League Two statistics and pre-match guide: Stenhousemuir moderate betting favourite to subdue Elgin City

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Competition: Scotland League Two
Competition: Sat 28.January
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Ochilview Park (5267 seats)

A brief look at the League Two standings indicate an edge to Elgin City when they travel to Stenhousemuir. However; let's play before we award the win!

Insights:
  • Stenhousemuir have the fewest clean sheets (1) in League Two
  • Elgin City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Stenhousemuir's stadium, Ochilview Park, has a artifical turf surface. Elgin City have grass on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Elgin City when playing on artifical turf; 4 wins, 4 draws and 6 losses from 14 matches. They have scored {18 goals} in these games and conceded 23.

Elgin City could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Scottish Cup game only four sleeps ago.

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Stenhousemuir form and stats

The story so far in the League Two for Stenhousemuir at their home stadium (Ochilview Park) is 3 wins, 4 draws and 3 defeats.

Stenhousemuir's previous game was also a home event, the loss 1-3 versus Livingston (in Scottish Cup).

Before that, Stenhousemuir played out a League Two draw 1-1 when visiting East Fife.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Stenhousemuir have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 16 games) they have won 5 times, drawn 6 and lost 5.

Scoring bonanza? We don't know about this one, but we do know that 17 of the 19 latest league matches with this side has seen three or more goals.

The Stenhousemuir fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 17 goals in 10 league matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Stenhousemuir defense is not exactly impregnable. 18 goals conceded from 10 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above. When Stenhousemuir hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Forfar Athletic, Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic and Albion Rovers), the matches have ended over 2.5 goals 2 of 2 times.

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Elgin City form and stats

4 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Elgin City playing as the away team in the League Two this season. Having won their last three away games Elgin City has no reason to fear anyone.

The supporters enjoyed Elgin's previous game versus Drumchapel United, a Scottish Cup win (2-1) played at home.

A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Annan Athletic in the League Two.

We have checked recent matches where Elgin City have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 13 games were 4 victories, 4 draws and 5 defeats.

Goal-happy betting people should observe that 15 of this club's 20 latest league games have ended with at least three goals.

Elgin City have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 19 goals from 9 away matches. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Elgin have conceded 16 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Stenhousemuir and Elgin City have faced each other already this season: Elgin City - Stenhousemuir 2-1. Stenhousemuir-Elgin City H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Stenhousemuir four wins, Elgin City four wins, two draws. seven of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5). One of the players to grab the headlines has been Hester with 7 goals scored against Stenhousemuir in these 10 matches.

Top Goalscorers

Elgin CityK. Hester
K. Hester
15 goals
Elgin CityR. Dingwall
R. Dingwall
9 goals
StenhousemuirM. Yates
M. Yates
7 goals

Stenhousemuir missing players

Elgin City missing players

Stenhousemuir Elgin City
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
20 10 2 Played P 3 9 20
6 3 0 Won W 2 4 8
6 4 0 Drew D 1 3 5
8 3 2 Lost L 0 2 7
33 17 2 Scored S 6 19 35
38 18 6 Conceded C 4 16 33
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
95% 90% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 89% 85%
85% 80% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 89% 75%
50% 60% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 67% 50%
15% 10% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 33% 20%
90% 90% 100% BTTS BTTS 67% 89% 75%
5% 10% 0% Clean Sheets C S 33% 11% 15%
5% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 10%
 
5.3 5.8 7 Corners for (avg) C F 3.7 3.3 3.5
5.5 5.3 6.5 Corners against (avg) C A 8.3 7.3 6.6
1.9 2.1 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 2.4 2.2
2 1 0 Red cards R C 2 4 5
 
9.9 11.7 8 Shots (avg) S ( 7.3 7.2 7.5
4 4.7 3.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.3 3 3.5
42% 36% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 86% 70% 51%
 
10.7 10.3 10.5 Shots against (avg) S A 11 11.3 8.9
4.5 4 5.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.7 4.4 3.8
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Elgin City have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Elgin City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Elgin City have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Elgin City haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Stenhousemuir have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Stenhousemuir have the fewest clean sheets (1) in League Two
  • Stenhousemuir have the most conceded goals in the second half (20) in League Two
  • Stenhousemuir have the most matches over the total-line (16) in League Two
  • 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 Dumbarton 19 12 4 3 32 18 8 6 2 0 16 4 11 6 2 3 16 14 14 40
2 Stirling Albion 18 11 3 4 39 21 9 6 2 1 24 9 9 5 1 3 15 12 18 36
3 Elgin City 20 8 5 7 35 33 11 4 2 5 16 17 9 4 3 2 19 16 2 29
4 Annan Athletic 21 7 6 8 34 34 10 4 2 4 18 14 11 3 4 4 16 20 0 27
5 East Fife 21 7 5 9 30 34 11 2 2 7 10 19 10 5 3 2 20 15 -4 26
6 Stranraer 21 7 5 9 31 39 11 6 3 2 20 18 10 1 2 7 11 21 -8 26
7 Forfar Athletic 20 7 4 9 22 27 11 3 3 5 12 18 9 4 1 4 10 9 -5 25
8 Stenhousemuir 20 6 6 8 33 38 10 3 4 3 17 18 10 3 2 5 16 20 -5 24
9 Albion Rovers 20 6 5 9 26 26 9 2 3 4 9 12 11 4 2 5 17 14 0 23
10 Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic 20 5 5 10 23 35 10 4 1 5 14 20 10 1 4 5 9 15 -12 20

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.