Elgin City have some lost ground to recover from their 9th place, and the task starts against Edinburgh City. Read more!
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Elgin City form and stats
The story so far in the League Two for Elgin City at their home stadium (Borough Briggs) is 5 wins, 6 draws and 4 defeats.
The spoils were shared in Elgin City's previous game, also at home. Visiting Kelty Hearts (placed 1st) travelled back with a draw after a 0-0 scoreline.
A defeat was the result before that one, 1-2 away at Annan Athletic.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Elgin City have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found ten matches with the results: Won three, drawn four and lost three.
Elgin has scored 17 league goals at home this season, in 15 matches.
Edinburgh City form and stats
Playing away, Edinburgh City have won 7 games, drawn 4 and suffered 4 defeats in the League Two this season.
Edinburgh City might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Stranraer proved too strong as Edinburgh City slumped to a 1-2 defeat in front of their own fans at Ainslie Park Stadium.
Before that, Edinburgh City travelled to Stenhousemuir and returned home with a draw after the game finished 0-0.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found seven similar matches played by Edinburgh City in our archives, and the results are: five wins for Edinburgh City, zero draws and two defeats.
Edinburgh have scored 20 goals on their travels this season, from 15 away games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 17 goals have been conceded by Edinburgh City in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
This happened when the teams met earlier this campaign; Edinburgh City - Elgin City 2-2. Head-to-head numbers (for the former ten meetings): Elgin won zero games, four matches ended with a draw and Edinburgh City got six wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / sevenTop Goalscorers
  K. Hester 11 goals | D. McHardy 7 goals |   J. Robertson 7 goals |
Elgin City missing players
Edinburgh City missing players
| Elgin City | Edinburgh City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 30 | 15 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 15 | 30 |
| 7 | 5 | 0 | Won | W | 3 | 7 | 12 |
| 9 | 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 14 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 28 | 17 | 4 | Scored | S | 5 | 20 | 38 |
| 43 | 15 | 5 | Conceded | C | 4 | 17 | 40 |
| 93% | 93% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 93% | 97% |
| 80% | 80% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 73% | 73% |
| 40% | 27% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 47% | 50% |
| 20% | 13% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 27% | 33% |
| 3% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 7% | 7% |
| 50% | 47% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 53% | 53% |
| 23% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 27% | 27% |
| 33% | 27% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 27% | 23% |
| 3.8 | 4.1 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 3.5 | 3.1 |
| 4.2 | 3.7 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.5 | 6.4 | 5.7 |
| 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.8 | 1.3 | 1.6 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10.2 | 12 | 11.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.2 | 7.3 | 7.1 |
| 3.7 | 4.4 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 3.3 | 3.1 |
| 25% | 26% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 40% | 41% |
| 9.3 | 7.8 | 9.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.8 | 12.7 | 11.5 |
| 4.1 | 3.3 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 5.3 | 5 |
| 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 | 30 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 59 | 24 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 33 | 10 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 14 | 35 | 69 |
| 2 | Annan Athletic | 30 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 56 | 35 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 28 | 20 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 28 | 15 | 21 | 56 |
| 3 | Forfar Athletic | 30 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 48 | 31 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 20 | 16 | 17 | 51 |
| 4 | Edinburgh City | 30 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 38 | 40 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 23 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 17 | -2 | 44 |
| 5 | Stenhousemuir | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 40 | 40 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 22 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 23 | 18 | 0 | 42 |
| 6 | Stranraer | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 40 | 47 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 21 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 26 | -7 | 38 |
| 7 | Stirling Albion | 30 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 33 | 42 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 16 | 24 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 18 | -9 | 33 |
| 8 | Albion Rovers | 30 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 30 | 46 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 20 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 26 | -16 | 31 |
| 9 | Elgin City | 30 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 28 | 43 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 28 | -15 | 30 |
| 10 | Cowdenbeath | 30 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 20 | 44 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 20 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 24 | -24 | 20 |
