League Two match lowdown: Stirling Albion versus Elgin City

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Competition: Scotland League Two
Competition: Tue 21.December
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Forthbank Stadium (3808 seats)

League Two: What this game might lack in glitz it should pay back in guts and dedication. Get set for Stirling Albion - Elgin City!

Insights:
  • Stirling Albion is in the worst form (0-0-6)
  • Elgin City have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Stirling and Elgin City.

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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 3 wins, 1 draw and 4 defeats. Regardless of arena the trend is looking very unhealthy for Stirling with their six defeats in a row. Not since the Kelty Hearts game, 52 days ago, have they avoided a loss.

Stirling Albion's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 2-3 versus Annan Athletic (placed 3rd).

Prior to that, an away loss at Forfar Athletic.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Stirling Albion handle that role? We have found eight games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are four wins, one draw and three defeats.

A decent goal production from Stirling in their home games so far, with 13 goals from 8 league matches. Stirling have conceded 13 from these games. It's worth mentioning that 8 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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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 4 points returning home. The records show 1-1-6 (win-draw-lose). A depressing four defeats in a row for Elgin in their away games. Unhappy days, as the last time they avoided a loss on the road was versus Stenhousemuir.

Elgin City's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Stenhousemuir that finished 2-2. The match against Stenhousemuir looked like a defeat for Elgin, but they did not accept the outcome and clawed their way back to 2-2. McHardy equalized in the 90th minute.

A 1-4 defeat away at Annan Athletic before that.

Elgin are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is one win, two draws and three defeats. From a total of six matches.

The attacking power of Elgin when travelling is not overwhelming with 6 goals scored from 8 league matches away. Elgin have conceded 16 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

The two sides encountered each other earlier this match year: Elgin City - Stirling 0-2. Previous ten meetings with these teams: Stirling won three, Elgin City were winners in six and we saw one draw. six games with more than 2,5 goals, four matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

StirlingD. Carrick
D. Carrick
4 goals
Elgin CityD. McHardy
D. McHardy
4 goals
Elgin CityK. Hester
K. Hester
4 goals

Stirling Albion missing players

Elgin City missing players

Stirling Albion Elgin City
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
17 8 3 Played P 2 8 16
6 3 2 Won W 0 1 3
3 1 0 Drew D 0 1 5
8 4 1 Lost L 2 6 8
23 13 7 Scored S 0 6 15
23 13 4 Conceded C 3 16 25
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
76% 88% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 88% 88%
53% 75% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 50% 38%
35% 50% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 25% 19%
6% 12% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 12% 6%
53% 75% 67% BTTS BTTS 0% 62% 56%
29% 25% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 12%
18% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 38% 31%
 
4.6 4.8 4.3 Corners for (avg) C F 2.5 3.1 3.8
4.3 3.9 4 Corners against (avg) C A 1.5 5.1 4.7
2.3 2.1 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 2.2 1.9
4 2 0 Red cards R C 1 1 3
 
10.1 9.5 9.7 Shots (avg) S ( 8.5 7.2 9.8
3.9 4.2 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 2.2 3.4
34% 38% 47% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 33% 28%
 
9.8 10.4 9.7 Shots against (avg) S A 7 11.5 10.1
4.6 5.2 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.5 5.4 4.6
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 failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Elgin City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Elgin City have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Elgin City haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Stirling Albion have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Stirling Albion have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Elgin City have scored away.
  • Stirling Albion have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Stirling Albion haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Stirling Albion is in the worst form (0-0-6)

  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 16 13 3 0 37 10 9 7 2 0 17 4 7 6 1 0 20 6 27 42
2 Forfar Athletic 17 10 5 2 32 14 8 6 2 0 17 5 9 4 3 2 15 9 18 35
3 Annan Athletic 17 9 2 6 27 21 8 3 2 3 13 12 9 6 0 3 14 9 6 29
4 Stranraer 17 6 4 7 20 25 9 4 0 5 8 14 8 2 4 2 12 11 -5 22
5 Edinburgh City 17 6 4 7 20 26 9 3 2 4 11 16 8 3 2 3 9 10 -6 22
6 Stirling Albion 17 6 3 8 23 23 8 3 1 4 13 13 9 3 2 4 10 10 0 21
7 Stenhousemuir 17 5 5 7 23 27 9 2 3 4 12 16 8 3 2 3 11 11 -4 20
8 Albion Rovers 17 5 3 9 20 29 8 4 1 3 11 10 9 1 2 6 9 19 -9 18
9 Elgin City 16 3 5 8 15 25 8 2 4 2 9 9 8 1 1 6 6 16 -10 14
10 Cowdenbeath 17 2 4 11 10 27 8 2 2 4 7 10 9 0 2 7 3 17 -17 10

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.