Elgin City vs Edinburgh City betting preview: Even match expected

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Competition: Scotland League Two
Competition: Tue 23.November
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Borough Briggs (4927 seats)

Elgin City are ready to forget the league table before this fixture against Edinburgh City. Here's all you need to know before the game!

Insights:
  • Elgin City have the fewest points from losing position (1) in League Two
  • Edinburgh City have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.

It's no vacation for neither Elgin nor Edinburgh City as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Elgin City form and stats

The complete League Two results at home this season for Elgin City are 2-2-2 (wins-draws-losses).

The fans are hoping that Elgin will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the League Two game against Stranraer (placed 8th).

Before that, Elgin had a home game versus Cowdenbeath which ended with a victory 1-0.

This is expected to be a close game, with Elgin City perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Elgin City as a small favourite), we find eight games. Elgin has won two of these, drawn three and lost three.

Elgin City has scored 6 league goals at home this season, in 6 matches. 6 goals have been conceded.

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Edinburgh City form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their League Two travels is 3 wins, 0 draws and 3 defeats. It’s been three wins in a row for Edinburgh on their travels, an amazing performance which inspire hopes of making this one the fourth consecutive victory.

Two travels in a row for Edinburgh, whose manager G. Naysmith could celebrate last time after the League Two win against Stirling Albion.

Prior to that match, a home win 3-1 against Stranraer.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Edinburgh City playing away and similar expectations, we found seven relevant matches. Results were four Edinburgh City wins, zero draws and three defeats.

Edinburgh have another game that requires travelling in just four sleeps, a Scottish Cup match versus Lothian Hutchison. A grim timetable for the visiting team!

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

Head 2 Head

The two duelists also faced each other earlier this campaign: Edinburgh City - Elgin 2-0. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's zero Elgin City victories, four draws and six Edinburgh City wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, seven matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Edinburgh CityJ. Robertson
J. Robertson
4 goals
Elgin CityD. McHardy
D. McHardy
3 goals
Elgin CityK. Hester
K. Hester
3 goals

Elgin City missing players

Edinburgh City missing players

Elgin City Edinburgh City
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
13 6 1 Played P 2 6 13
3 2 0 Won W 1 3 6
3 2 0 Drew D 0 0 2
7 2 1 Lost L 1 3 5
11 6 0 Scored S 1 6 17
18 6 2 Conceded C 2 7 18
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
85% 83% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 67% 77%
31% 17% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 33% 46%
8% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 17% 38%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 8%
46% 33% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 33% 46%
15% 33% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 17% 23%
38% 33% 100% Failed to Score F T 50% 50% 31%
 
3.4 4.2 2 Corners for (avg) C F 2.5 3 2.3
5.2 4.8 4 Corners against (avg) C A 5.5 7.7 6.4
2.2 1.8 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 1.3 1.8
2 1 1 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
9 11.8 8 Shots (avg) S ( 8.5 9.5 8.2
3.2 4.3 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 4 3.6
27% 23% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 17% 25% 36%
 
10.6 9.3 13 Shots against (avg) S A 15.5 15.3 12.8
4.8 4 7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 7.5 5.8 5.4
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Edinburgh City have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
  • Edinburgh City have won significantly more corners away than at home.
  • Edinburgh City haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Elgin City have the fewest points from losing position (1) in League Two
  • Elgin City have the fewest scored goals in the second half (4) in League Two
  • Elgin City have won significantly more corners at home than 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 Kelty Hearts 14 11 3 0 27 9 8 6 2 0 11 3 6 5 1 0 16 6 18 36
2 Forfar Athletic 14 7 5 2 23 12 7 5 2 0 15 5 7 2 3 2 8 7 11 26
3 Stirling Albion 14 6 3 5 21 17 7 3 1 3 11 10 7 3 2 2 10 7 4 21
4 Annan Athletic 14 6 2 6 19 18 7 2 2 3 9 11 7 4 0 3 10 7 1 20
5 Edinburgh City 13 6 2 5 17 18 7 3 2 2 11 11 6 3 0 3 6 7 -1 20
6 Stenhousemuir 14 5 3 6 18 19 7 2 2 3 9 10 7 3 1 3 9 9 -1 18
7 Albion Rovers 14 5 2 7 17 20 7 4 1 2 9 7 7 1 1 5 8 13 -3 17
8 Stranraer 14 4 4 6 14 20 7 3 0 4 6 10 7 1 4 2 8 10 -6 16
9 Elgin City 13 3 3 7 11 18 6 2 2 2 6 6 7 1 1 5 5 12 -7 12
10 Cowdenbeath 14 1 3 10 9 25 6 1 1 4 6 10 8 0 2 6 3 15 -16 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.