Struggling Stirling Albion will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Edinburgh City in the upcoming league round. It’s 7th vs 2nd and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
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.
Stirling Albion form and stats
Overall League Two stats at home this season for Stirling Albion are 3-2-3 (wins-draw-losses).
Stirling Albion manager K. Rutkiewicz and his team return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Queen's Park (placed 6th) in the League Two. Before that game, the home loss against Brechin City with the scoreline 2-4.
Stirling Albion are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 10 goals in 8 games. Stirling Albion have conceded 8 in these home matches.
Edinburgh City form and stats
4-1-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Edinburgh City in their League Two matches away.
Two travels in a row for Edinburgh City, whose manager J. McDonaugh could celebrate last time after the League Two win against Annan Athletic. That result followed a home victory 2-1 versus Cove Rangers.
Edinburgh City are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 15 times in 8 away games so far. In the opposite end, Edinburgh City have conceded 15 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Edinburgh City - Stirling Albion 1-0. Stirling Albion-Edinburgh City H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Stirling Albion 3 wins, Edinburgh City 4 wins, 3 draws. 4 of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  D. Handling 6 goals |   J. Peters 4 goals |  S. Shepherd 4 goals |
Stirling Albion missing players
Edinburgh City missing players
| Stirling Albion | Edinburgh City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 8 | 16 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 3 | 4 | 11 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 15 | 10 | 1 | Scored | S | 9 | 15 | 34 |
| 16 | 8 | 2 | Conceded | C | 4 | 15 | 21 |
| 88% | 88% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 56% | 62% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 88% | 88% |
| 31% | 38% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 75% | 75% |
| 6% | 12% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 62% | 50% |
| 6% | 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 38% | 25% |
| 44% | 38% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 62% | 62% |
| 31% | 50% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 12% | 25% |
| 38% | 25% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 12% |
| 5.4 | 5.8 | 9 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 4.7 | 4.4 | 4.8 |
| 5.3 | 4.4 | 3 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 2 | 4.2 | 4.2 |
| 1.9 | 1.4 | 0.5 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 0.7 | 1.4 | 1.6 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 144 | 81 | 16 | Total Shots | T S | 48 | 93 | 178 |
| 56 | 35 | 7 | Shots on Target | S O | 22 | 42 | 84 |
| 27% | 29% | 14% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 41% | 36% | 40% |
- Edinburgh City has the most matches over the total-line (11)
- Edinburgh City has the most scored goals in the second half (23)
- Edinburgh City have scored more than double the goals of Stirling Albion.
- Edinburgh City haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Edinburgh City is in the best form (4-1-1)
- Stirling Albion has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (4)
- Stirling Albion has the fewest matches over the total-line (4)
- Stirling Albion has the fewest scored goals (15)
- Stirling Albion has the fewest scored goals in the first half (7)
- Stirling Albion has the most matches under the total-line (11)
- Stirling Albion have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than 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 | 16 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 42 | 22 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 37 |
| 2 | Edinburgh City | 16 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 34 | 21 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 35 |
| 3 | Cowdenbeath | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 26 |
| 4 | Annan Athletic | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 23 | 27 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 18 | -4 | 24 |
| 5 | Elgin City | 16 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 24 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 19 |
| 6 | Queen's Park | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 11 | -2 | 19 |
| 7 | Stirling Albion | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 8 | -1 | 17 |
| 8 | Stenhousemuir | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 30 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 12 | -12 | 16 |
| 9 | Albion Rovers | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 22 | 31 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 18 | -9 | 15 |
| 10 | Brechin City | 16 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 21 | 36 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 20 | -15 | 13 |