Loyal fans at Falkirk Community Stadium haven’t enjoyed many wins this season, with East Stirlingshire withering away in the 16th spot. The visiting Gala Fairydean Rovers will attempt to protect their higher league place in this one.
- East Stirlingshire have the most dropped points from leading position (13) in Football League - Lowland League
- Gala Fairydean Rovers have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
This ground has artifical turf, which is not Gala Fairydean Rovers's familiar surface at their own football stadium. When playing on artifical turf Gala Fairydean Rovers have performed like this: Played ten matches resulting in 6 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats with the goal numbers 21-17 (scored/conceded).
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Football League - Lowland League game only three days ago. That game, against Cumbernauld Colts, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Gala Fairydean Rovers.
East Stirlingshire form and stats
When playing at home in the Football League - Lowland League, East Stirlingshire have managed 2 wins, 2 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 7 games. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Falkirk Community Stadium.
East Stirlingshire's last game was hosting BSC Glasgow (placed 5th) and winning 1-0.
Heartbreak before that as Stirlingshire lost 1-4 at Rangers U21's place.The East Stirlingshire fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 10 in 7 matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the East Stirlingshire defense is not exactly impregnable. 13 goals conceded from 7 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Gala Fairydean Rovers form and stats
The visitors are W5-D2-L4 on the road this term. That's in the Football League - Lowland League. Fairydean love their trips these days, as their two previous away games have resulted in victories.
Two away matches in a row for Gala Fairydean Rovers, whose coach Scott could celebrate last time after the win against Cumbernauld Colts. A crazy, crazy fixture with plenty of goals last time out for Fairydean, as mentioned above. 6 goals in that entertaining match, will this fixture be as much fun?
Before that, Gala Fairydean Rovers secured a home win against Rangers U21 with the score 2-1.Observe that 13 of this side's 16 latest league fixtures have ended with three goals or more.
The travelling fans enjoy Gala Fairydean Rovers's attacking play in away games, having scored 19 goals in 11 league matches away. For Fairydean, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
Statistics for the former eight meetings between these two contenders are: three wins for East Stirlingshire, two draws and three wins for Gala Fairydean Rovers. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: two games.
East Stirlingshire missing players
Gala Fairydean Rovers missing players
| East Stirlingshire | Gala Fairydean Rovers | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 7 | 1 | Played | P | 4 | 11 | 16 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 3 | 5 | 7 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 16 | 10 | 1 | Scored | S | 10 | 19 | 29 |
| 36 | 13 | 1 | Conceded | C | 8 | 25 | 35 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 91% | 94% |
| 93% | 86% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 91% | 94% |
| 60% | 57% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 91% | 81% |
| 53% | 57% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 75% | 73% | 62% |
| 33% | 29% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 36% | 38% |
| 67% | 71% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 82% | 75% |
| 7% | 14% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 9% | 12% |
| 27% | 14% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 18% | 19% |
| 4.2 | 4.4 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.7 | 5 | 5 |
| 7 | 7 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.7 | 8.9 | 8.9 |
| 2.1 | 2.3 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1.9 | 1.9 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 6.5 | 7 | 8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.7 | 7.7 | 7.7 |
| 3.8 | 4.1 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 7 | 5 | 5 |
| 37% | 34% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 40% | 40% |
| 14 | 12.9 | 12 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.7 | 12.1 | 12.1 |
| 7.8 | 6.9 | 7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.7 | 6 | 6 |
- East Stirlingshire have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- East Stirlingshire have the most dropped points from leading position (13) in Football League - Lowland League
- East Stirlingshire haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Gala Fairydean Rovers have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
| 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 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 43 | 22 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 27 | 18 | 21 | 34 |
| 2 | Civil Service Strollers | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 34 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 19 | 31 |
| 3 | Spartans | 15 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 37 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 18 | 31 |
| 4 | Tranent Juniors | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 29 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 12 | 30 |
| 5 | BSC Glasgow | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 33 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 29 |
| 6 | East Kilbride | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 32 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 13 | 9 | 29 |
| 7 | Stirling University | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 35 | 23 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 17 | 12 | 27 |
| 8 | Gala Fairydean Rovers | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 29 | 35 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 25 | -6 | 24 |
| 9 | Celtic II | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 31 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 16 | 23 |
| 10 | Edusport Academy | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 34 | 28 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 6 | 22 |
| 11 | Bo'ness United | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 31 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 15 | 21 |
| 12 | Berwick Rangers | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 21 | 28 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 19 | -7 | 20 |
| 13 | Gretna 2008 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 28 | 40 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 23 | -12 | 16 |
| 14 | Cumbernauld Colts | 15 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 30 | 36 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 16 | 24 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 12 | -6 | 15 |
| 15 | Cowdenbeath | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 21 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 15 | -1 | 14 |
| 16 | East Stirlingshire | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 36 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 23 | -20 | 12 |
| 17 | Hearts U21 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 27 | 32 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 18 | -5 | 11 |
| 18 | Edinburgh University | 16 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 15 | 57 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 27 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 30 | -42 | 7 |
| 19 | Dalbeattie Star | 15 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 13 | 52 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 11 | 30 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 22 | -39 | 4 |
