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Elgin City vs Forfar Athletic Live Stream, Predictions
The League Two fixture at Borough Briggs on Saturday will see home side Elgin City go up against opponents Forfar Athletic.
For all of our match predictions, pre-game poll and statistics for Elgin City v Forfar Athletic, scroll down - as well as up-to-date odds.
๐ Form Guide
Elgin City
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Elgin City, buoyed by their previous result, will be hoping for more of the same after a 1-2 League Two success over Stranraer.
For Elgin City, the goals were scored by Connall Ewan (53'), Freddy Jeffreys (64') and Mark Gallagher (79' Own goal).
Elgin City havenโt been able to stop scoring goals, netting every time theyโve gone out to play in their last 6 matches.
Theyโve claimed a sum of 9 during that period while also conceding a total of 7.
Going into this contest, Elgin City are unbeaten in their last 4 league matches at home.
Forfar Athletic
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Last time out, Forfar Athletic drew 1-1 in the League Two tie with Stenhousemuir.
The only player to score from Forfar Athletic was Adam Hutchinson (85'). James Berry (24') scored for Stenhousemuir.
Ray McKinnon's Forfar Athletic have found the back of the net 9 times throughout their most recent 6 matches. The aggregate of goals that have been scored against them during those same clashes comes to 6.
Analysis of their past results shows that Forfar Athletic:
- haven't won against Elgin City when they have played them away from home in the previous 2 league games.
- are undefeated in their previous 4 away league matches.
- havenโt won away from home in the past 2 league matches.
๐ฅ Head to head
An examination of their most recent head to head clashes stretching back to 02/01/2023 shows that Elgin City have won 3 of these and Forfar Athletic 1, with the number of drawn results standing at 2.
A combined sum of 7 goals were scored between the two sides during those clashes, with 5 from The Black and Whites and 2 for The Loons. That is an average goals per game value of 1.17.
The previous league encounter featuring these clubs was League Two match day 20 on 13/01/2024 when it ended Forfar Athletic 2-1 Elgin City.
The match was refereed by Alastair Grieve.
๐ Team News: Elgin City
The Elgin City manager Allan Hale will be grateful to have no fitness concerns whatsoever ahead of this game with a completely healthy squad available to choose from.
๐ฐ Team News: Forfar Athletic
Owing to a fully healthy group available for selection, the Forfar Athletic boss Ray McKinnon does not have any fitness worries whatsoever coming into this game.
๐ก Prediction
Weโre thinking that Forfar Athletic and Elgin City should both get enough opportunities to score, although itโs hard to separate the two.
Letโs see how it plays out, but a draw is looking likely to us. Weโre therefore expecting a very even match with a 1-1 score when all is said and done.
Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Victor Martins, 14:02 23/03/2024
๐๏ธ Team Focus:
Elgin City
Formed: 1893
Stadium: Borough Briggs (4,520)
Captain: Matthew Cooper
Chairman: Isla Benzie
Manager: Allan Hale
Competitions: League Two position 7
๐ Star Man: Brian Cameron
Mostly taking up the Centre Midfield position, Brian Cameron was born in Scotland. After having made a senior debut playing for Elgin City in the 2007 - 2008 season, the accomplished Midfielder has hit 2 league goals in this League Two 2023 - 2024 season to date coming from a total of 27 appearances.
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | +/- | Pts | Form |
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1 |
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29 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 21 | 62 | DLWDD |
2 |
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29 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 47 | DDLWD |
3 |
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29 | 13 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 45 | WWLLW |
4 |
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29 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 45 | WLDDL |
5 |
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29 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 37 | WDWWD |
6 |
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29 | 7 | 14 | 8 | -2 | 35 | WDDWD |
7 |
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29 | 10 | 5 | 14 | -19 | 35 | DDLWW |
8 |
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29 | 7 | 9 | 13 | -5 | 30 | LLDLL |
9 |
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29 | 8 | 6 | 15 | -13 | 30 | LDWLL |
10 |
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29 | 6 | 9 | 14 | -13 | 27 | LWWLW |
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Forfar Athletic |
Stranraer |
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Bonnyrigg Rose |
Clyde |
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Elgin City |
Peterhead |
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Stenhousemuir |
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Forfar Athletic |
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Stenhousemuir |
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Clyde |
Stranraer |
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Forfar Athletic |
East Fife |
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Forfar Athletic |
Clyde |
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Elgin City |
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Bonnyrigg Rose |
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Stenhousemuir |
Elgin City |
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East Fife |
Elgin City |
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Clyde |
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Dumbarton |
Elgin City |
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Stranraer |
Stranraer |
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Forfar Athletic |
East Fife |
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Clyde |
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Dumbarton |
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Stenhousemuir |
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Peterhead |
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Goals scored | 1.2 |
Goals conceded | 0.9 |
Time first goal scored | 39 |
Time first goal conceded | 35 |
Yellow cards | 2 |
Red cards | 0 |
Subs used | 2.9 |
Biggest victory | 2-0 |
Biggest defeat | 4-0 |
Goals scored | 1 |
Goals conceded | 0.9 |
Time first goal scored | 37 |
Time first goal conceded | 39 |
Yellow cards | 2 |
Red cards | 0.1 |
Subs used | 3.2 |
Biggest victory | 2-0 |
Biggest defeat | 3-1 |
Russell Dingwall | 5 |
Connall Ewan | 3 |
Brian Cameron | 2 |
Dayshonne Golding | 2 |
Liam Harvey | 2 |
Stuart Morrison | 8 |
Russell McLean | 5 |
Seb Ross | 5 |
Matty Allan | 3 |
Josh Skelly | 3 |
East Fife |
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Spartans |
Stenhousemuir |
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Peterhead |
Dumbarton |
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Elgin City |
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Clyde |
Spartans |
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Forfar Athletic |
Forfar Athletic |
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Dumbarton |
Peterhead |
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East Fife |
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Stranraer |
Bonnyrigg Rose |
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