Stranraer vs Edinburgh City Live Stream, Predictions

📊 Form Guide

Stranraer

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Stranraer will be hoping for a better result following the 3-1 League Two loss in their previous game against Stirling Albion.

The only player to score from Stranraer was Elliot Dunlop (42'). Ross McGeachie (52') and Ryan Shanley (58', 94') scored for Stirling Albion.

Chris Aitken's Stranraer have seen rewards for their attempts on goal 6 times in their last 6 outings. The corresponding number of goals that have been scored against them in that same time amounts to 8.

Looking at the pre-match facts, Stranraer:

• have not lost a league tie with Edinburgh City in their last 4 games.
• are without a home win in the past 4 league games. Fans are getting restless.

Edinburgh City

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Edinburgh City come into this encounter following a 2-0 League Two win over Elgin City in their previous outing.

For Edinburgh City, the scorers were Malek Zaid (34') and Innes Lawson (65').

Michael McIndoe's Edinburgh City have seen their efforts on goal rewarded a total of 11 times in the course of their previous six matches. The overall goals that have been scored against them during that same period equals 7.

Their previous form shows that Edinburgh City:

• remain unbeaten by Stranraer in away games against them for the last 3 league matches.
• have not won away from home in their last 2 league games.

🤜🤛 Head to head

Looking at their most recent head to head clashes stretching back to 18/03/2022 tells us that Stranraer have won 4 of these and Edinburgh City 1, with the number of drawn games standing at 1.

An aggregate of 15 goals were shared by the two clubs in this period, with 9 of them from The Blues and 6 being from The Citizens. That is an average goals per game value of 2.5.

The previous league match featuring the two was League Two match day 27 on 01/03/2025 which finished with the scoreline of Edinburgh City 0-1 Stranraer.

The match was refereed by Daniel Graves.

ℹ️ Team News: Stranraer

Nearly everyone is up for selection, with just the sole fitness concern for the Stranraer gaffer Chris Aitken to contend with due to a largely intact set of players. 7   (Stranraer) won’t play.

📋 Team News: Edinburgh City

Out of a mainly available group, there’s just the sole fitness worry for the Edinburgh City gaffer Michael McIndoe to be concerned about. 3   (Edinburgh City ) won’t be in action.

⚡ Prediction

When taking all factors into account, Edinburgh City and Stranraer may both find scoring difficult here.

There should be little in it, and a draw looks quite a realistic result. That’s why we have predicted a very competitive game with a 0-0 draw after 90 minutes.

📖 ⚽️ What are the top odds for this match?

Looking at the bookies’ prices in the 90 min. result market, backing Stranraer can be had for 2.75, backing a draw is 3.6 & taking a punt on the winner to be Edinburgh City gets you 2.2. Those are the best of the bets on offer at present.

Peter Guest, 11:02 16/04/2025