Elgin City contests Stenhousemuir in League Two fray

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Competition: Scotland League Two
Competition: Sat 18.December
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Borough Briggs (4927 seats)

Develop their own game or switch tactics dependant on the opposing team? Both Elgin City and Stenhousemuir need to try something separate than what they have done so far. Read more!

Insights:
  • Elgin City have the fewest scored goals in the second half (5) in League Two
  • Stenhousemuir have won significantly less corners away then at home.

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!

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 (artifical turf). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on grass is 9-8-12 (win-draw-loss) from 29 matches.

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Elgin City form and stats

2 victories, 3 draws and 2 defeats. That’s what Elgin City have to build on here at Borough Briggs in the League Two. When Elgin City hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Albion Rovers, Elgin City and Cowdenbeath), they have won 2 of 2 matches!

The fans are hoping that Elgin City will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 1-4 away loss in the League Two game against Annan Athletic (placed 3rd).

The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 1-1 versus Edinburgh City.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Elgin as they are travelling to their away game against Stirling Albion in the League Two. That match is three days after this one.

Elgin has scored 7 league goals at home this season, in 7 matches. Elgin have conceded 7 in these home matches.

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Stenhousemuir form and stats

Playing away, Stenhousemuir have won 3 games, drawn 1 and suffered 3 defeats in the League Two this season.

Stenhousemuir's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Edinburgh City that finished 2-2.

A 1-4 loss hosting Stranraer before that.

Stenhousemuir have scored 9 goals on their travels this season, from 7 away games in the league. As opposed to that, Stenhousemuir have seen the ball go into their own net 9 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Elgin City and Stenhousemuir have played each other earlier this season: Stenhousemuir - Elgin 1-2. Last ten meetings featuring these participants: Elgin City won five, Stenhousemuir were winners in four and we saw one draw. four games with over 2,5 goals, six matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

StenhousemuirT. Orr
T. Orr
4 goals
Elgin CityD. McHardy
D. McHardy
3 goals
Elgin CityK. Hester
K. Hester
3 goals

Elgin City missing players

Stenhousemuir missing players

Elgin City Stenhousemuir
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
15 7 2 Played P 2 7 16
3 2 2 Won W 1 3 5
4 3 0 Drew D 1 1 4
8 2 0 Lost L 0 3 7
13 7 4 Scored S 4 9 21
23 7 0 Conceded C 2 9 25
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
87% 86% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 86% 88%
33% 14% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 43% 50%
13% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 29% 38%
7% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 12%
53% 43% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 43% 62%
13% 29% 100% Clean Sheets C S 50% 14% 12%
33% 29% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 43% 25%
 
3.8 4.6 6.5 Corners for (avg) C F 4 3.9 5.3
4.7 4.3 2.5 Corners against (avg) C A 2.5 4 4.4
1.9 1.6 0.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.5 1.6 1.6
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
9.7 12.4 17.5 Shots (avg) S ( 17 11.6 11.1
3.3 4.6 6.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 10 5.6 4.5
26% 22% 31% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 23% 29%
 
10.1 8.6 6.5 Shots against (avg) S A 8 10 10.4
4.6 3.7 3.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2 4.4 4.2
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Elgin City have the fewest scored goals in the second half (5) in League Two
  • Elgin City have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Elgin City haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Stenhousemuir have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Stenhousemuir 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 15 12 3 0 33 10 9 7 2 0 17 4 6 5 1 0 16 6 23 39
2 Forfar Athletic 16 9 5 2 28 14 8 6 2 0 17 5 8 3 3 2 11 9 14 32
3 Annan Athletic 16 8 2 6 24 19 8 3 2 3 13 12 8 5 0 3 11 7 5 26
4 Stranraer 16 6 4 6 20 21 8 4 0 4 8 10 8 2 4 2 12 11 -1 22
5 Edinburgh City 16 6 4 6 20 22 8 3 2 3 11 12 8 3 2 3 9 10 -2 22
6 Stirling Albion 16 6 3 7 21 20 7 3 1 3 11 10 9 3 2 4 10 10 1 21
7 Stenhousemuir 16 5 4 7 21 25 9 2 3 4 12 16 7 3 1 3 9 9 -4 19
8 Albion Rovers 16 5 2 9 20 29 8 4 1 3 11 10 8 1 1 6 9 19 -9 17
9 Elgin City 15 3 4 8 13 23 7 2 3 2 7 7 8 1 1 6 6 16 -10 13
10 Cowdenbeath 16 2 3 11 10 27 7 2 1 4 7 10 9 0 2 7 3 17 -17 9

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.