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The League Two match at Ochilview Park on Saturday sees home team Stenhousemuir take to the field against Elgin City.
Our Stenhousemuir v Elgin City tips, poll and stats can be seen in full below - as well as up-to-date odds.
๐ Form Guide
Stenhousemuir
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Stenhousemuir go into this match coming off the back of a 0-0 League Two drawn game against East Fife.
Stenhousemuir havenโt exactly had impressive attacking statistics of late. Their goals record stands at just 2 vs opponents over their previous 6 fixtures. In those games, Stenhousemuir have also seen the tally of goals against them come to 1. Previous results aside, weโll just have to find out whether the trend will be maintained in this upcoming match.
Analysis of their past results shows that Stenhousemuir:
- haven't lost in the league to Elgin City in their last 5 games.
- are unbeaten in their last 3 home league matches.
- are without a win at home for the past 4 league matches. That's never good.
Elgin City
LWWDLD โ
In their previous fixture, Elgin City drew 2-2 in the League Two match with Spartans.
For Elgin City, the scorers were Brian Cameron (48') and Ryan MacLeman (59'). Blair Henderson (34', 66') scored for Spartans.
The stats donโt lie, and Elgin City have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, with opponents netting 8 goals overall. At the back, Elgin City have seen their frailties exposed.
Going into this one, Elgin City haven't beaten Stenhousemuir when they have played them away from home in the previous 4 league games. Not the best of away records.
๐ฅ Head to head
Looking at their past head to head clashes dating back to 03/12/2022 tells us that Stenhousemuir have won 2 of them and Elgin City 1, with the number of drawn matches standing at 3.
A total of 15 goals were scored between them throughout the course of those matches, with 9 from The Warriors and 6 coming from The Black and Whites . That is an average goals per game value of 2.5.
The last league fixture between these sides was League Two match day 25 on 17/02/2024 when the final score was Elgin City 2-2 Stenhousemuir.
The match was refereed by Duncan Williams.
๐ Team News: Stenhousemuir
The Stenhousemuir boss Gary Naysmith will be grateful to have no fitness concerns to speak of before this match thanks to a completely healthy group to pick from.
๐ฐ Team News: Elgin City
Thanks to a completely healthy squad to pick from, the Elgin City boss Allan Hale has no fitness worries at all before this match.
โก Prediction
In our opinion, Stenhousemuir will probably be able to create a high number of chances and successful shots on target.
At the other end, Elgin City are also probably going to find it difficult to score - but, we do see them scoring.
Our selection here is for a decent 3-1 winning margin for Stenhousemuir after 90 minutes.
Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Andre Moura, 13:02 13/04/2024
โฝ๏ธ Team Focus:
Stenhousemuir
Formed: 1884
Stadium: Ochilview Park (3,746)
Captain: Gregor Buchanan
Chairman: Iain McMenemy
Manager: Gary Naysmith
Competitions: League Two position 1
โญ Key Player: Adam Brown
Regularly used in the Right Wing position, Adam Brown was born in Falkirk, Scotland. After making a first senior appearance for St Mirren in the 2014 - 2015 season, the dangerous Forward has netted 5 league goals in this League Two 2023 - 2024 season so far from a total of 31 appearances.
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | +/- | Pts | Form |
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1 |
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32 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 21 | 65 | DDDDD |
2 |
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32 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 17 | 52 | WDDWD |
3 |
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32 | 15 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 52 | LWWDW |
4 |
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32 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 50 | DLDWD |
5 |
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32 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 44 | WDWWD |
6 |
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32 | 10 | 7 | 15 | -21 | 37 | WWDLD |
7 |
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32 | 7 | 15 | 10 | -5 | 36 | WDDLL |
8 |
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32 | 7 | 11 | 14 | -7 | 32 | LLLDD |
9 |
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32 | 7 | 10 | 15 | -15 | 31 | LWDLW |
10 |
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32 | 8 | 7 | 17 | -15 | 31 | LLLDL |
Clyde |
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East Fife |
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Peterhead |
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Spartans |
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Bonnyrigg Rose |
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Goals scored | 1.5 |
Goals conceded | 1 |
Time first goal scored | 30 |
Time first goal conceded | 45 |
Yellow cards | 2.2 |
Red cards | 0.1 |
Subs used | 3.9 |
Biggest victory | 5-0 |
Biggest defeat | 6-1 |
Goals scored | 0.7 |
Goals conceded | 2.3 |
Time first goal scored | 55 |
Time first goal conceded | 36 |
Yellow cards | 2.3 |
Red cards | 0.1 |
Subs used | 3.3 |
Biggest victory | 2-1 |
Biggest defeat | 6-0 |
Matthew Aitken | 14 |
Gregor Buchanan | 6 |
Adam Brown | 5 |
Euan O'Reilly | 5 |
Matty Yates | 5 |
Russell Dingwall | 5 |
Brian Cameron | 3 |
Connall Ewan | 3 |
Robert Jones | 3 |
Ryan MacLeman | 3 |
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Clyde |