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All eyes will be on the fascinating League One Play-offs semi-final battle between Annan Athletic and Elgin City on Saturday. As they’ve both progressed this far, and with the incentive for the winners of the clash being a coveted place in the final of the competition, it really does promise to be a thrilling encounter.
Full predictions, pre-match stats and user poll for Annan Athletic v Elgin City are shown on this page - plus the latest match odds.
Annan Athletic will be looking for a repeat result of a 2-4 League One Play-offs success versus Elgin City.
For Annan Athletic, goals were scored by Tommy Goss (17'), Max Kilsby (23') and Tommy Muir (26', 36'). Ryan Sargent (22') and Jack Murray (45') scored for Elgin City.
It’s been all too rare in recent times where Annan Athletic have kept a clean sheet. The reality is that Annan Athletic have seen their defence breached in 6 of their previous 6 games, giving up 13 goals along the way.
A tendency of at least one team not managing to score in games involving Elgin City has become apparent recently. Checking on their last 6 outings reveals that it has happened 5 times. During those clashes, opposing sides have hit a goal aggregate of 10 and Elgin City have scored 9. That kind of pattern might not be carried forward into this game, of course.
Inspecting their prior head to head meetings stretching back to 16/07/2022 tells us that Annan Athletic have won 3 of them and Elgin City 2, with the number of drawn results being 1.
There were also goals galore in those games, with 27 overall which averages out at 4.5 goals per match.
In an otherwise full-strength group of players, there’s only the one fitness issue for the Elgin City boss Allan Hale to be concerned with. 4 (Elgin City) won’t be in action.
Our assessment is that Elgin City will manage to find the net against this Annan Athletic side, but that might not be enough to avoid a loss.
Our selection here is for a 2-1 win for Annan Athletic at the end of the match. We are expecting it to be pretty even.
Checking the latest betting odds for this match on the win-draw-win market, putting your money on Annan Athletic is best priced at 2, a wager on the game finishing all-square is 3.6 & betting on the winner to be Elgin City gets you 3.5. These are the top prices on offer at the moment.
Peter Guest, 13:00 08/05/2025
🏟️ Team Focus:
Annan Athletic
Formed: 1942
Stadium: Galabank (2,504)
Captain: Tommy Muir
Chairman: Russell Brown
Manager: Willie Gibson
Competitions: League One position 9, League One Play-offs (Semi Finals)
🔑 Key Player: Aidan Smith
Regularly played in the Left Wing position, Aidan Smith was born in Dumfries, Scotland. After having made a senior debut playing for Queen Of The South in the 2014 - 2015 season, the talented Forward has struck 5 league goals in the League One 2024 - 2025 season to date from a total of 30 appearances.
| Elgin City |
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Annan Athletic |
| Annan Athletic |
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Elgin City |
| Elgin City |
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Annan Athletic |
| Annan Athletic |
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Elgin City |
| Elgin City |
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Annan Athletic |
| Annan Athletic |
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Elgin City |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | +/- | Pts | Form |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
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36 | 19 | 7 | 10 | 16 | 64 | WWLLD |
| 2 |
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36 | 16 | 9 | 11 | 18 | 57 | LWDDW |
| 3 |
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36 | 16 | 7 | 13 | 5 | 55 | WWWWD |
| 4 |
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36 | 15 | 8 | 13 | 3 | 53 | LLDLW |
| 5 |
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36 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 51 | WWDWL |
| 6 |
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36 | 11 | 11 | 14 | -6 | 44 | LWLDW |
| 7 |
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36 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 43 | WLDWW |
| 8 |
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36 | 9 | 13 | 14 | -9 | 40 | LLDLL |
| 9 |
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36 | 10 | 6 | 20 | -27 | 36 | LLWLL |
| 10 |
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36 | 8 | 11 | 17 | -15 | 20 | WLDWL |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | +/- | Pts | Form |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
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36 | 19 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 66 | WWLWL |
| 2 |
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36 | 20 | 5 | 11 | 28 | 65 | LWWLW |
| 3 |
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36 | 17 | 5 | 14 | 7 | 56 | WWLDL |
| 4 |
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36 | 16 | 7 | 13 | 7 | 55 | LLWWL |
| 5 |
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36 | 15 | 7 | 14 | 1 | 52 | WLWLW |
| 6 |
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36 | 14 | 6 | 16 | -7 | 48 | WWLLD |
| 7 |
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36 | 11 | 10 | 15 | -5 | 43 | LDLWW |
| 8 |
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36 | 11 | 7 | 18 | -8 | 40 | LLWLL |
| 9 |
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36 | 8 | 12 | 16 | -13 | 36 | WDLDD |
| 10 |
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36 | 12 | 6 | 18 | -22 | 36 | LLWWW |
| Elgin City |
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Annan Athletic |
| Annan Athletic |
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Cove Rangers |
| Dumbarton |
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Annan Athletic |
| Annan Athletic |
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Arbroath |
| Alloa Athletic |
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Annan Athletic |
| Annan Athletic |
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Queen Of The South |
| Elgin City |
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Annan Athletic |
| East Fife |
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Elgin City |
| Elgin City |
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Stranraer |
| Elgin City |
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Peterhead |
| Edinburgh City |
|
Elgin City |
| Elgin City |
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Stirling Albion |
| Annan Athletic |
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Cove Rangers |
| Annan Athletic |
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Arbroath |
| Annan Athletic |
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Queen Of The South |
| Annan Athletic |
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Kelty Hearts |
| Annan Athletic |
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Stenhousemuir |
| Annan Athletic |
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Alloa Athletic |
| East Fife |
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Elgin City |
| Edinburgh City |
|
Elgin City |
| Bonnyrigg Rose |
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Elgin City |
| Spartans |
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Elgin City |
| Peterhead |
|
Elgin City |
| Stranraer |
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Elgin City |
| Tommy Muir | 11 |
| Aidan Smith | 5 |
| Willie Gibson | 4 |
| Paul Smith | 4 |
| Aaron Brown | 3 |
| Russell Dingwall | 9 |
| Dylan Gavin | 6 |
| Dayshonne Golding | 6 |
| Mark Gallagher | 5 |
| Jack Murray | 5 |
| Annan Athletic |
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Elgin City |
| Annan Athletic |
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Elgin City |
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