Oli Anderson previews today’s match against Elgin City.

Six wins on the spin! Victory over Edinburgh City sees the Fife train roll on. The next stop is Elgin, where the Fifers meet the Black and Whites at Borough Briggs.

Elgin City are coming off the back of a goalless draw with Clyde last weekend.

William Hill League 2 Table

Last Week’s League Results

Clyde 0-0 Elgin City

East Fife 4-1 Edinburgh City

Forfar Athletic 0-1 Stranraer

Stirling Albion 3-0 Bonnyrigg Rose

The Spartans 1-0 Peterhead

Tuesday 28th January

Bonnyrigg Rose 3-1 Stranraer.

This Weekend’s Fixtures

Elgin City vs East Fife

Edinburgh City vs Stirling Albion

Bonnyrigg Rose vs Clyde

Peterhead vs Forfar Athletic

Stranraer vs The Spartans

The Form

The Fifers

East Fife’s are on fantastic form at the moment, having won all of our last six games, accumulating a maximum 18 from a possible 18 in the league.

Firstly, a 5-1 win over The Spartans was comfortable, with Trouten at the double. McManus, Millar and Shepherd all found the back of the net too.

Alan Trouten went on to score the only goal from the spot in a 1-0 victory over tenth placed Forfar Athletic.

Midweek victory over Edinburgh City showed the squad’s character further, with a quick double countering Connor Young’s first half strike, before three goals in the last ten minutes saw the game wrapped up 4-2 in East Fife’s favour.

A commanding second half performance then saw us claim a 3-0 victory over Darren Young’ Clyde side, before our dominant first half display against Stranraer made it five wins in five.

Last week, 15 minutes of pure quality blew Edinburgh City out of the water. Eighty minutes of mediocrity drew null and void, as Nathan Austin, Adam Laaref, Reis Peggie and Alan Trouten all found the back of the net in the dying embers of the contest. Edin Lynch saw red too, in what was a shambolic end to proceedings for the Citizens, who competed well in the majority of the match.

Our Opposition

Elgin City have won two, drawn two and lost two of their last six matches.

Their losses came firstly away to Edinburgh City where they went down 1-0, before they fell 3-0 at home to Premiership side Aberdeen in the Scottish Cup, where the Black and Whites fought hard, but just came up short on the day.

Their first draw came on the 11th of January, where Forfar Athletic held Elgin to a score draw. Their most recent draw came last week on the road once more, as they played out a goalless draw against Darren Young’s ten-man Clyde side.

The wins have been big for Elgin, firstly against the aforementioned Clyde. Dylan Gavin was on hand to bag a hattrick, as they overcame the Bully Wee 4-2. Their second win came against Peterhead in a controlling display against the Blue Toon. Gavin was on the scoresheet once more, so he is a clear attacking threat, alongside new signing Kane Hester, who knows how to cause problems in this division.

Previous Encounter

East Fife 2-1 Elgin City

Saturday 7th December 2024, MGM Timber Bayview Stadium

Jess Norey bagged a 97th minute winner for the Methil Milan the last time the sides met, sending the East Fife faithful into raptures following an action-packed contest.

Reis Peggie opened the scoring, though was pegged back by Mark Gallagher’s equaliser. A tight second half saw both sides chasing the winner, though it came for the side in black and gold in the seventh minute of added time to claim all three points on the day.

Squad News

We’re pleased to confirm that the signing of Michael McKenna has now be ratified by the SFA and he is available for selection this afternoon.

Ins: The Campbell’s have an almost-full squad, with new signing Michael McKenna adding both depth and quality to an already thriving unit.

Outs: Gregor Nicol remains sidelined from injury. There are no fresh injury concerns ahead of today’s game.

Match Tickets

Please find match ticket prices below. Tickets can be purchased on Elgin’s Fanbase page, or at the turnstiles today.

Stand/Terrace.

Adult- £18/£16

Concessions- £12/10

Under 16-Free with a paying adult.

Live Stream

For our international fans, live streaming for today’s game will be available on EFTV, using a monthly, or annual Gold Pass. Today’s commentator will be Oli Anderson

Club Colours

The Fifers will don the Back Onside sponsored away kit. They will wear the Argentina-esque sky blue and white striped kit, with white shorts and socks. The Fife goalkeeper will wear orange for the match.

Elgin will be in their away colours of a black and red shirt, with black shorts and red socks. The Elgin ‘keeper will be clad in yellow for the clash.

Officials

The referee today will be Daniel Graves, with Steven Wilson and Owen Lawrence running the lines.

Mon the Fife!