The home fans are expecting three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. Elgin City are in the 5th position while the guesting Stenhousemuir worry at 9th.
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.
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on grass and that the visiting Stenhousemuir have a different surface at their stadium (artificial turf). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on grass is 8-10-15 (win-draw-loss) from 33 matches.
Elgin City form and stats
Elgin City have collected 14 points from their League Two home games so far after 4-2-4.
Happy days for Elgin City in their previous game, a League Two match away at Annan Athletic (placed 4th) that ended with a 4-0 victory. Ahead of that match, Elgin City lost 0-1 at home to Edinburgh City.
As mentioned above, Elgin City "killed" Annan Athletic in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency.
Elgin City have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Borough Briggs with 19 goals in 10 league matches. 13 goals have been conceded.
Stenhousemuir form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Stenhousemuir so far with only 9 points returning home. The records show 2-3-5 (win-draw-lose). Three might be a magic number, but there's been little wizardry in Stenhousemuir's last three away games as they have all been lost.
Stenhousemuir's last game was the home draw against Brechin City (2-2). Prior to that match, the Stenhousemuir manager D. Irons faced defeat when travelling to Queen's Park and losing 1-2.
Stenhousemuir have scored 10 goals on their travels this season, from 10 away games in the league. In the opposite end, Stenhousemuir have conceded 17 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
Elgin City and Stenhousemuir have met before this season: Stenhousemuir - Elgin City 2-2. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Elgin City won 5 games, 1 match ended with a draw and Stenhousemuir has 4 wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: 5 / 5Top Goalscorers
  S. Sutherland 13 goals |  K. Hester 6 goals |   D. Hopkirk 6 goals |
Elgin City missing players
Stenhousemuir missing players
| Elgin City | Stenhousemuir | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 10 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 10 | 20 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 7 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 11 |
| 31 | 19 | 6 | Scored | S | 3 | 10 | 22 |
| 23 | 13 | 5 | Conceded | C | 4 | 17 | 39 |
| 90% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 75% | 80% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 90% | 90% |
| 55% | 70% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 60% | 70% |
| 40% | 50% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 20% | 35% |
| 5% | 10% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 10% |
| 50% | 50% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 80% | 70% |
| 25% | 20% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 10% | 10% |
| 35% | 30% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 10% | 20% |
| 4.8 | 5.3 | 5 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 5.3 | 5.2 | 5.5 |
| 4.5 | 4 | 3.3 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 6 | 5.5 | 5.2 |
| 1.8 | 1.8 | 2 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.2 | 1.9 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 232 | 131 | 40 | Total Shots | T S | 27 | 95 | 200 |
| 101 | 60 | 19 | Shots on Target | S O | 7 | 31 | 72 |
| 31% | 32% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 32% | 31% |
- Elgin City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Elgin City haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Stenhousemuir has the most dropped points from leading position (14)
- Stenhousemuir haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Stenhousemuir is in the worst form (0-1-5)
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Cove Rangers | 19 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 52 | 24 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 27 | 21 | 28 | 46 |
| 2 | Edinburgh City | 20 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 39 | 23 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 16 | 44 |
| 3 | Cowdenbeath | 18 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 25 | 18 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 32 |
| 4 | Annan Athletic | 20 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 29 | 40 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 25 | -11 | 27 |
| 5 | Elgin City | 20 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 31 | 23 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 25 |
| 6 | Queen's Park | 20 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 27 | 30 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 13 | 15 | -3 | 25 |
| 7 | Stirling Albion | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 20 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 23 |
| 8 | Albion Rovers | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 26 | 36 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 18 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 18 | -10 | 19 |
| 9 | Stenhousemuir | 20 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 22 | 39 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 22 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 17 | -17 | 17 |
| 10 | Brechin City | 20 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 25 | 46 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 21 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 25 | -21 | 15 |