Elgin City vs Stirling Albion: Match guide and preview

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Competition: Scotland League Two
Competition: Sat 02.October
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Borough Briggs (4927 seats)

Stirling Albion can not ask for any freebies from their host Elgin City in this League Two fixture. Here's the complete guide!

Insights:
  • All of Elgin City's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Stirling Albion have the most scored goals in the second half (10) in League Two

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!

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Elgin City form and stats

Elgin City have collected 5 points from their League Two home games so far after 1-2-1.

It's back home for Elgin City, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Stenhousemuir away with the result 2-1. R. Dingwall and D. McHardy found the net in that victory.

Preceding that match was the home game against Annan Athletic that was lost 0-2.

Elgin are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 5 goals in 4 games. 4 goals have been conceded.

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Stirling Albion form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their League Two travels is 2 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat.

D. Mackin, J. Leitch, D. Carrick and S. Heaver scored in Stirling's previous match, the home game against Cowdenbeath that ended 4-0. As you can tell from the results above, Stirling was very dominant against Cowdenbeath, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 4-0 (!) with D. Mackin, J. Leitch, D. Carrick and S. Heaver providing the goals.

Preceding that game, the 2-2 draw paying a visit to Edinburgh City.

The travelling fans enjoy Stirling's attacking play in away games, having scored 7 goals in 4 league matches away. As opposed to that, Stirling have seen the ball go into their own net 5 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Numbers for the former ten meetings involving these two squads are: six wins for Elgin, one draw and three wins for Stirling Albion. Over 2,5 goals: seven times; under 2,5 goals: three games.

Top Goalscorers

ElginD. McHardy
D. McHardy
3 goals
Elgin CityK. Hester
K. Hester
3 goals
Stirling AlbionD. Mackin
D. Mackin
3 goals

Elgin City missing players

Stirling Albion missing players

Elgin City Stirling Albion
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
8 4 1 Played P 1 4 8
2 1 0 Won W 0 2 5
3 2 0 Drew D 1 1 1
3 1 1 Lost L 0 1 2
9 5 0 Scored S 2 7 15
11 4 2 Conceded C 2 5 9
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 75% 75%
38% 25% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 75% 75%
12% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 50% 50%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
62% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 50% 50%
12% 25% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 50% 50%
25% 25% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
3.5 4 2 Corners for (avg) C F 8 6 5.4
5.8 5.5 4 Corners against (avg) C A 3 3.8 4.1
1.9 2 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.2 1.9
1 1 1 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
7.9 9.8 8 Shots (avg) S ( 13 14.2 12.2
2.9 3.8 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6 5.2 4.8
39% 33% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 33% 39%
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • All of Elgin City's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Elgin City haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Stirling Albion have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Stirling Albion have the most matches over the total-line (6) in League Two
  • Stirling Albion have the most scored goals in the second half (10) in League Two
  • Stirling Albion 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 8 6 2 0 17 5 4 3 1 0 5 1 4 3 1 0 12 4 12 20
2 Stirling Albion 8 5 1 2 15 9 4 3 0 1 8 4 4 2 1 1 7 5 6 16
3 Annan Athletic 8 5 0 3 14 9 4 1 0 3 5 8 4 4 0 0 9 1 5 15
4 Forfar Athletic 8 3 4 1 12 7 4 2 2 0 8 4 4 1 2 1 4 3 5 13
5 Edinburgh City 8 4 1 3 9 8 3 2 1 0 5 2 5 2 0 3 4 6 1 13
6 Elgin City 8 2 3 3 9 11 4 1 2 1 5 4 4 1 1 2 4 7 -2 9
7 Stranraer 8 2 2 4 6 11 4 1 0 3 2 7 4 1 2 1 4 4 -5 8
8 Albion Rovers 8 2 1 5 8 15 5 2 1 2 6 7 3 0 0 3 2 8 -7 7
9 Stenhousemuir 8 1 2 5 7 14 4 0 1 3 3 8 4 1 1 2 4 6 -7 5
10 Cowdenbeath 8 1 2 5 8 16 4 1 1 2 6 7 4 0 1 3 2 9 -8 5

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.