded | C | 5 | 14 | 29 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 94% |
| 83% | 78% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 89% | 78% |
| 78% | 67% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 78% | 72% |
| 56% | 44% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 78% | 50% |
| 22% | 11% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 11% | 11% |
| 72% | 56% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 78% | 67% |
| 17% | 22% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 11% | 17% |
| 11% | 22% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 11% | 22% |
| 3.5 | 3.7 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 4.2 | 4.2 |
| 6.6 | 5.8 | 9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 4.6 | 4.3 |
| 2.3 | 2.1 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.8 | 1.8 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7.6 | 8 | 8.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 4 | 7.8 | 6.6 |
| 3.6 | 4.2 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.5 | 4 | 3.1 |
| 51% | 37% | 70% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 50% | 47% |
| 9 | 6.7 | 7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 4.5 | 10.7 | 8.6 |
| 3.9 | 3.3 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.4 | 3.1 |
- East Fife have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- East Fife have the the best goal difference (+4) away in League Two
- East Fife haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Elgin City 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 | Dumbarton | 18 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 31 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 15 | 40 |
| 2 | Stirling Albion | 18 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 39 | 21 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 18 | 36 |
| 3 | Elgin City | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 33 | 30 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 16 | 3 | 28 |
| 4 | Annan Athletic | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 29 | 31 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 19 | -2 | 23 |
| 5 | Stranraer | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 27 | 32 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 18 | -5 | 23 |
| 6 | East Fife | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 26 | 29 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 14 | -3 | 22 |
| 7 | Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 23 | 27 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 11 | -4 | 20 |
| 8 | Stenhousemuir | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 30 | 36 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 19 | -6 | 20 |
| 9 | Forfar Athletic | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 18 | 26 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 9 | -8 | 19 |
| 10 | Albion Rovers | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 26 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 14 | -8 | 17 |
