League round two of the Football League - Lowland League campaign and the squads have digested the first game. Here's our Gala Fairydean Rovers - East Stirlingshire preview:
This football field has grass, which is not East Stirlingshire's regular surface at their own football pitch. When playing on grass East Stirlingshire have performed like this: Played 28 matches taking 8 wins, 9 draws and 11 defeats with the goal data 48-51 (scored/conceded).
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Gala Fairydean Rovers and East Stirlingshire.
Gala Fairydean Rovers form and stats
The previous season, Gala Fairydean Rovers's league statistics were 15 wins, 4 draws and 17 losses, results that produced 12th place in the Football League - Lowland League. Over these 36 matches they scored {63 goals} and gave away 74. Playing as the home team in the former season Gala Fairydean Rovers delivered 7-2-9 (win-draw-lost) with {32 goals} and 35 conceded.
Fairydean lost their last game at Bo'ness United (placed 2nd) after a 0-3 scoreline. The game against Bo'ness United was basically lost in the first half (0-3) and the second half was more of a formality.
Before that game, the 4-1 home victory against BSC Glasgow.Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Hearts U21 are coming to town in four days.
East Stirlingshire form and stats
Let's have a look at how East Stirlingshire performed last season in the Football League - Lowland League: They landed a 16th position in the league table after playing out 8 victories, 9 draws and 19 defeats. In total they scored 41 and conceded {74 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 2 - drew 6 and lost 10 with 16/43 goals scored/conceded.
The manager Ure was unhappy after their last game, played at their home venue Falkirk Community Stadium. East Stirlingshire suffered a 1-2 loss to Tranent Juniors (placed 4th).
The game earlier was the Lowland League Cup-duel against Cumbernauld Colts, a home loss (0-1).
East Stirlingshire have another fixture away in just four nights, a Football League - Lowland League game versus Civil Service Strollers. A hard calendar for the visitors!
Head 2 Head
Head to head statistics (for the preceeding ten meetings): Fairydean won four games, two matches ended with a tie and East Stirlingshire managed four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: six / four.
Gala Fairydean Rovers missing players
East Stirlingshire missing players
| Gala Fairydean Rovers | East Stirlingshire | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Gala Fairydean Rovers | Last season | East Stirlingshire | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 36 | 18 | Played | P | 18 | 36 | ||
| 15 | 7 | Won | W | 2 | 8 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 6 | 9 | ||
| 17 | 9 | Lost | L | 10 | 19 | ||
| 63 | 32 | Scored | S | 16 | 41 | ||
| 74 | 35 | Conceded | C | 43 | 74 | ||
| 97% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 97% | ||
| 92% | 94% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 89% | ||
| 75% | 61% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 56% | 58% | ||
| 53% | 44% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 44% | 44% | ||
| 36% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 22% | 25% | ||
| 67% | 56% | BTTS | BTTS | 56% | 56% | ||
| 17% | 22% | Clean Sheets | C S | 11% | 17% | ||
| 19% | 22% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 31% | ||
| 3.4 | 0.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.6 | 3 | ||
| 5.1 | 0.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 5.2 | ||
| 1.5 | 0.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.4 | 1.4 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 5.1 | 1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 4.4 | 5 | ||
| 2.8 | 0.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.9 | 2.6 | ||
| 67% | 500% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 46% | 49% | ||
| 7.9 | 3.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11 | 9.9 | ||
| 3.9 | 1.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.9 | 4.7 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Hearts U21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 |
| 2 | Bo'ness United | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | Linlithgow Rose | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | Tranent Juniors | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | East Kilbride | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Cumbernauld Colts | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Edusport Academy | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Edinburgh University | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Albion Rovers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Cowdenbeath | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Civil Service Strollers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | BSC Glasgow | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 13 | East Stirlingshire | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 14 | Celtic II | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 15 | Berwick Rangers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 16 | Stirling University | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 0 |
| 17 | Gala Fairydean Rovers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 0 |
| 18 | Gretna 2008 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | -7 | 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 | Spartans | 36 | 24 | 7 | 5 | 78 | 31 | 18 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 49 | 14 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 29 | 17 | 47 | 79 |
| 2 | Rangers U21 | 36 | 24 | 5 | 7 | 98 | 57 | 18 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 52 | 21 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 46 | 36 | 41 | 77 |
| 3 | Celtic II | 36 | 23 | 7 | 6 | 96 | 45 | 18 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 55 | 24 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 41 | 21 | 51 | 76 |
| 4 | Stirling University | 36 | 22 | 5 | 9 | 82 | 45 | 18 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 46 | 13 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 36 | 32 | 37 | 71 |
| 5 | Tranent Juniors | 36 | 19 | 8 | 9 | 74 | 44 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 46 | 21 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 28 | 23 | 30 | 65 |
| 6 | East Kilbride | 36 | 19 | 7 | 10 | 81 | 53 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 41 | 22 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 40 | 31 | 28 | 64 |
| 7 | Berwick Rangers | 36 | 18 | 7 | 11 | 61 | 51 | 18 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 34 | 14 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 27 | 37 | 10 | 61 |
| 8 | Civil Service Strollers | 36 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 63 | 45 | 18 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 29 | 18 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 34 | 27 | 18 | 58 |
| 9 | Bo'ness United | 36 | 16 | 6 | 14 | 71 | 51 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 37 | 25 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 34 | 26 | 20 | 54 |
| 10 | Edusport Academy | 36 | 15 | 6 | 15 | 79 | 67 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 48 | 27 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 31 | 40 | 12 | 51 |
| 11 | BSC Glasgow | 36 | 15 | 6 | 15 | 73 | 73 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 39 | 29 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 34 | 44 | 0 | 51 |
| 12 | Gala Fairydean Rovers | 36 | 15 | 4 | 17 | 63 | 74 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 32 | 35 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 31 | 39 | -11 | 49 |
| 13 | Hearts U21 | 36 | 13 | 9 | 14 | 75 | 59 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 45 | 25 | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 30 | 34 | 16 | 48 |
| 14 | Cumbernauld Colts | 36 | 14 | 4 | 18 | 62 | 59 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 38 | 33 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 24 | 26 | 3 | 46 |
| 15 | Cowdenbeath | 36 | 10 | 6 | 20 | 46 | 50 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 24 | 23 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 22 | 27 | -4 | 36 |
| 16 | East Stirlingshire | 36 | 8 | 9 | 19 | 41 | 74 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 25 | 31 | 18 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 43 | -33 | 33 |
| 17 | Gretna 2008 | 36 | 8 | 2 | 26 | 39 | 91 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 23 | 40 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 16 | 51 | -52 | 26 |
| 18 | Edinburgh University | 36 | 5 | 1 | 30 | 31 | 127 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 16 | 63 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 15 | 64 | -96 | 16 |
| 19 | Dalbeattie Star | 36 | 1 | 5 | 30 | 27 | 144 | 18 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 18 | 65 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 79 | -117 | 8 |