Match preview League Two: Elgin City - Stranraer at Borough Briggs

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Competition: Scotland League Two
Competition: Tue 06.April
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Borough Briggs (4927 seats)

There's been ups and downs for these two teams so far this season, occupying positions near the middle of the League Two table so far. Here's the Elgin City - Stranraer latest:

Insights:
  • Elgin City have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Stranraer have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Elgin City form and stats

The story so far in the League Two for Elgin City at their home stadium (Borough Briggs) is 4 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats.

Elgin drew their last game, 0-0 away at Annan Athletic (placed 7th). Before that match, a win away at Brechin City.

There will be little rest for Elgin after this match as they are travelling to Cowdenbeath for a League Two game in only four days.

A decent goal production from Elgin in their home games so far, with 13 goals from 7 league matches. Elgin have only conceded 6 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Stranraer form and stats

2 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss. That’s the product of Stranraer playing as the away team in the League Two this season.

Stranraer lost away at Brora Rangers (0-1) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick. Before that, Stranraer travelled to Cowdenbeath and returned home with a draw after the League Two game finished 1-1.

After this away game Stranraer return home for a League Two game against Edinburgh City. That game is only four sleeps after this.

Stranraer has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 9 goals from 6 games. As opposed to that, Stranraer have seen the ball go into their own net 8 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Stranraer - Elgin 1-4. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Elgin City three wins, one draw and Stranraer six victories. As for goals, eight matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

ElginK. Hester
K. Hester
8 goals
StranraerT. Orr
T. Orr
6 goals
StranraerD. Duffy
D. Duffy
4 goals

Elgin City missing players

Stranraer missing players

Elgin City Stranraer
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
13 7 1 Played P 1 6 13
7 4 1 Won W 0 2 6
2 1 0 Drew D 1 3 4
4 2 0 Lost L 0 1 3
22 13 2 Scored S 2 9 22
13 6 0 Conceded C 2 8 15
92% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
69% 71% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 83% 85%
54% 43% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 50% 46%
23% 14% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 33% 38%
15% 14% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 17% 15%
54% 43% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 67% 46%
31% 43% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 17% 38%
23% 14% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 17% 15%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.3 1.3 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1.5 1.2
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 2 3
 
9.8 12.3 18 Shots (avg) S ( 14 8.2 8.9
4.6 6.2 10 Shots on Target (avg) S O 7 3.5 3.9
38% 32% 20% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 43% 43%
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Elgin City have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Elgin City haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Stranraer have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Stranraer 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 Queen's Park 12 10 2 0 26 5 5 4 1 0 14 4 7 6 1 0 12 1 21 32
2 Edinburgh City 13 8 1 4 30 17 6 3 0 3 11 8 7 5 1 1 19 9 13 25
3 Stirling Albion 12 7 4 1 19 9 6 4 1 1 5 2 6 3 3 0 14 7 10 25
4 Elgin City 12 7 1 4 22 13 7 4 1 2 13 6 5 3 0 2 9 7 9 22
5 Stranraer 13 6 4 3 22 15 7 4 1 2 13 7 6 2 3 1 9 8 7 22
6 Stenhousemuir 12 4 3 5 17 18 6 3 2 1 11 7 6 1 1 4 6 11 -1 15
7 Annan Athletic 12 2 4 6 10 16 5 0 2 3 4 10 7 2 2 3 6 6 -6 10
8 Cowdenbeath 11 2 3 6 8 19 6 1 2 3 5 11 5 1 1 3 3 8 -11 9
9 Albion Rovers 12 2 1 9 11 28 7 1 1 5 6 13 5 1 0 4 5 15 -17 7
10 Brechin City 13 1 1 11 6 31 6 0 1 5 3 18 7 1 0 6 3 13 -25 4

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.