Gretna 2008 vs Berwick Rangers: Soccer match preview

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Competition: Scotland Football League - Lowland League
Competition: Sat 11.February
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Raydale Park (3000 seats)

Gretna 2008 have some catching up to do from their 16th spot, and the job begins against Berwick Rangers. Read more!

Insights:
  • Gretna 2008 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Berwick Rangers have the fewest matches over the total-line (3) in Football League - Lowland League

Gretna 2008 and Berwick Rangers should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Gretna 2008 form and stats

When playing at home in the Football League - Lowland League, Gretna 2008 have managed 6 wins, 0 draws and suffered 8 defeats from 14 games.

Gretna 2008's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-2 versus Hearts U21 (placed 13th).

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Tranent Juniors (0-4).

It should be noted that a look at the 10 most recent league fixtures reveals that 9 of them qualified as a both teams not to score result (only one or none of the sides scored a goal).

The Gretna fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 20 in 14 matches. Gretna 2008 are struggling defensively, conceding on average more than two goals per home game (29 from 14 played). There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Berwick Rangers form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Berwick Rangers so far with only 13 points returning home. The records show 4-1-9 (win-draw-lose).

The fans enjoyed Berwick Rangers's previous fixture versus Cumbernauld Colts (placed 14th), a 1-0 win played at home.

Preceding that game was the away victory against East Stirlingshire with the score of 4-1.

Berwick find the net regularly in their away games. 19 goals from 14 away fixtures in the league. The Berwick Rangers manager Malcolm has some worries about the defense as 33 goals have been conceded in these travels.

Head 2 Head

Berwick Rangers have pulled off a sequence of 4 consecutive matches without defeat (3-1-0) when playing Gretna 2008.

The contenders have met each other before in this season, with the match result Berwick Rangers - Gretna 2008 3-2 entered in the official records.

Gretna 2008 missing players

Berwick Rangers missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Gretna 2008 Berwick Rangers
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
25 14 3 Played P 5 14 27
8 6 1 Won W 2 4 12
1 0 0 Drew D 1 1 5
16 8 2 Lost L 2 9 10
33 20 4 Scored S 9 19 42
60 29 6 Conceded C 13 33 45
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
88% 79% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 79% 78%
72% 57% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 80% 71% 63%
52% 43% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 80% 64% 48%
36% 36% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 60% 43% 26%
48% 43% 67% BTTS BTTS 60% 50% 52%
16% 21% 0% Clean Sheets C S 20% 14% 26%
36% 36% 33% Failed to Score F T 20% 36% 22%
 
5.1 4.7 4.5 Corners for (avg) C F 10 5.5 5.5
6.2 6.5 5 Corners against (avg) C A 3 4.8 4.8
1.5 1.3 0.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.5 1.5
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
7.3 6.6 6 Shots (avg) S ( 15 9.8 9.8
3.8 3.5 3.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 7 4.5 4.5
40% 42% 43% Goal Efficiency G E 14% 22% 22%
 
10.9 11.5 8 Shots against (avg) S A 4 8.2 8.2
5.5 5.7 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2 5 5
Key stats in Football League - Lowland League this season:
  • Berwick Rangers have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Berwick Rangers have the fewest matches over the total-line (3) in Football League - Lowland League
  • Berwick Rangers haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Gretna 2008 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 27 18 4 5 80 44 13 11 1 1 42 14 14 7 3 4 38 30 36 58
2 Tranent Juniors 28 17 6 5 62 29 14 10 2 2 39 15 14 7 4 3 23 14 33 57
3 Spartans 26 16 5 5 57 29 13 9 3 1 35 13 13 7 2 4 22 16 28 53
4 Celtic II 25 16 4 5 74 36 13 9 1 3 46 20 12 7 3 2 28 16 38 52
5 Stirling University 25 16 3 6 61 31 13 9 1 3 31 9 12 7 2 3 30 22 30 51
6 East Kilbride 25 13 5 7 55 37 13 6 3 4 28 16 12 7 2 3 27 21 18 44
7 Civil Service Strollers 28 12 7 9 49 38 14 7 4 3 25 16 14 5 3 6 24 22 11 43
8 BSC Glasgow 26 12 5 9 52 51 14 8 3 3 31 20 12 4 2 6 21 31 1 41
9 Berwick Rangers 27 12 5 10 42 45 13 8 4 1 23 12 14 4 1 9 19 33 -3 41
10 Gala Fairydean Rovers 28 12 3 13 48 61 13 5 1 7 22 28 15 7 2 6 26 33 -13 39
11 Bo'ness United 26 11 5 10 50 33 13 7 2 4 31 16 13 4 3 6 19 17 17 38
12 Edusport Academy 26 10 6 10 65 53 14 6 4 4 42 23 12 4 2 6 23 30 12 36
13 Hearts U21 25 9 7 9 55 40 12 5 4 3 27 16 13 4 3 6 28 24 15 34
14 Cumbernauld Colts 27 10 2 15 46 48 14 6 2 6 29 29 13 4 0 9 17 19 -2 32
15 Cowdenbeath 24 7 4 13 32 32 11 5 3 3 17 8 13 2 1 10 15 24 0 25
16 Gretna 2008 26 8 1 17 34 62 14 6 0 8 20 29 12 2 1 9 14 33 -28 25
17 East Stirlingshire 27 4 8 15 26 60 13 3 2 8 14 27 14 1 6 7 12 33 -34 20
18 Edinburgh University 26 2 1 23 18 102 13 0 1 12 8 52 13 2 0 11 10 50 -84 7
19 Dalbeattie Star 24 1 3 20 19 94 11 1 1 9 14 38 13 0 2 11 5 56 -75 6

Table
  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 27 18 4 5 80 44 13 11 1 1 42 14 14 7 3 4 38 30 36 58
2 Tranent Juniors 28 17 6 5 62 29 14 10 2 2 39 15 14 7 4 3 23 14 33 57
3 Spartans 26 16 5 5 57 29 13 9 3 1 35 13 13 7 2 4 22 16 28 53
4 Celtic II 25 16 4 5 74 36 13 9 1 3 46 20 12 7 3 2 28 16 38 52
5 Stirling University 25 16 3 6 61 31 13 9 1 3 31 9 12 7 2 3 30 22 30 51
6 East Kilbride 25 13 5 7 55 37 13 6 3 4 28 16 12 7 2 3 27 21 18 44
7 Civil Service Strollers 28 12 7 9 49 38 14 7 4 3 25 16 14 5 3 6 24 22 11 43
8 BSC Glasgow 26 12 5 9 52 51 14 8 3 3 31 20 12 4 2 6 21 31 1 41
9 Berwick Rangers 27 12 5 10 42 45 13 8 4 1 23 12 14 4 1 9 19 33 -3 41
10 Gala Fairydean Rovers 28 12 3 13 48 61 13 5 1 7 22 28 15 7 2 6 26 33 -13 39
11 Bo'ness United 26 11 5 10 50 33 13 7 2 4 31 16 13 4 3 6 19 17 17 38
12 Edusport Academy 26 10 6 10 65 53 14 6 4 4 42 23 12 4 2 6 23 30 12 36
13 Hearts U21 25 9 7 9 55 40 12 5 4 3 27 16 13 4 3 6 28 24 15 34
14 Cumbernauld Colts 27 10 2 15 46 48 14 6 2 6 29 29 13 4 0 9 17 19 -2 32
15 Cowdenbeath 24 7 4 13 32 32 11 5 3 3 17 8 13 2 1 10 15 24 0 25
16 Gretna 2008 26 8 1 17 34 62 14 6 0 8 20 29 12 2 1 9 14 33 -28 25
17 East Stirlingshire 27 4 8 15 26 60 13 3 2 8 14 27 14 1 6 7 12 33 -34 20
18 Edinburgh University 26 2 1 23 18 102 13 0 1 12 8 52 13 2 0 11 10 50 -84 7
19 Dalbeattie Star 24 1 3 20 19 94 11 1 1 9 14 38 13 0 2 11 5 56 -75 6

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