Look at this intriguing game in the League Two. Elgin City is in the 4th spot after participating in three games. They receive Forfar Athletic who are placed 2nd after three fixtures.
- Elgin City have the the best goal difference (+3) at home in League Two
- Forfar Athletic have the fewest conceded goals (2) in League Two
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
7 - 5 - 10 with 27-34. What does this mean? Well, these are the statistics for Forfar Athletic when playing on grass like they will do today. Wins - draws- losses and goals scored-conceded. Forfar Athletic play their home games on artifical turf so that's why we provide these numbers.
Elgin City form and stats
Only two League Two home games for Elgin City so far, yet both highs and lows with 1 win, 1 draw and 0 defeat.
Elgin City's last game was hosting Albion Rovers (placed 5th) and winning 3-0. What a game it was for K. Hester when beating Albion Rovers, applying the finishing touch to three goals!
In the game before, an away victory in the Challenge Cup match versus Hibernian U21 with a 2-1 scoreline.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 have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found seven matches with the results: Won two, drawn three and lost two.
Early season league goal statistics from Elgin City's 2 home games: 4 goals, 1 conceded.
Forfar Athletic form and stats
Only one away game in the League Two so far for Forfar Athletic and it resulted in three points. Last season the statistics for their away games were 3 victories, 3 draws and 5 losses from 11 travels. Forfar love their trips these days, as their two previous away games have resulted in victories.
Forfar Athletic delivered a 2-2 draw playing at home against Kelty Hearts (placed 1st) in their previous match; a League Two game.
A home win before that, celebrating 1-0 vs Formartine United.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found eight similar matches played by Forfar in our archives, and the results are: four wins for Forfar Athletic, zero draws and four defeats.
2 goals so far away for Forfar Athletic, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 0. All from 1 league match away.
Head 2 Head
Data for the previous ten meetings featuring these two teams are: zero wins for Elgin City, five draws and five wins for Forfar Athletic. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: six games.Top Goalscorers
  K. Hester 3 goals | D. McHardy 2 goals |  M. Aitken 2 goals |
Elgin City missing players
Forfar Athletic missing players
| Elgin City | Forfar Athletic | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 4 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 67% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 33% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 100% | 67% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 5.3 | 5.5 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 3 | 3.7 |
| 5.3 | 6 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 4 | 4.3 |
| 0.7 | 1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 3 | 1.3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10.7 | 13 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 9 | 10.3 |
| 4.3 | 5 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 5 | 3.3 |
| 38% | 40% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 40% | 60% |
- Elgin City have the the best goal difference (+3) at home in League Two
- Forfar Athletic have the fewest conceded goals (2) in League Two
- Forfar Athletic have the most clean sheets (2) in League Two
- Forfar Athletic have the most scored goals in the first half (5) in League Two
| Elgin City | Last season | Forfar Athletic | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 22 | 11 | Played | P | 11 | 22 | ||
| 12 | 7 | Won | W | 3 | 4 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Lost | L | 5 | 13 | ||
| 39 | 23 | Scored | S | 8 | 18 | ||
| 28 | 15 | Conceded | C | 16 | 37 | ||
| 95% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 91% | 91% | ||
| 77% | 82% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 64% | 73% | ||
| 59% | 64% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 45% | 50% | ||
| 32% | 36% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 18% | 27% | ||
| 23% | 27% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 9% | ||
| 55% | 64% | BTTS | BTTS | 36% | 50% | ||
| 23% | 27% | Clean Sheets | C S | 27% | 18% | ||
| 27% | 9% | Failed to Score | F T | 45% | 41% | ||
| 5.1 | 4.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.3 | 3.7 | ||
| 5.5 | 4.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.3 | 5.6 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 9.7 | 11.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.1 | 6.7 | ||
| 4.4 | 5.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.4 | 2.6 | ||
| 41% | 41% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 32% | ||
| 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 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 2 | Forfar Athletic | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 3 | Annan Athletic | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 4 | Elgin City | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | Albion Rovers | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -1 | 4 |
| 6 | Cowdenbeath | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | Stirling Albion | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -3 | 3 |
| 8 | Edinburgh City | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | -3 | 3 |
| 9 | Stenhousemuir | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -2 | 1 |
| 10 | Stranraer | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -3 | 1 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Queen's Park | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 54 |
| 2 | Elgin City | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 38 |
| 3 | Stranraer | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | -1 | 38 |
| 4 | Edinburgh City | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -2 | 38 |
| 5 | Stirling Albion | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -2 | 36 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | East Fife | 22 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 30 | 33 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 12 | 22 | -3 | 33 |
| 2 | Peterhead | 22 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 24 | 27 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 15 | -3 | 29 |
| 3 | Clyde | 22 | 8 | 2 | 12 | 27 | 38 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 21 | -11 | 26 |
| 4 | Dumbarton | 22 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 24 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 13 | -10 | 25 |
| 5 | Forfar Athletic | 22 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 37 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 21 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 16 | -19 | 17 |