Another action-packed fixture in League Two as Stranraer welcome Elgin City

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Competition: Scotland League Two
Competition: Tue 27.April
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stair Park (5600 seats)

Stranraer and Elgin City have both delivered a "par" performance so far, to use a golfing expression. Both hold mid-table positions in the League Two.

Insights:
  • Stranraer have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Stranraer form and stats

Stranraer have played 9 League Two games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 5-1-3 (wins-draws-losses).

Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Greg Fleming not having conceded a league goal in 354 minutes.

It's back home for Stranraer, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Albion Rovers away with the result 2-0. Joao Victoria and J. Hilton found the net in that victory. Preceding that match was a Scottish Cup defeat to Hibernian (0-4).

The Stranraer fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 17 goals in 9 league matches. Stranraer have only conceded 8 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Elgin City form and stats

Playing away, Elgin City have won 4 games, drawn 1 and suffered 4 defeats in the League Two this season.

Elgin has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Queen's Park for a League Two game that ended a draw (0-0). Preceding that, the 2-5 home loss versus Albion Rovers.

A new game in only two days for Elgin City, the League Two home match versus Stirling Albion. Busy days.

Elgin have scored 12 goals on their travels this season, from 9 away games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As opposed to that, Elgin City have seen the ball go into their own net 10 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Elgin City - Stranraer 2-1 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Stranraer won five games, one match ended with a draw and Elgin City has four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: eight / two

Top Goalscorers

Elgin CityK. Hester
K. Hester
10 goals
StranraerT. Orr
T. Orr
7 goals
StranraerR. Paton
R. Paton
6 goals

Stranraer missing players

Elgin City missing players

Stranraer Elgin City
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
18 9 1 Played P 1 9 18
9 5 1 Won W 0 4 9
4 1 0 Drew D 0 1 2
5 3 0 Lost L 1 4 7
30 17 4 Scored S 0 12 29
18 8 0 Conceded C 2 10 22
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 89% 94%
78% 78% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 67% 72%
44% 44% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 56% 56%
33% 44% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 22% 22%
11% 11% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 11% 17%
39% 22% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 44% 50%
44% 56% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 22% 28%
17% 22% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 44% 28%
 
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 2 1.8 1.7
3 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
9.8 10.4 18 Shots (avg) S ( 9 8 9.5
4.3 4.6 9 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3.2 4.3
39% 41% 44% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 41% 38%
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Stranraer have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • 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 18 15 3 0 37 8 9 7 2 0 19 4 9 8 1 0 18 4 29 48
2 Edinburgh City 18 11 2 5 37 22 9 4 1 4 16 13 9 7 1 1 21 9 15 35
3 Stirling Albion 18 9 5 4 27 15 9 4 2 3 6 5 9 5 3 1 21 10 12 32
4 Stranraer 18 9 4 5 30 18 9 5 1 3 17 8 9 4 3 2 13 10 12 31
5 Elgin City 18 9 2 7 29 22 9 5 1 3 17 12 9 4 1 4 12 10 7 29
6 Stenhousemuir 18 6 4 8 23 31 9 5 2 2 15 10 9 1 2 6 8 21 -8 22
7 Albion Rovers 18 5 3 10 22 35 9 1 2 6 6 15 9 4 1 4 16 20 -13 18
8 Annan Athletic 18 4 5 9 20 24 9 2 2 5 13 16 9 2 3 4 7 8 -4 17
9 Cowdenbeath 18 3 5 10 10 29 9 2 2 5 7 17 9 1 3 5 3 12 -19 14
10 Brechin City 18 1 3 14 10 41 9 0 3 6 6 23 9 1 0 8 4 18 -31 6

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.