- Elgin City have the home field advantage in this fixture but the form guides suggest that the visitors have an advantage in this game.
- Forfar Athletic edged Elgin City 1-0 when they met in the League Two 2024/2025 season, but the last 3 meetings have been evenly split at 1 win apiece and 1 draw.
Elgin’s home woes may continue when Loons arrive in town
Elgin City (6 points from 8 games) have an inferior League Two 2025/2026 record to that of 4th-placed Forfar Athletic (11 points from 8) and Allan Hale’s side have been woeful at home so far this season, claiming just 1 win and 3 defeats from their 4 fixtures at Borough Briggs.
The Loons have lost just once in their last 5 matches (W3, D1, L1) and they returned to back-to-back victories in midweek at home to Annan Athletic and Aberdeen FC II after a 1-1 draw away at FC Edinburgh in their previous outing. Jim Weir’s team are built around structure, work-rate and playing direct football, but their players are disciplined and organized enough to be a threat from wide areas and set-pieces.
Elgin City have been all attack at Borough Briggs this term, with Hale introducing a high-tempo, front-foot 4-3-3 system that demands high pressing and a lot of width in the final third. This will be a chess match in the midfield and wide zones on Saturday and, although Elgin City vs Forfar Athletic prediction suggests Hale’s change of approach has made Elgin a more dangerous attacking force at home, the stats suggest they are still very fragile defensively.
All square at the Borough as home advantage holds little sway
Elgin are averaging 1.75 goals scored and 2.00 goals conceded per game at Borough Briggs in League Two 2025/2026, which tells us that they are attacking with confidence, but also leaving the door open for the opposition to profit.
According to this Elgin City vs Forfar Athletic prediction, Hale’s men have a slight edge in the betting here at 2.3, but Forfar’s 2.7 is just as appealing for the away win while the draw is a huge 3.2. With both teams in inconsistent form, it is difficult to pick a winner and the smart play here is to take the points even in the match result market.
Our Elgin City vs Forfar Athletic preview notes that Weir has the sharpshooter in Martin Rennie (3 goals from 8 League Two games this campaign), while Josh Walker (3 goals from 8) is the most likely to get on the scoresheet for Elgin. With both sides struggling for goals, the Elgin City vs Forfar Athletic betting tips underline that the Under 2.5 goals market at 1.82 looks an excellent alternative play.
