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East Fife come up against visiting opponents Elgin City at MGM Timber Bayview Stadium in this League Two tie on Saturday.
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๐ Form Guide
East Fife
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East Fife fans will want a repeat of their previous result, being the 2-1 League Two triumph against Stranraer.
For East Fife, the scorers were James Lyon (55') and Jack Healy (84'). Matty Grant (11') scored for Stranraer.
East Fife havenโt been able to stop scoring goals, netting every time theyโve gone out to play in their last 6 games.
They have hit an aggregate of 12 during that time while also conceding a total of 6. It will be interesting to find out if that trend will end up being continued on into this next match.
Ahead of this clash, East Fife are undefeated in their previous 4 home league matches.
Elgin City
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In their last fixture, Elgin City drew 1-1 in the League Two tie with Forfar Athletic.
The only name on the scoresheet from Elgin City was Lyall Booth (25'). Craig Thomson (31') scored for Forfar Athletic.
In their previous half-dozen outings, Elgin City have amassed the sum of 8 goals. Elgin City have also managed to score in every single one of those games. During those fixtures, their defenders have seen 7 goals go against them.
Ahead of this meeting, Elgin City have left without a victory over East Fife when having played them away from home in the previous 3 league matches.
๐ค๐ค Head to head
Looking at their most recent head to head clashes stretching back to 07/01/2023 tells us that East Fife have won 4 of them & Elgin City 1, with the number of draws being 1.
A combined total of 16 goals were scored between the two sides throughout the course of those matches, with 12 of them for The Fife and 4 netted by The Black and Whites . The average number of goals per game works out to 2.67.
The last league contest featuring these clubs was League Two match day 23 on 03/02/2024 when it ended Elgin City 1-0 East Fife.
The referee was Alex Shepherd.
๐๏ธ Team News: East Fife
The East Fife manager Dick Campbell has a full complement, with no fitness worries whatsoever coming into this clash owing to a completely healthy group ready to go.
โน๏ธ Team News: Elgin City
Thanks to a completely healthy group available to select from, the Elgin City manager Allan Hale doesnโt have any fitness concerns at all ahead of this clash.
๐ง Prediction
In our opinion, Elgin City will do well to get anything against this East Fife team who we think will be able to grind out a win.
We therefore fancy a hard-fought 1-0 victory for East Fife at the end of this one.
Hoping for a good game.
Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Victor Martins, 14:05 30/03/2024
โฝ๏ธ Team Focus:
East Fife
Formed: 1903
Stadium: MGM Timber Bayview Stadium (1,980)
Captain: Stewart Murdoch
Chairman: Jim Stevenson
Manager: Dick Campbell
Competitions: League Two position 5
๐ Star Man: Nathan Austin
Generally playing in the Striker position, Nathan Austin was born in Hertfordshire, England. After having made a senior debut playing for East Fife in the 2013 - 2014 season, the gifted Forward has got 13 league goals in the League Two 2023 - 2024 campaign so far from a total of 28 appearances.
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | +/- | Pts | Form |
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1 |
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30 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 21 | 63 | LWDDD |
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30 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 14 | 48 | DLWDD |
3 |
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30 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 48 | WLLWW |
4 |
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30 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 46 | LDDLD |
5 |
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30 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 40 | DWWDW |
6 |
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30 | 7 | 15 | 8 | -2 | 36 | DDWDD |
7 |
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30 | 10 | 6 | 14 | -19 | 36 | DLWWD |
8 |
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30 | 7 | 9 | 14 | -7 | 30 | LDLLL |
9 |
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30 | 8 | 6 | 16 | -14 | 30 | DWLLL |
10 |
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30 | 6 | 10 | 14 | -13 | 28 | WWLWD |
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Bonnyrigg Rose |
Stenhousemuir |
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Elgin City |
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Stranraer |
Peterhead |
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Dumbarton |
Stenhousemuir |
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Elgin City |
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Spartans |
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Forfar Athletic |
Stranraer |
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Bonnyrigg Rose |
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Stranraer |
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Dumbarton |
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Forfar Athletic |
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Stenhousemuir |
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Spartans |
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Peterhead |
Stranraer |
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Clyde |
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Forfar Athletic |
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Goals scored | 1.4 |
Goals conceded | 1.4 |
Time first goal scored | 25 |
Time first goal conceded | 36 |
Yellow cards | 1.5 |
Red cards | 0 |
Subs used | 3.2 |
Biggest victory | 4-0 |
Biggest defeat | 3-0 |
Goals scored | 0.7 |
Goals conceded | 2.3 |
Time first goal scored | 55 |
Time first goal conceded | 37 |
Yellow cards | 2.3 |
Red cards | 0.1 |
Subs used | 3.3 |
Biggest victory | 2-1 |
Biggest defeat | 6-0 |
Nathan Austin | 13 |
Alan Trouten | 11 |
Brogan Walls | 4 |
Scott Shepherd | 3 |
Brian Easton | 2 |
Russell Dingwall | 5 |
Brian Cameron | 3 |
Connall Ewan | 3 |
Robert Jones | 3 |
Ryan MacLeman | 3 |
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Clyde |
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Spartans |
Elgin City |
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Peterhead |
Dumbarton |
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Elgin City |
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Clyde |