Elgin City
Scottish Challenge Cup
Dec 16, 2025 at 7.45pm UK
 
East Fife

ElginElgin City
2-3
East FifeEast Fife

Dingwall (77' pen.), Colloty (85')
FT(HT: 0-1)
Austin (9'), Peggie (60'), McKenna (63' pen.)
Coverage of the Scottish Challenge Cup Round of 32 clash between Elgin City and East Fife.

Form, Standings, Stats

Elgin City

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Last Game: Elgin 2-3 East Fife
Tuesday, December 16 at 7.45pm in Scottish Challenge Cup
Next Game: Spartans vs. Elgin
Saturday, December 20 at 3pm in Scottish League Two
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East Fife

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Last Game: Elgin 2-3 East Fife
Tuesday, December 16 at 7.45pm in Scottish Challenge Cup
Next Game: East Fife vs. Peterhead
Saturday, December 20 at 3pm in Scottish League One
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Data Analysis

Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a East Fife win with a probability of 39.3%. A win for Elgin City had a probability of 36.04% and a draw had a probability of 24.67%.

The most likely scoreline for a East Fife win was 1-2 with a probability of 8.6%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 0-1 (8.08%) and 0-2 (6.04%). The likeliest Elgin City win was 2-1 (8.18%) , while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (11.49%). The actual scoreline of 2-3 was predicted with a 3% likelihood.

Result
Elgin CityDrawEast Fife
36.04%24.67%39.3%
Both teams to score 58.89%
Goals
Over 2.5Under 2.5
55.83%44.17%
Over 3.5Under 3.5
33.45%66.55%
Elgin City Goals
Over 0.5Under 0.5
75.89%24.11%
Over 1.5Under 1.5
41.59%58.41%
East Fife Goals
Over 0.5Under 0.5
77.59%22.41%
Over 1.5Under 1.5
44.08%55.92%
Score Analysis
    Elgin City 36.04%
    East Fife 39.3%
    Draw 24.66%
Elgin CityDrawEast Fife
2-1 @ 8.18%
1-0 @ 7.69%
2-0 @ 5.47%
3-1 @ 3.88%
3-2 @ 2.9%
3-0 @ 2.59%
4-1 @ 1.38%
4-2 @ 1.03%
4-0 @ 0.92%
Other @ 2.01%
Total : 36.04%
1-1 @ 11.49%
2-2 @ 6.12%
0-0 @ 5.4%
3-3 @ 1.45%
Other @ 0.21%
Total : 24.66%
1-2 @ 8.6%
0-1 @ 8.08%
0-2 @ 6.04%
1-3 @ 4.29%
2-3 @ 3.05%
0-3 @ 3.01%
1-4 @ 1.6%
2-4 @ 1.14%
0-4 @ 1.13%
Other @ 2.36%
Total : 39.3%

Head to Head
May 3, 2025 3pm
gameweek 36
East Fife
2-0
Elgin
Jones (8'), Nicol (90+2')

McDonald (41'), Hester (90+1')
Feb 1, 2025 3pm
gameweek 23
Elgin
1-0
East Fife
Girvan (10')
Hester (84')

Munro (29'), McManus (59'), Higginbotham (65'), McKenna (81')
Dec 7, 2024 3pm
gameweek 15
East Fife
2-1
Elgin
Peggie (14'), Norey (90+7')
Trouten (23'), Easton (75'), Walker (90+4')
Gallagher (27')
Golding (23'), Murray (75'), Hyde (90+5')
Aug 3, 2024 3pm
gameweek 1
Elgin
4-2
East Fife
Girvan (38'), Murray (41'), Dingwall (49'), Sargent (85')
Hyde (6'), Gavin (64'), Sargent (85')
Munro (71'), McManus (76')
Millar (20'), Shepherd (90+5')
Mar 30, 2024 3pm
gameweek 31
East Fife
2-0
Elgin
Trouten (21'), Lyon (76')
Healy (55')

Cameron (30'), Ewan (64')