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The two sides are preparing for League Cup action on Tuesday as Stranraer meet Edinburgh City.
View all Stranraer v Edinburgh City tips, stats and our pre-match poll below - along with the latest match odds.
Stranraer will play in this fixture following a 2-2 League Cup drawn game vs Alloa Athletic.
For Stranraer, the goals were scored by Lewis Gillie (39') and Aaron Quigg (75'). Luke Rankin (62', 79') scored for Alloa Athletic. Alloa Athletic won the match 3-4 in a dramatic penalty shootout.
It has not been often in recent games where Stranraer have kept a clean sheet. It will be a concern for them that Stranraer have been scored against in 5 of their previous 6 clashes, letting in 8 goals in the process. We will find out if that trend will end up being continued on in this game.
Since being beaten in their last game against Ayr United in League Cup action, Edinburgh City and their travelling supporters will be hoping that they can get a better result in this one.
Owen Stirton (62') and Kenzie Mitchell (77') scored for Ayr United.
The trend of at least one team not managing to score in games involving Edinburgh City has been noticeable of late. Checking on their last six meetings reveals that it has happened 5 times. During those clashes, opposing sides have hit a goal tally of 8 and Edinburgh City have scored 10.
If we look at their past head to head meetings going back to 19/04/2025, it’s been all-even between these two clubs with Stranraer winning 2 of those games, Edinburgh City 2 and 2 being drawn in normal time.
A combined sum of 16 goals were yielded between them during those clashes, with 8 of them for The Blues and 8 coming from The Citizens. The average number of goals per game works out to 2.67.
The previous league fixture between these clubs was League Two match day 28 on 07/03/2026 and the score finished Edinburgh City 4-1 Stranraer.
The match was refereed by Peter Stuart.
It doesn’t get much better regarding selection, with just a single fitness concern for the Stranraer gaffer Chris Aitken to be concerned about thanks to an almost full-strength group of players. 1 (Stranraer) is sidelined.
Owing to an otherwise available squad, there is just the lone fitness problem for the Edinburgh City gaffer Michael McIndoe to be concerned about. 10 (Edinburgh City) misses out for this game.
In our opinion, Edinburgh City have the capability to find the net against this Stranraer outfit, although it may not be as many as they will have scored against them.
We’re predicting a very close game with a 2-1 victory for Stranraer at the end of the 90 minutes. Should be a good one.
Turning to the betting odds on the 90 minute result market, victory for Stranraer is best priced at 1.57, a bet on the draw is 3.9 and selecting a win for Edinburgh City will get you 4.5. These are the top returns available at this very moment.
Victor Martins, 10:20 21/07/2026
🏟️ Team Focus:
Stranraer
Formed: 1870
Stadium: Stair Park (4,178)
Captain: Bernard Coll
Chairman: Iain Dougan
Manager: Chris Aitken
Competitions: League Cup (Group G)
| Edinburgh City |
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Stranraer |
| Stranraer |
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Edinburgh City |
| Edinburgh City |
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Stranraer |
| Stranraer |
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Edinburgh City |
| Edinburgh City |
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Stranraer |
| Stranraer |
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Edinburgh City |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | +/- | Pts | Form |
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| 1 |
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | LWLLD |
| 2 |
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | WWWWL |
| 3 |
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | DWLLL |
| 4 |
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | LLLLW |
| 5 |
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | LLDDL |
| 6 |
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | WWWWD |
| 7 |
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 8 |
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | LLDDD |
| 9 |
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | DWLDW |
| 10 |
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | WLWDD |
| Alloa Athletic |
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Stranraer |
| Stranraer |
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Ayr United |
| Elgin City |
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Stranraer |
| Stranraer |
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Stirling Albion |
| Stranraer |
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Forfar Athletic |
| Spartans |
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Stranraer |
| Ayr United |
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Edinburgh City |
| Edinburgh City |
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Alloa Athletic |
| Edinburgh City |
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Falkirk |
| Edinburgh City |
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Brora Rangers |
| Brora Rangers |
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Edinburgh City |
| Edinburgh City |
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Dumbarton |
| Stranraer |
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Stirling Albion |
| Stranraer |
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Forfar Athletic |
| Stranraer |
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Dumbarton |
| Stranraer |
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Clyde |
| Stranraer |
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East Kilbride |
| Stranraer |
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Elgin City |
| Forfar Athletic |
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Edinburgh City |
| East Kilbride |
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Edinburgh City |
| Stirling Albion |
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Edinburgh City |
| Annan Athletic |
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Edinburgh City |
| Elgin City |
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Edinburgh City |
| Clyde |
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Edinburgh City |
| Deryn Lang | 13 |
| Mark Russell | 8 |
| Aaron Quigg | 5 |
| James Dolan | 4 |
| Dean Cleland | 3 |
| Innes Lawson | 13 |
| Robbie Mahon | 10 |
| Divine Iserhienrhien | 6 |
| Jack Duncan | 4 |
| Bradley Barrett | 3 |
| Stranraer |
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Edinburgh City |
| Falkirk |
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Stranraer |
| Clyde |
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Stranraer |
| Stranraer |
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Annan Athletic |
| Stranraer |
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Spartans |
| Stirling Albion |
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Stranraer |
| Stranraer |
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Kelty Hearts |
| Forfar Athletic |
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Stranraer |
| Stranraer |
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Dumbarton |
| Elgin City |
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Stranraer |
| Stranraer |
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Edinburgh City |
| Edinburgh City |
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Elgin City |
| Spartans |
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Edinburgh City |
| Dumbarton |
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Edinburgh City |
| Edinburgh City |
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Annan Athletic |
| Edinburgh City |
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Forfar Athletic |
| Clyde |
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Edinburgh City |
| Edinburgh City |
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Stirling Albion |
| Kelty Hearts |
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Edinburgh City |
| Stranraer |
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Edinburgh City |
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