The tension continues to build for the massive League One Play-offs semi-final face-off between East Fife and Edinburgh City on Saturday. As they’ve both progressed this far, and with the incentive for the side that wins the clash being a place in the final, it really does promise to be a really good game here.
View all of the East Fife v Edinburgh City predictions, poll and stats below - as well as up-to-date odds.
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Form Guide
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East Fife
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East Fife won’t want a repeat of their last result here after a 1-0 League One Play-offs loss in their previous game against Edinburgh City.
Malek Zaid (76') scored for Edinburgh City.
An interesting feature of more recent East Fife games is the high number of scores with a nil in them.
From their prior 6 matches leading up to this one, in 6 of them a bet on both teams scoring would've been a loser.
Edinburgh City
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Michael McIndoe's Edinburgh City have converted a total of 6 times in the course of their latest sextet of matches. The aggregate of goals that they have conceded during that period adds up to 6.
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Team News: East Fife
Nearly everyone is up for selection, with just the lone fitness concern for the East Fife manager Dick Campbell to contend with due to a largely intact group. 2 (East Fife) misses out.
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Team News: Edinburgh City
In an otherwise healthy group, there is just the lone fitness problem for the Edinburgh City gaffer Michael McIndoe to contend with. 3 (Edinburgh City ) won’t be playing here.
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Prediction
We’re of the opinion that East Fife should really be able to score a couple against Edinburgh City, who could well find it tough to find the back of the net.
Our selection here is for a pretty comfortable 2-0 winning score for East Fife after 90 minutes.
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⚽️ What are the best odds for the game?
Checking on the latest odds for this match in the WDW market, victory for East Fife is available for 1.7, a wager on the game finishing all-square is 3.6 & taking a punt on the win for Edinburgh City can be had at 5. Those are the most competitive bets available at the current time.
Renata Leite,
13:00 08/05/2025
Odds correct at time of publishing. All odds subject to change.
🏟️ 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 2, League One Play-offs (Semi Finals)
🔑 Key Man: Nathan Austin
Typically playing in the Striker position, Nathan Austin was born in Hertfordshire, England. Having made his senior debut playing for East Fife in the 2013 - 2014 season, the accomplished Forward has managed 13 league goals in this League Two 2024 - 2025 season to date from a total of 26 appearances.