Celtic II and East Kilbride regulars eagerly anticipate Football League - Lowland League meet at Excelsior Stadium

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Competition: Scotland Football League - Lowland League
Competition: Fri 05.August
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Excelsior Stadium (10171 seats)

East Kilbride have come here for an appealing duel against the home side Celtic II. Get smart on the match with this thorough Football League - Lowland League preview!

Insights:
  • East Kilbride have the most scored goals in the second half (9) in Football League - Lowland League

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Celtic II form and stats

Celtic II have only played one Football League - Lowland League game here so far, a win. Last season their home statistics were 11 wins, 2 draws and 4 defeats from 17 matches.

It's back home for Celtic, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Civil Service Strollers away with the result 2-0.

Before that, Celtic II played out a draw 2-2 when visiting Spartans.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Celtic II as they are travelling to their away game against Albion Rovers in the Challenge Cup. That match is four days after this one.

Early season league goal statistics from Celtic II's 1 home game: 3 goals, 1 conceded.

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East Kilbride form and stats

East Kilbride are yet to lose a point on their Football League - Lowland League travels this season with 2 wins from 2 away games. East Kilbride love their trips these days, as their two previous away games have resulted in victories.

It's the second away game in a row for Kilbride, but there's smiles all around after the 3-2 victory versus BSC Glasgow (placed 8th) last time out.

Before that, East Kilbride secured a home win against Hearts U21 with the score 4-1.

There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the East Kilbride manager Rutkiewicz as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Motherwell U21.

It's early days yet, but East Kilbride has scored 6 and conceded 4 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).

Head 2 Head

Head-to-head totals (for the previous two meetings): Celtic won one game, one match ended in a draw and East Kilbride have zero wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: one / one

Celtic II missing players

East Kilbride missing players

Celtic II East Kilbride
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
4 1 0 Played P 2 2 4
2 1 0 Won W 2 2 3
1 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
1 0 0 Lost L 0 0 1
7 3 0 Scored S 6 6 13
4 1 0 Conceded C 4 4 9
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
75% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 100%
50% 100% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 100% 100%
50% 100% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 100% 100% 100%
50% 100% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 100% 100%
25% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
25% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
2 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 9
6 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 6
1 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 1.5
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
19 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 15
9 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 9.5
22% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 37%
 
6 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 8
3 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 5
Key stats in Football League - Lowland League this season:
  • East Kilbride have the most scored goals in the second half (9) in Football League - Lowland League
Celtic II Last season East Kilbride
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
34 17   Played P   17 34
23 11   Won W   13 22
4 2   Drew D   2 5
7 4   Lost L   2 7
82 33   Scored S   66 92
30 13   Conceded C   22 40
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 97%
82% 71%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   100% 88%
59% 47%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   94% 76%
35% 35%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   65% 44%
24% 12%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   53% 29%
44% 41%   BTTS BTTS   65% 59%
44% 41%   Clean Sheets C S   35% 29%
12% 18%   Failed to Score F T   0% 15%
 
4.8 4   Corners for (avg) C F   7 6.5
4.6 5.2   Corners against (avg) C A   2 4.1
1.5 1.3   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2 1.2
0 0   Red cards R C   1 1
 
12.2 12.2   Shots (avg) S (   15 13
6.7 6.7   Shots on Target (avg) S O   6 4.7
30% 30%   Goal Efficiency G E   42% 36%
 
11.1 10.5   Shots against (avg) S A   7 8.8
4.5 4.3   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3 4.1

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Bo'ness United 4 3 1 0 12 2 2 1 1 0 5 2 2 2 0 0 7 0 10 10
2 Gala Fairydean Rovers 4 3 1 0 10 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 1 0 10 6 4 10
3 Rangers U21 4 3 0 1 14 8 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 2 0 1 11 8 6 9
4 East Kilbride 4 3 0 1 13 9 2 1 0 1 7 5 2 2 0 0 6 4 4 9
5 Stirling University 4 2 2 0 11 5 2 1 1 0 6 1 2 1 1 0 5 4 6 8
6 Edusport Academy 4 2 1 1 11 6 3 1 1 1 8 4 1 1 0 0 3 2 5 7
7 Celtic II 4 2 1 1 7 4 1 1 0 0 3 1 3 1 1 1 4 3 3 7
8 BSC Glasgow 4 2 0 2 8 7 2 1 0 1 4 4 2 1 0 1 4 3 1 6
9 Tranent Juniors 3 2 0 1 5 4 2 1 0 1 3 3 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 6
10 Civil Service Strollers 4 2 0 2 6 7 4 2 0 2 6 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 6
11 Berwick Rangers 4 2 0 2 4 9 2 2 0 0 4 2 2 0 0 2 0 7 -5 6
12 Hearts U21 4 1 1 2 8 6 2 1 1 0 7 1 2 0 0 2 1 5 2 4
13 Spartans 4 1 1 2 4 7 2 1 1 0 3 2 2 0 0 2 1 5 -3 4
14 Edinburgh University 4 1 1 2 6 10 3 0 1 2 3 9 1 1 0 0 3 1 -4 4
15 Cumbernauld Colts 4 1 0 3 7 13 2 0 0 2 4 8 2 1 0 1 3 5 -6 3
16 East Stirlingshire 3 0 2 1 4 5 1 0 0 1 2 3 2 0 2 0 2 2 -1 2
17 Cowdenbeath 4 0 1 3 3 9 2 0 0 2 1 5 2 0 1 1 2 4 -6 1
18 Gretna 2008 3 0 0 3 4 12 1 0 0 1 2 3 2 0 0 2 2 9 -8 0
19 Dalbeattie Star 3 0 0 3 3 11 2 0 0 2 3 6 1 0 0 1 0 5 -8 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic 34 28 3 3 92 28 17 14 2 1 51 16 17 14 1 2 41 12 64 87
2 Rangers U21 34 24 1 9 105 42 17 13 0 4 66 23 17 11 1 5 39 19 63 73
3 Celtic II 34 23 4 7 82 30 17 11 2 4 33 13 17 12 2 3 49 17 52 73
4 East Kilbride 34 22 5 7 92 40 17 9 3 5 26 18 17 13 2 2 66 22 52 71
5 Spartans 34 20 6 8 69 45 17 10 1 6 37 22 17 10 5 2 32 23 24 66
6 East Stirlingshire 34 15 11 8 61 36 17 6 5 6 23 18 17 9 6 2 38 18 25 56
7 Civil Service Strollers 34 17 5 12 66 53 17 9 3 5 36 21 17 8 2 7 30 32 13 56
8 Berwick Rangers 34 17 3 14 75 46 17 10 2 5 43 22 17 7 1 9 32 24 29 54
9 Edusport Academy 34 15 8 11 69 48 17 6 6 5 32 25 17 9 2 6 37 23 21 53
10 Stirling University 34 13 6 15 66 68 17 6 2 9 30 29 17 7 4 6 36 39 -2 45
11 Bo'ness United 34 13 6 15 54 60 17 5 3 9 25 34 17 8 3 6 29 26 -6 45
12 Dalbeattie Star 34 14 1 19 53 65 17 8 0 9 30 29 17 6 1 10 23 36 -12 43
13 Gala Fairydean Rovers 34 11 4 19 54 66 17 5 0 12 23 38 17 6 4 7 31 28 -12 37
14 Cumbernauld Colts 34 10 5 19 53 73 17 5 3 9 29 37 17 5 2 10 24 36 -20 35
15 BSC Glasgow 34 10 4 20 42 66 17 4 3 10 21 31 17 6 1 10 21 35 -24 34
16 Edinburgh University 34 8 7 19 54 92 17 3 5 9 27 47 17 5 2 10 27 45 -38 31
17 Gretna 2008 34 2 5 27 36 109 17 1 3 13 18 56 17 1 2 14 18 53 -73 11
18 Vale of Leithen 34 1 2 31 10 166 17 0 0 17 6 98 17 1 2 14 4 68 -156 5