League Two match sneak peek: Stirling Albion vs Elgin City

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Competition: Scotland League Two
Competition: Sat 16.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Forthbank Stadium (3808 seats)

Elgin City have restored their energy following their 0-2-fixture vs Stenhousemuir and are looking forward to meet Stirling Albion. Get all the information!

Insights:
  • Stirling Albion have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Elgin City have the fewest points (10) away in League Two

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Stirling Albion form and stats

The story so far in the League Two for Stirling Albion at their home stadium (Forthbank Stadium) is 5 wins, 2 draws and 9 defeats. When Stirling Albion hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Stirling Albion, Albion Rovers and Cowdenbeath), they have won 3 of 4 matches!

An away draw last time out for Stirling Albion, facing Kelty Hearts in a game that ended 1-1.

A 0-0 draw away before that, with Cowdenbeath the opponent.

This is expected to be a close game, with Stirling Albion perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Stirling Albion as a small favourite), we find twelve games. Stirling has won four of these, drawn two and lost six.

The Stirling Albion fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 17 in 16 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 24 goals have been conceded.

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Elgin City form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Elgin City so far with only 10 points returning home. The records show 2-4-10 (win-draw-lose).

The attacking players of Elgin City have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 253 minutes.

Home advantage was not enough for Elgin City in their previous game as they lost hosting Stenhousemuir, 0-2.

Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Albion Rovers that ended 0-0.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Elgin City playing away and similar expectations, we found 13 relevant matches. Results were six Elgin wins, two draws and five defeats.

The attacking power of Elgin City when travelling is not overwhelming with 11 goals scored from 16 league matches away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. In the opposite end, Elgin have conceded 28 goals in their away games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Elgin City - Stirling Albion 3-1 was the product when this pair of participants previously did battle, earlier this season. The ref brandished his red card when these clubs last faced each other, and the criminal was McGregor (Stirling). As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two Stirling Albion victories, one draw and seven Elgin City wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Elgin CityK. Hester
K. Hester
12 goals
Stirling AlbionD. Carrick
D. Carrick
7 goals
Elgin CityD. McHardy
D. McHardy
7 goals

Stirling Albion missing players

Elgin City missing players

Stirling Albion Elgin City
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
33 16 4 Played P 4 16 33
10 5 3 Won W 0 2 8
8 2 0 Drew D 1 4 10
15 9 1 Lost L 3 10 15
35 17 8 Scored S 1 11 30
43 24 3 Conceded C 7 28 45
94% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 88% 91%
64% 69% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 75% 79%
45% 56% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 50% 36%
24% 25% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 25% 18%
6% 6% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 6% 3%
45% 50% 50% BTTS BTTS 25% 50% 45%
27% 19% 25% Clean Sheets C S 25% 19% 27%
33% 31% 25% Failed to Score F T 75% 44% 36%
 
4.4 4.6 4.5 Corners for (avg) C F 4.2 3.7 4
4.2 3.9 3.8 Corners against (avg) C A 3.5 4.4 4
1.9 1.7 0.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.2 2.1 2.1
7 4 1 Red cards R C 0 1 4
 
8.9 8.3 9.2 Shots (avg) S ( 8.2 8.3 10.2
3.3 3.2 3.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.2 3 3.7
32% 33% 57% Goal Efficiency G E 8% 23% 25%
 
9 9.1 7.5 Shots against (avg) S A 11 10.4 8.9
4.2 4.4 3.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6 4.7 4
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Elgin City have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Elgin City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Elgin City have the fewest points (10) away in League Two
  • Elgin City have the the worst goal difference (-17) away in League Two
  • Stirling Albion have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Stirling Albion haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Kelty Hearts 33 22 8 3 62 26 17 13 4 0 35 11 16 9 4 3 27 15 36 74
2 Annan Athletic 33 18 5 10 61 42 17 7 4 6 32 27 16 11 1 4 29 15 19 59
3 Forfar Athletic 33 15 10 8 51 34 16 9 4 3 29 16 17 6 6 5 22 18 17 55
4 Edinburgh City 33 13 9 11 41 43 17 6 5 6 21 24 16 7 4 5 20 19 -2 48
5 Stenhousemuir 33 12 9 12 42 42 16 4 4 8 17 23 17 8 5 4 25 19 0 45
6 Stranraer 33 11 8 14 45 50 16 5 4 7 16 23 17 6 4 7 29 27 -5 41
7 Stirling Albion 33 10 8 15 35 43 16 5 2 9 17 24 17 5 6 6 18 19 -8 38
8 Albion Rovers 33 9 8 16 34 53 17 5 4 8 16 25 16 4 4 8 18 28 -19 35
9 Elgin City 33 8 10 15 30 45 17 6 6 5 19 17 16 2 4 10 11 28 -15 34
10 Cowdenbeath 33 6 7 20 24 47 16 3 4 9 13 20 17 3 3 11 11 27 -23 25

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.