Stirling Albion make the trip to Meadowbank Stadium on Saturday for the League One tie with hosts Edinburgh City.
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Edinburgh City will be looking to improve on their last outing here after a 1-2 League One defeat in their last game at the hands of Annan Athletic.
The only player to score from Edinburgh City was Olly McDonald (37'). Matty Douglas (45') and Aidan Smith (53') scored for Annan Athletic.
Matches featuring Edinburgh City have often been lively affairs of late with a lot of goalmouth action being a common characteristic. Over their past half dozen games, the sum total of 22 goals have gone in for both sides combined (at an average of 3.67 goals per game) with 6 of those accredited to Edinburgh City.
Coming into this meeting, Edinburgh City haven't won against Stirling Albion in their previous 4 matches in the league.
In their previous fixture, Stirling Albion drew 0-0 in the League One tie with Queen Of The South.
The attacking players from Stirling Albion have suffered from a lack of goals in their past 6 clashes, recording the unsatisfactory return of just 4. In those matches, The Binos have also seen the collective goal aggregate of their opponents equal 13. That sort of pattern wonโt necessarily follow through into this match, of course.
Coming into this fixture, Stirling Albion havenโt won away from home in the past 6 league matches.
Looking at their most recent head-to-head clashes stretching back to 20/11/2021 shows us that Edinburgh City have won 2 of them & Stirling Albion 4, with the number of drawn matches standing at 0.
A total of 18 goals were produced between them in these games, with 4 for The Citizens and 14 created by The Binos. The average goals per game has been 3.
The previous league contest featuring the two was League One match day 26 on 24/02/2024 when the final score was Stirling Albion 4-0 Edinburgh City.
The match was refereed by Greg Soutar.
The Edinburgh City manager Michael McIndoe does not have any fitness worries whatsoever ahead of this clash owing to a fully injury-free squad to pick from.
With a fully healthy squad ready to go, the Stirling Albion boss Darren Young has zero fitness concerns at all before this clash.
Weโre thinking that Edinburgh City have the firepower to score against this Stirling Albion team, although one goal is unlikely to be enough to give them the result that they want.
We can see a very close game with a 1-2 winning score for Stirling Albion at the end of this one. Hopefully this is a good one.
Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Renata Leite, 14:07 26/04/2024
๐๏ธ Team Focus:
Edinburgh City
Formed: 1928
Stadium: Meadowbank Stadium (1,320)
Captain: Alieu Faye
Chairman: John Dickson
Manager: Michael McIndoe
Competitions: League One position 10
โญ Star Player: Olly McDonald
Mostly taking to the field in the Striker position, Olly McDonald was born in Bellshill, Scotland. After having made a senior debut playing for Clyde in the 2022 - 2023 season, the dangerous Forward has scored 3 league goals in this League One 2023 - 2024 season to date in a total of 14 appearances.
| Stirling Albion |
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Edinburgh City |
| Edinburgh City |
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Stirling Albion |
| Stirling Albion |
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Edinburgh City |
| Stirling Albion |
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Edinburgh City |
| Edinburgh City |
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Stirling Albion |
| Stirling Albion |
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Edinburgh City |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | +/- | Pts | Form |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
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34 | 27 | 7 | 0 | 68 | 88 | WWWWD |
| 2 |
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34 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 41 | 68 | WDWLW |
| 3 |
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34 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 55 | LDWDW |
| 4 |
|
34 | 13 | 8 | 13 | -2 | 47 | LLDLL |
| 5 |
|
34 | 13 | 7 | 14 | -5 | 46 | LWLLL |
| 6 |
|
34 | 12 | 8 | 14 | -10 | 44 | LWWWD |
| 7 |
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34 | 10 | 8 | 16 | -8 | 38 | WDLWD |
| 8 |
|
34 | 9 | 10 | 15 | -13 | 37 | WDLWW |
| 9 |
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34 | 9 | 8 | 17 | -21 | 35 | WLLLD |
| 10 |
|
34 | 3 | 5 | 26 | -56 | 8 | LLLWL |
| Edinburgh City |
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Annan Athletic |
| Edinburgh City |
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Montrose |
| Queen Of The South |
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Edinburgh City |
| Kelty Hearts |
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Edinburgh City |
| Falkirk |
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Edinburgh City |
| Edinburgh City |
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Alloa Athletic |
| Stirling Albion |
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Queen Of The South |
| Kelty Hearts |
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Stirling Albion |
| Stirling Albion |
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Alloa Athletic |
| Cove Rangers |
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Stirling Albion |
| Stirling Albion |
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Montrose |
| Hamilton Academical |
|
Stirling Albion |
| Edinburgh City |
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Annan Athletic |
| Edinburgh City |
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Montrose |
| Edinburgh City |
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Alloa Athletic |
| Edinburgh City |
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Cove Rangers |
| Edinburgh City |
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Queen Of The South |
| Edinburgh City |
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Kelty Hearts |
| Kelty Hearts |
|
Stirling Albion |
| Cove Rangers |
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Stirling Albion |
| Hamilton Academical |
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Stirling Albion |
| Queen Of The South |
|
Stirling Albion |
| Annan Athletic |
|
Stirling Albion |
| Alloa Athletic |
|
Stirling Albion |
| Goals scored | 1.2 |
| Goals conceded | 2.5 |
| Time first goal scored | 37 |
| Time first goal conceded | 30 |
| Yellow cards | 2.5 |
| Red cards | 0.1 |
| Subs used | 3.6 |
| Biggest victory | 3-0 |
| Biggest defeat | 5-1 |
| Goals scored | 0.7 |
| Goals conceded | 2.1 |
| Time first goal scored | 42 |
| Time first goal conceded | 30 |
| Yellow cards | 2.1 |
| Red cards | 0.2 |
| Subs used | 3.9 |
| Biggest victory | 3-1 |
| Biggest defeat | 5-0 |
| Robbie Mahon | 7 |
| Olly McDonald | 3 |
| Innes Murray | 3 |
| Ouzy See | 3 |
| Danny Handling | 3 |
| Dale Carrick | 8 |
| Josh Cooper | 6 |
| Paul McLean | 3 |
| Kieran Offord | 3 |
| Cammy Clark | 2 |
| Edinburgh City |
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Stirling Albion |
| Cove Rangers |
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Edinburgh City |
| Edinburgh City |
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Stirling Albion |
| Stirling Albion |
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Annan Athletic |
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