It's the first game of the new season for Elgin City and Stranraer. The canvas is blank, the possibilities endless.
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.
Elgin City form and stats
Last season, Elgin City's league statistics were 9 wins, 2 draws and 7 losses, resulting in a 5th position in the League Two. Over these 18 matches they scored 29 goals and conceded 22. Playing at home last season Elgin City managed 5-1-3 (win-draw-lost) with 17 goals and 12 conceded.
With the first game of the season soon underway, it's time to look at the results from the Elgin City friendly games in pre-season: Elgin played two friendlies, won 1, drew 0 and lost 1. If you are really into statistics you might appreciate knowing that Elgin City scored 3 goals and conceded 5 in these two games.
Stranraer form and stats
Let's have a look at how Stranraer performed last season in the League Two: They landed a 4th position in the league table after playing out 9 victories, 4 draws and 5 defeats. In total they scored 30 and conceded 18 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 4 - drew 3 and lost 2 with 13/10 goals scored/conceded.
It's finally time to play a game of importance again as a long period of training has passed. Stranraer have played a number of friendly games in this period, resulting in 0 wins, 0 draws and 2 defeats from two fixtures.
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings between the teams: Elgin won five, Stranraer won four and one draw. eight games with over 2,5 goals, two matches with two goals or less.Elgin City missing players
Stranraer missing players
| Elgin City | Stranraer | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Elgin City | Last season | Stranraer | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 22 | 11 | Played | P | 11 | 22 | ||
| 12 | 7 | Won | W | 5 | 11 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 4 | 5 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | ||
| 39 | 23 | Scored | S | 16 | 36 | ||
| 28 | 15 | Conceded | C | 12 | 25 | ||
| 95% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 77% | 82% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 73% | 77% | ||
| 59% | 64% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 45% | 50% | ||
| 32% | 36% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 27% | 36% | ||
| 23% | 27% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 9% | 14% | ||
| 55% | 64% | BTTS | BTTS | 55% | 45% | ||
| 23% | 27% | Clean Sheets | C S | 36% | 41% | ||
| 27% | 9% | Failed to Score | F T | 9% | 14% | ||
| 5.1 | 4.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 5.3 | ||
| 5.5 | 4.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.8 | 4.3 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.3 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 5 | ||
| 9.7 | 11.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.7 | 9.4 | ||
| 4.4 | 5.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.1 | ||
| 41% | 41% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 40% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Albion Rovers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Annan Athletic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Cowdenbeath | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Edinburgh City | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Elgin City | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Forfar Athletic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Kelty Hearts | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Stenhousemuir | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Stirling Albion | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Stranraer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Last season | 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 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 54 |
| 2 | Elgin City | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 38 |
| 3 | Stranraer | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | -1 | 38 |
| 4 | Edinburgh City | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -2 | 38 |
| 5 | Stirling Albion | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -2 | 36 |