FM Preview: Alloa Athletic v Elgin City 26 Dec 2011

Last updated : 25 December 2011 By Footymad Previewer

Footymad preview History of the Alloa Athletic v Elgin City fixture

Elgin City pack their bags to visit Alloa Athletic at Recreation Park on Monday afternoon, looking to break their duck against the hosts. Both of the previous encounters have resulted in a drawn game.

The previous match played between the two at Recreation Park was more than three years back, in August 2008, with Alloa Athletic running out comfortable 2-0 winners in a Scottish League Cup match.

Recent encounters between the teams

Season Date Team Result Team Comp
2011/2012 Sat 01 Oct Elgin City 5 - 0 Alloa Ath. Scottish Division Three
2008/2009 Tue 05 Aug Alloa Ath. 2-0 Elgin City Scottish League Cup
2004/2005 Sat 31 Jul Alloa Ath. 2 - 0 Elgin City Scottish Challenge Cup

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Recent respective form guides

Alloa Athletic are unbeaten in their last six home games, but have drawn three of them. A total of 10 goals have been scored by the Wasps in those games, with 6 conceded.

The away form of Elgin City is pretty dire, collecting just 4 draws from the last six contests. While the City have hit 4 goals, 7 have hit the back of the wrong net.

Alloa Athletic are just outside the promotion places, in 3rd, having taken 30 points from 16 games.

Elgin City lie just outside the playoff positions in the Irn Bru Scottish Division Three, picking up 22 from their 13 games so far.

Current overall team form

Team P W D L F A P
Alloa Athletic 6 2 4 0 7 5 10
Elgin City 6 1 4 1 8 8 7

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FootyMad's prediction ...

FootyMad see this game edging towards a narrow win for the Wasps, as the City have been none too clever on the road in recent matches. Home win

Sequence statistics

Team Sequences
Alloa Athletic Unbeaten in the last 8 home games.
Unbeaten run of 7 matches.
Elgin City Not won in previous 6 away matches.
No win in the 4 most recent games.

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