League Two match preview: Stranraer versus Elgin City

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Competition: Scotland League Two
Competition: Sat 17.October
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stair Park (5600 seats)

It's the first game of the new season for Stranraer and Elgin City. The canvas is blank, the possibilities endless.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Stranraer form and stats

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

It's been an intense period of training leading up to this game for Stranraer, who have participated in two training matches. Stranraer have won 0 of these, drawn 0 and were beaten in 2 games.

Disaster struck Stranraer last season as they could not defend their status as a League One team. With 15 defeats from 27 games, and only 2 wins, relegation could not be avoided. Stranraer are hopeful of bouncing straight back up, but need to improve upon their home record from last season of W2 D4 L6.

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Elgin City form and stats

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

Just as the home team, Elgin have been through a few friendly games in the intense training period that just finished. The results from these training matches are 1 Elgin City win, 0 draws and 1 loss.

Let's have a look at how Elgin City performed last season in the League Two: They landed a 3rd position in the league table after playing out 12 victories, 7 draws and 9 defeats. In total they scored 48 and conceded 34 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 5 - drew 5 and lost 4 with 18/15 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Stranraer seven wins, one draw and Elgin City two victories. As for goals, eight matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.

Stranraer missing players

Elgin City missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Stranraer Elgin City
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Total Shots T S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
Stranraer Last season Elgin City
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
27 12   Played P   14 28
2 2   Won W   5 12
10 4   Drew D   5 7
15 6   Lost L   4 9
28 13   Scored S   18 48
57 20   Conceded C   15 34
93% 92%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   86% 93%
85% 83%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   79% 82%
59% 50%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   50% 64%
37% 25%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   21% 39%
22% 17%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 11%
63% 50%   BTTS BTTS   57% 57%
11% 17%   Clean Sheets C S   21% 21%
33% 42%   Failed to Score F T   36% 29%
 
0 0   Corners for (avg) C F   0 0
0 0   Corners against (avg) C A   0 0
1.9 1.4   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.6 1.7
2 0   Red cards R C   1 1
 
244 95   Total Shots T S   143 324
94 39   Shots on Target S O   55 140
30% 33%   Goal Efficiency G E   33% 34%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Albion Rovers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Annan Athletic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Brechin City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Cowdenbeath 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Edinburgh City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Elgin City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Queen's Park 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Stenhousemuir 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Stirling Albion 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Stranraer 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Raith Rovers 28 15 8 5 49 33 14 9 4 1 29 14 14 6 4 4 20 19 16 53
2 Falkirk 28 14 10 4 54 18 14 10 2 2 35 5 14 4 8 2 19 13 36 52
3 Airdrieonians 28 14 6 8 38 27 15 7 4 4 20 13 13 7 2 4 18 14 11 48
4 Montrose 28 15 2 11 48 38 14 9 0 5 29 19 14 6 2 6 19 19 10 47
5 East Fife 28 12 9 7 44 36 14 6 6 2 27 19 14 6 3 5 17 17 8 45
6 Dumbarton 28 11 5 12 35 44 14 6 3 5 16 14 14 5 2 7 19 30 -9 38
7 Clyde 28 9 7 12 35 43 14 7 4 3 27 18 14 2 3 9 8 25 -8 34
8 Peterhead 27 7 5 15 30 44 14 5 4 5 16 14 13 2 1 10 14 30 -14 26
9 Forfar Athletic 28 6 6 16 26 47 14 4 3 7 17 22 14 2 3 9 9 25 -21 24
10 Stranraer 27 2 10 15 28 57 12 2 4 6 13 20 15 0 6 9 15 37 -29 16
Last season 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 28 22 2 4 76 34 14 14 0 0 37 7 14 8 2 4 39 27 42 68
2 Edinburgh City 27 17 4 6 49 28 14 10 2 2 28 9 13 7 2 4 21 19 21 55
3 Elgin City 28 12 7 9 48 34 14 7 2 5 30 19 14 5 5 4 18 15 14 43
4 Cowdenbeath 27 12 5 10 37 35 14 10 2 2 23 15 13 2 3 8 14 20 2 41
5 Queen's Park 28 11 7 10 37 35 14 6 5 3 21 17 14 5 2 7 16 18 2 40
6 Stirling Albion 28 10 6 12 34 35 13 3 3 7 13 21 15 7 3 5 21 14 -1 36
7 Annan Athletic 27 9 4 14 33 54 14 6 4 4 24 22 13 3 0 10 9 32 -21 31
8 Stenhousemuir 28 7 8 13 32 48 15 3 4 8 16 29 13 4 4 5 16 19 -16 29
9 Albion Rovers 26 6 6 14 37 51 12 5 2 5 23 23 14 1 4 9 14 28 -14 24
10 Brechin City 27 4 5 18 31 60 13 2 3 8 12 25 14 2 2 10 19 35 -29 17

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Albion Rovers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Annan Athletic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Brechin City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Cowdenbeath 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Edinburgh City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Elgin City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Queen's Park 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Stenhousemuir 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Stirling Albion 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Stranraer 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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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.