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 guests worry at 7th.
Elgin City and Stirling Albion 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.
Elgin City form and stats
3-1-2 (win-draw-lost) are the League Two numbers at home for Elgin City so far this season. Two home wins in a row for Elgin City bring valid hopes of a third.
Elgin City's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 1-3 versus Alloa Athletic. Prior to that, an away loss at Raith Rovers in the Challenge Cup.
The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Elgin City's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played two games, won 2 matches, drawn 0 and lost 0.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Elgin City as they are travelling to their away game against Stenhousemuir in the League Two. That match is three days after this one.
The Elgin City manager G. Price has got the team scoring with 13 from 6 home games in the league. On the other hand, Elgin City have conceded 7 goals.
Stirling Albion form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Stirling Albion so far with only 2 points returning home. The records show 0-2-4 (win-draw-lose).
This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Scottish Cup home defeat versus Clyde with 0-2 on the scoreboard. That result followed a home victory 2-0 versus Annan Athletic in the League Two.
As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Stirling Albion playing away, we found two games. Results were 0 away wins, 2 draws and 0 home wins.
Stirling Albion are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed 2 goals from 6 away games. 6 goals have been conceded by Stirling Albion in these games.
Head 2 Head
Elgin City and Stirling Albion have met before this season: Stirling Albion - Elgin City 1-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Elgin City 3 wins, 1 draw and Stirling Albion 6 victories. As for goals, 8 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 2 games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  S. Sutherland 10 goals |   J. Peters 3 goals |  K. Hester 2 goals |
Elgin City missing players
Stirling Albion missing players
| Elgin City | Stirling Albion | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 6 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 6 | 13 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 19 | 13 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 10 |
| 13 | 7 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 6 | 10 |
| 92% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 83% | 85% |
| 75% | 83% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 33% | 46% |
| 50% | 67% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 17% | 23% |
| 33% | 50% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 8% | 17% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 33% | 31% |
| 25% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 17% | 38% |
| 33% | 33% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 67% | 46% |
| 5.1 | 5.8 | 2 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 4 | 5.2 | 5.2 |
| 5 | 4.5 | 7 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 4 | 6.3 | 5.2 |
| 1.8 | 1.8 | 3 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.2 | 1.7 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 143 | 77 | 5 | Total Shots | T S | 6 | 46 | 107 |
| 63 | 34 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 1 | 13 | 42 |
| 30% | 38% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 15% | 24% |
- Elgin City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Elgin City have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Stirling Albion have scored away.
- Elgin City haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Stirling Albion has the fewest conceded goals (10)
- Stirling Albion has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (2)
- Stirling Albion has the fewest matches over the total-line (2)
- Stirling Albion has the fewest points (2) away
- Stirling Albion has the fewest scored goals (10)
- Stirling Albion has the fewest scored goals (2) away
- Stirling Albion has the fewest scored goals in the first half (3)
- Stirling Albion has the most matches under the total-line (10)
- Stirling Albion have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Stirling Albion have yet to win a game away.
| 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 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 38 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 11 | 25 | 34 |
| 2 | Edinburgh City | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 29 | 18 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 29 |
| 3 | Cowdenbeath | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 25 |
| 4 | Annan Athletic | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 23 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 17 | -8 | 18 |
| 5 | Elgin City | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 16 |
| 6 | Queen's Park | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 9 | -1 | 15 |
| 7 | Stirling Albion | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 13 |
| 8 | Stenhousemuir | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 23 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | -11 | 12 |
| 9 | Albion Rovers | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 18 | 29 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 16 | -11 | 11 |
| 10 | Brechin City | 13 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 14 | 31 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 18 | -17 | 7 |