Betting preview: Stranraer vs Edinburgh City should be interesting

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Competition: Scotland League Two
Competition: Sat 10.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stair Park (5600 seats)

This could be an interesting match as Stranraer have their presumed home advantage while Edinburgh City are ahead 4 points in the League Two table.

Insights:
  • Stranraer haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Edinburgh City have the most scored goals (31) in League Two

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 Stranraer and Edinburgh City.

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Stranraer form and stats

Overall League Two stats at home this season for Stranraer are 4-1-2 (wins-draw-losses). There’s a good atmosphere here at Stair Park after three straight home wins.

In their previous game, the manager S. Farrell led his Stranraer to a defeat in the League Two match away at Elgin City. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Stair Park. In the preceding match a 3-1 victory visiting Brora Rangers (after extra-time).

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Stranraer have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found eight matches with the results: Won one, drawn two and lost five.

The manager S. Farrell will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Stirling Albion in only three days.

Stranraer have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stair Park with 13 goals in 7 league matches. 7 goals have been conceded.

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Edinburgh City form and stats

Edinburgh City's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Edinburgh City, who have the most scored goals (31) in League Two, collect 16 points from their 7 away matches in the League Two. 5 victories and 1 draw have created these points (and only 1 defeat). Edinburgh have won three away matches in a row now and will not be intimidated by being the visitors in this fixture.

Edinburgh's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Annan Athletic that finished 1-1. A 2-2 draw at Forfar Athletic (after extra-time, 5-3 on penalties)'s stadium before that.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found five similar matches played by Edinburgh City in our archives, and the results are: two wins for Edinburgh City, zero draws and three defeats.

A new game in only three days for Edinburgh City, the League Two home match versus Brechin City. Busy days.

Today's guests are confident travelers having scored 19 goals in 7 league games away this season. As opposed to that, Edinburgh have seen the ball go into their own net 9 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The two sides played each other earlier this season: Edinburgh City - Stranraer 0-1. As for the last two games between these two teams, there's one Stranraer victory, zero draws and one Edinburgh City win. Over/under statistics; one of these games ended with three goals or more, one match with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

StranraerT. Orr
T. Orr
6 goals
Edinburgh CityB. Henderson
B. Henderson
5 goals
Edinburgh CityJ. Campbell
J. Campbell
5 goals

Stranraer missing players

Edinburgh City missing players

Stranraer Edinburgh City
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
14 7 2 Played P 1 7 14
6 4 0 Won W 0 5 8
4 1 0 Drew D 0 1 2
4 2 2 Lost L 1 1 4
23 13 1 Scored S 0 19 31
17 7 5 Conceded C 2 9 18
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
86% 86% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 79%
50% 43% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 86% 64%
36% 43% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 57% 50%
14% 14% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 29% 29%
50% 29% 50% BTTS BTTS 0% 71% 64%
36% 57% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 14% 14%
14% 14% 50% Failed to Score F T 100% 14% 21%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.3 1 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.2 2
3 1 1 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
9.2 9.6 5.5 Shots (avg) S ( 10 13.3 12.2
4.1 4.3 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 6.7 5.8
40% 43% 17% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 42% 39%
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • All of Edinburgh City's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Edinburgh City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Edinburgh City have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
  • Edinburgh City have the fewest matches under the total-line (5) in League Two
  • Edinburgh City have the most matches over the total-line (7) in League Two
  • Edinburgh City have the most scored goals (19) away in League Two
  • Edinburgh City have the most scored goals (31) in League Two
  • Edinburgh City haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Stranraer 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 Queen's Park 14 12 2 0 30 5 7 6 1 0 18 4 7 6 1 0 12 1 25 38
2 Elgin City 14 9 1 4 27 14 8 5 1 2 15 7 6 4 0 2 12 7 13 28
3 Edinburgh City 14 8 2 4 31 18 7 3 1 3 12 9 7 5 1 1 19 9 13 26
4 Stirling Albion 14 7 5 2 20 11 7 4 2 1 6 3 7 3 3 1 14 8 9 26
5 Stranraer 14 6 4 4 23 17 7 4 1 2 13 7 7 2 3 2 10 10 6 22
6 Stenhousemuir 14 5 4 5 19 19 7 4 2 1 12 7 7 1 2 4 7 12 0 19
7 Annan Athletic 14 2 5 7 11 20 6 0 2 4 4 13 8 2 3 3 7 7 -9 11
8 Albion Rovers 14 3 2 9 13 29 7 1 1 5 6 13 7 2 1 4 7 16 -16 11
9 Cowdenbeath 14 2 3 9 8 24 7 1 2 4 5 12 7 1 1 5 3 12 -16 9
10 Brechin City 14 1 2 11 7 32 7 0 2 5 4 19 7 1 0 6 3 13 -25 5

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.