Gretna 2008 scrimmages with Dalbeattie Star in Football League - Lowland League battle

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Competition: Scotland Football League - Lowland League
Competition: Sat 01.January
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Raydale Park (3000 seats)

Gretna 2008 are looking to blank out the league table ahead of this match versus Dalbeattie Star. Here's everything you should know pre-match!

Insights:
  • Gretna 2008 have the most conceded goals in the first half (18) in Football League - Lowland League
  • Dalbeattie Star haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

This has all the signs of an exciting fixture with lots of spark and excitement as both sides are well rested since they last ran out on the pitch. Bring it on!

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Gretna 2008 form and stats

Gretna 2008's struggle is real here at Raydale Park with only 2 points collected from 11 Football League - Lowland League games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 0-2-9. The home team are struggling everywhere these days as they haven't won a league-game, regardless of being the home or the away team, in 20 attempts.

The Gretna fans got no joy from their last match, a Football League - Lowland League game also here at Raydale Park: A 1-3 defeat against Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic (placed 1st).

A defeat was the result before that one, 0-1 away at Edinburgh University.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Gretna here at Raydale Park in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (7 from 11 games). Gretna have allowed more than three conceded goals on average in their home matches so far.

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Dalbeattie Star form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Football League - Lowland League travels is 4 wins, 0 draws and 7 defeats. Dalbeattie has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.

Dalbeattie Star lost away at Spartans (2-5) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick. As you can tell from the result, the match against Spartans was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 7 goals, will the fun continue today?

Preceding that game, the 0-3 loss visiting East Stirlingshire's place.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Dalbeattie Star as they have only managed to score 10 times from 11 away games in the league. As for defending, Dalbeattie rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 18 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The duelists have fought previously this season: Dalbeattie Star - Gretna 3-1. Gretna 2008-Dalbeattie Star H2H statistics last six meetings regardless of arena: Gretna one win, Dalbeattie Star three wins, two draws. five of these six matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Gretna 2008 missing players

Dalbeattie Star missing players

Gretna 2008 Dalbeattie Star
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
23 11 5 Played P 1 11 20
1 0 0 Won W 0 4 10
4 2 1 Drew D 0 0 0
18 9 4 Lost L 1 7 10
20 7 2 Scored S 0 10 29
71 36 15 Conceded C 2 18 31
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
87% 91% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 73% 80%
70% 82% 80% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 45% 60%
48% 55% 40% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 9% 40%
26% 27% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 9% 10%
57% 55% 20% BTTS BTTS 0% 27% 45%
4% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 27% 30%
39% 45% 80% Failed to Score F T 100% 45% 25%
 
3.6 3.8 4.3 Corners for (avg) C F 0 3.5 3.5
7.1 7.4 8.3 Corners against (avg) C A 0 6 6
2.2 2.8 2.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0.5 0.5
2 1 1 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
7.9 7.2 8 Shots (avg) S ( 0 9.5 9.5
3.3 3 2.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 4.5 4.5
33% 20% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 33% 33%
 
18.6 18.8 21.7 Shots against (avg) S A 0 9.5 9.5
9.1 8.4 9.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 5.5 5.5
Key stats in Football League - Lowland League this season:
  • Dalbeattie Star haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Gretna 2008 have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Gretna 2008 have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
  • Gretna 2008 have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Gretna 2008 have the most conceded goals in the first half (18) in Football League - Lowland League
  • Gretna 2008 have the most conceded goals in the second half (20) in Football League - Lowland League
  • Gretna 2008 have the most matches over the total-line (6) in Football League - Lowland League
  • Gretna 2008 have yet to win a game at home.
  • 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 Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic 23 20 1 2 66 19 13 12 0 1 39 12 10 8 1 1 27 7 47 61
2 Rangers U21 22 16 0 6 75 26 12 10 0 2 53 14 10 6 0 4 22 12 49 48
3 Celtic II 22 15 3 4 51 16 11 7 2 2 20 8 11 8 1 2 31 8 35 48
4 Spartans 23 15 2 6 46 31 11 6 1 4 21 14 12 9 1 2 25 17 15 47
5 East Kilbride 23 14 3 6 61 29 12 7 1 4 19 14 11 7 2 2 42 15 32 45
6 Civil Service Strollers 23 14 3 6 49 32 11 8 1 2 29 14 12 6 2 4 20 18 17 45
7 Berwick Rangers 23 12 1 10 48 32 13 8 1 4 34 17 10 4 0 6 14 15 16 37
8 East Stirlingshire 22 10 5 7 38 22 11 4 2 5 10 7 11 6 3 2 28 15 16 35
9 Gala Fairydean Rovers 20 9 3 8 37 30 9 4 0 5 14 17 11 5 3 3 23 13 7 30
10 Dalbeattie Star 20 10 0 10 29 31 9 6 0 3 19 13 11 4 0 7 10 18 -2 30
11 Edusport Academy 22 8 4 10 40 39 11 3 3 5 18 20 11 5 1 5 22 19 1 28
12 Bo'ness United 20 8 2 10 35 32 11 3 2 6 16 19 9 5 0 4 19 13 3 26
13 BSC Glasgow 24 7 3 14 28 45 11 3 2 6 13 17 13 4 1 8 15 28 -17 24
14 Edinburgh University 22 6 4 12 35 64 11 3 4 4 22 29 11 3 0 8 13 35 -29 22
15 Stirling University 20 5 4 11 36 46 10 2 0 8 12 21 10 3 4 3 24 25 -10 19
16 Cumbernauld Colts 23 5 3 15 36 54 11 2 2 7 18 27 12 3 1 8 18 27 -18 18
17 Gretna 2008 23 1 4 18 20 71 11 0 2 9 7 36 12 1 2 9 13 35 -51 7
18 Vale of Leithen 23 1 1 21 9 120 11 0 0 11 6 70 12 1 1 10 3 50 -111 4