Elgin City and Forfar Athletic club members look forward to League Two meeting at Borough Briggs

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Competition: Scotland League Two
Competition: Sun 02.January
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Borough Briggs (4927 seats)

The visiting Forfar Athletic team should be front runners at Elgin City, as the guests enjoy a 18 point supremacy from their 18 league games this season.

Insights:
  • Elgin City have the most matches under the total-line (11) in League Two
  • Forfar Athletic have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (7) in League Two

It should be mentioned that Forfar Athletic play their home matches on artifical turf, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on grass. Does it matter? Recent statistics for Forfar Athletic on grass are 9 victories, 5 draws and 12 defeats from 26 games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 32-38. You can compare this with overall results below.

Elgin City and Forfar Athletic 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.

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Elgin City form and stats

Elgin City have collected 10 points from their League Two home games so far after 2-4-2. Two draws in a row at home now for Elgin.

A strong away win for Elgin against Stirling Albion the last match, as Mailer were on target.

The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 2-2 versus Stenhousemuir.

The Elgin fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 9 in 8 matches. 9 goals have been conceded.

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Forfar Athletic form and stats

4 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Forfar Athletic playing as the away team in the League Two this season. Momentum is building for Forfar Athletic in their away games, having won their two previous outings.

Forfar Athletic might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Stenhousemuir proved too strong as Forfar Athletic slumped to a 3-4 defeat in front of their own fans at Station Park. As you can tell from the result, the match against Stenhousemuir was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 7 goals, will the fun continue today?

Preceding that game was the away victory against Edinburgh City with the score of 4-0.

The travelling fans enjoy Forfar Athletic's attacking play in away games, having scored 15 goals in 9 league matches away. 9 goals have been conceded by Forfar Athletic in these games.

Head 2 Head

Forfar Athletic - Elgin City 2-1 was the end result in these contenders' latest head-to-head game, earlier this season. Previous ten meetings involving these participants: Elgin City won zero, Forfar Athletic were winners in five and we saw five draws. four games with more than 2,5 goals, six matches with less than 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

Forfar AthleticS. McCluskey
S. McCluskey
7 goals
Forfar AthleticM. Aitken
M. Aitken
7 goals
Forfar AthleticA. Munro
A. Munro
5 goals

Elgin City missing players

Forfar Athletic missing players

Elgin City Forfar Athletic
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
17 8 1 Played P 3 9 18
4 2 0 Won W 1 4 10
5 4 0 Drew D 1 3 5
8 2 1 Lost L 1 2 3
16 9 0 Scored S 4 15 35
25 9 2 Conceded C 4 9 18
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
82% 88% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 78% 89%
35% 25% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 33% 44%
18% 12% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 33% 33%
6% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 22% 17%
53% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 67% 56% 56%
18% 25% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 22% 33%
29% 25% 100% Failed to Score F T 33% 22% 11%
 
3.8 4.5 2 Corners for (avg) C F 3.7 4.2 5
4.6 4.2 4 Corners against (avg) C A 4.7 3.9 3.2
1.9 1.6 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.7 1.8 1.3
3 2 1 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
10 12.2 8 Shots (avg) S ( 8.7 9.3 10.7
3.5 4.5 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 4.2 4.1
27% 25% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 39% 48%
 
9.9 8.6 13 Shots against (avg) S A 9.3 8 9.1
4.4 3.8 7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.3 3.4 3.7
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Elgin City have the most matches under the total-line (11) in League Two
  • Elgin City haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Forfar Athletic have scored more than double the goals of Elgin City.
  • Forfar Athletic have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (7) in League Two
  • Forfar Athletic 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 17 13 3 1 38 15 9 7 2 0 17 4 8 6 1 1 21 11 23 42
2 Forfar Athletic 18 10 5 3 35 18 9 6 2 1 20 9 9 4 3 2 15 9 17 35
3 Annan Athletic 18 10 2 6 32 22 9 4 2 3 18 13 9 6 0 3 14 9 10 32
4 Edinburgh City 18 7 4 7 22 27 9 3 2 4 11 16 9 4 2 3 11 11 -5 25
5 Stenhousemuir 18 6 5 7 27 30 9 2 3 4 12 16 9 4 2 3 15 14 -3 23
6 Stranraer 18 6 4 8 22 28 9 4 0 5 8 14 9 2 4 3 14 14 -6 22
7 Stirling Albion 18 6 3 9 23 24 9 3 1 5 13 14 9 3 2 4 10 10 -1 21
8 Albion Rovers 18 6 3 9 23 31 9 5 1 3 14 12 9 1 2 6 9 19 -8 21
9 Elgin City 17 4 5 8 16 25 8 2 4 2 9 9 9 2 1 6 7 16 -9 17
10 Cowdenbeath 18 2 4 12 11 29 9 2 2 5 8 12 9 0 2 7 3 17 -18 10

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.