Football match preview: Dalbeattie Star vs Bo'ness United

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Competition: Scotland Football League - Lowland League
Competition: Sat 10.December
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Islecroft Stadium (3500 seats)

Dalbeattie Star - Bo'ness United in Football League - Lowland League: Statistics, team sheets, results, trends and news. Get our complete preview!

Insights:
  • Dalbeattie Star have the fewest scored goals (15) in Football League - Lowland League
  • Bo'ness United have scored more than double the goals of Dalbeattie Star.

Both squads have had a decent time to rest since their last work day in an official game. Let's look for an enthusiastic game!

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Dalbeattie Star form and stats

Dalbeattie Star's struggle is real here at Islecroft Stadium with only 4 points collected from 10 Football League - Lowland League games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 1-1-8.

Gaffney was the last player to score a league goal for Dalbeattie Star and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Dalbeattie Star haven't scored in 183 minutes.

The club members are hoping that Dalbeattie Star will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-4 away loss in the match against Berwick Rangers (placed 11th). As you see from the result above, Dalbeattie Star suffered greatly in their last game. Thankfully the team has a new chance to prove themselves in this one.

A defeat was the result before that one, 0-4 away at Hearts U21.

Goals, goals, goals? We don't know about this one, but we do know that 12 of the 14 most recent league matches with this club has seen three or more goals.

Dalbeattie has scored 13 league goals at home this season, in 10 matches. Dalbeattie Star's defense is seriously deficient as 32 goals have been conceded in these matches.

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Bo'ness United form and stats

The visitors are W3-D2-L4 on the road this term. That's in the Football League - Lowland League. Three has not been a lucky number for Bo'ness as they have been defeated three times in a row since the Cowdenbeath match.

Bo'ness United might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Rangers U21 proved too strong as Bo'ness United slumped to a 0-4 defeat in front of their own fans at Newtown Park. Bo'ness United lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 0-4 beating and focus on this one.

A 1-2 defeat away at Celtic II before that.

Take note that 9 of this team's 11 latest league fixtures have ended with three or more goals.

Bo'ness are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 16 times in 9 away games so far. Bo'ness United have conceded 13 goals in these away matches. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Interestingly enough, the last time Bo'ness United kept a "clean sheet" was also versus this opponent, five league games ago (Bo'ness United - Dalbeattie Star 7-0). Last three meetings involving these teams: Dalbeattie won one, Bo'ness United triumphed in two and we saw zero draws. three games with over 2,5 goals, zero matches with less than 2,5 goals. One of the players to grab the headlines has been McCormack with 3 goals scored against Dalbeattie Star in these 3 encounters.

Dalbeattie Star missing players

Bo'ness United missing players

Dalbeattie Star Bo'ness United
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
19 10 3 Played P 3 9 19
1 1 1 Won W 2 3 7
2 1 0 Drew D 1 2 4
16 8 2 Lost L 0 4 8
15 13 5 Scored S 10 16 41
69 32 10 Conceded C 2 13 27
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 95%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 89% 89%
84% 90% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 56% 68%
74% 70% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 44% 53%
42% 40% 67% Over 4.5 O 4.5 67% 33% 37%
47% 70% 67% BTTS BTTS 67% 56% 47%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 33% 22% 32%
53% 30% 33% Failed to Score F T 0% 22% 26%
 
3.2 6 6 Corners for (avg) C F 0 4 7.1
9.8 6 6 Corners against (avg) C A 0 6 3
2.2 3 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1.7 2
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
5.2 9 9 Shots (avg) S ( 0 7.7 12.6
2.5 5 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 3.3 5.8
30% 40% 40% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 10% 24%
 
25.8 29 29 Shots against (avg) S A 0 8.3 8.5
13.8 15 15 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 4.3 4.5
Key stats in Football League - Lowland League this season:
  • All of Dalbeattie Star's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Bo'ness United have created more than twice as many corners as Dalbeattie Star.
  • Bo'ness United have scored more than double the goals of Dalbeattie Star.
  • Bo'ness United have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Bo'ness United have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Bo'ness United haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Dalbeattie Star have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
  • Dalbeattie Star have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Dalbeattie Star have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Dalbeattie Star have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Dalbeattie Star have the fewest matches under the total-line (0) in Football League - Lowland League
  • Dalbeattie Star have the fewest scored goals (15) in Football League - Lowland League
  • Dalbeattie Star have the fewest scored goals in the first half (0) in Football League - Lowland League
  • Dalbeattie Star have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Dalbeattie Star haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Dalbeattie Star is in the worst form (0-0-6)

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Rangers U21 19 14 3 2 58 27 8 7 1 0 25 7 11 7 2 2 33 20 31 45
2 Tranent Juniors 20 12 5 3 41 23 11 7 2 2 24 14 9 5 3 1 17 9 18 41
3 Celtic II 19 12 3 4 56 27 9 6 1 2 33 13 10 6 2 2 23 14 29 39
4 East Kilbride 20 12 3 5 48 29 9 5 1 3 21 10 11 7 2 2 27 19 19 39
5 Stirling University 18 11 3 4 43 25 10 7 1 2 25 6 8 4 2 2 18 19 18 36
6 Spartans 19 11 3 5 42 24 9 6 2 1 24 9 10 5 1 4 18 15 18 36
7 Civil Service Strollers 20 10 5 5 40 26 11 7 2 2 23 13 9 3 3 3 17 13 14 35
8 BSC Glasgow 20 11 2 7 44 39 11 8 2 1 29 13 9 3 0 6 15 26 5 35
9 Edusport Academy 20 8 6 6 44 38 11 5 4 2 28 17 9 3 2 4 16 21 6 30
10 Gala Fairydean Rovers 20 9 3 8 38 44 8 3 1 4 18 19 12 6 2 4 20 25 -6 30
11 Berwick Rangers 19 8 3 8 29 35 9 5 3 1 18 10 10 3 0 7 11 25 -6 27
12 Bo'ness United 19 7 4 8 41 27 10 4 2 4 25 14 9 3 2 4 16 13 14 25
13 Hearts U21 19 5 5 9 44 36 9 3 3 3 22 15 10 2 2 6 22 21 8 20
14 Cumbernauld Colts 19 6 1 12 36 41 10 3 1 6 21 26 9 3 0 6 15 15 -5 19
15 Gretna 2008 20 6 1 13 30 52 11 4 0 7 17 27 9 2 1 6 13 25 -22 19
16 Cowdenbeath 20 5 3 12 24 29 9 4 2 3 15 8 11 1 1 9 9 21 -5 18
17 East Stirlingshire 19 2 8 9 19 43 9 2 2 5 10 17 10 0 6 4 9 26 -24 14
18 Edinburgh University 19 2 1 16 17 75 10 0 1 9 8 40 9 2 0 7 9 35 -58 7
19 Dalbeattie Star 19 1 2 16 15 69 10 1 1 8 13 32 9 0 1 8 2 37 -54 5