A quick peek at the Football League - Lowland League standings point to an advantage to East Kilbride when they go to Gretna 2008. However; let's wait before we pick a winner!
- Gretna 2008 have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- East Kilbride have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Gretna 2008 form and stats
The story so far in the Football League - Lowland League for Gretna 2008 at their home stadium (Raydale Park) is 3 wins, 0 draws and 5 defeats. The Gretna 2008 manager Hatfield might feel some added pressure to get something from this game after two straight home defeats.
Gretna suffered an unexpected loss 0-3 against Spartans in their previous outing, also played at home.
2-2 away at BSC Glasgow before that.Scoring bonanza? We don't know what will happen in this one, but we do know that 15 of the 16 most recent league matches with this side has had at least three goals.
Gretna 2008 are traveling soon after this match as the Football League - Lowland League match at Hearts U21 awaits in three days.
Defensively there's plenty of potential for improvement as Gretna have allowed the opposition to score 20 goals here at Raydale Park. When Gretna 2008 hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like East Stirlingshire, Cowdenbeath, Edinburgh University, Cumbernauld Colts, Dalbeattie Star and Hearts U21), the matches have ended over 2.5 goals 3 of 4 times.
East Kilbride form and stats
East Kilbride's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed East Kilbride collect 16 points from their 8 away matches in the Football League - Lowland League. 5 victories and 1 draw have created these points (and only 2 defeats). Three has not been a lucky number for Kilbride as they have been defeated three times in a row since the Edusport Academy match.
East Kilbride play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-2 to Stirling University (placed 5th).
Prior to that match, the East Kilbride manager Rutkiewicz faced defeat when travelling to Civil Service Strollers and losing 1-3.After this away game Kilbride return home for a Football League - Lowland League game against Berwick Rangers. That game is only three sleeps after this.
East Kilbride's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 15 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
The 7 latest meetings involving these teams have all finished as East Kilbride victories. Surely both teams are aware of this.Gretna 2008 missing players
East Kilbride missing players
| Gretna 2008 | East Kilbride | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 8 | 4 | Played | P | 1 | 8 | 16 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | 5 | 3 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 28 | 16 | 4 | Scored | S | 2 | 16 | 32 |
| 43 | 20 | 9 | Conceded | C | 1 | 15 | 25 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 81% |
| 94% | 88% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 88% | 69% |
| 69% | 62% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 62% | 56% |
| 50% | 50% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 38% | 38% |
| 69% | 75% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 88% | 69% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 19% |
| 25% | 25% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 12% | 12% |
| 5.3 | 4.9 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 5.8 | 6.1 |
| 6 | 6.6 | 8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 7 | 6.2 |
| 1.8 | 1.6 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 3 | 2.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 8.1 | 7.3 | 4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 8.8 | 11.6 |
| 4.7 | 4.3 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 4 | 5.7 |
| 45% | 50% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 31% | 32% |
| 11.2 | 12.1 | 12.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 13.2 | 9.8 |
| 5.6 | 5.9 | 6.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 7.8 | 4.7 |
- All of East Kilbride's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- All of Gretna 2008's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- East Kilbride have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- East Kilbride have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- East Kilbride haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Gretna 2008 have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- 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 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 45 | 24 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 29 | 20 | 21 | 35 |
| 2 | Spartans | 16 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 40 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 21 | 34 |
| 3 | Civil Service Strollers | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 35 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 19 | 32 |
| 4 | Tranent Juniors | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 31 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 12 | 31 |
| 5 | Stirling University | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 37 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 17 | 14 | 30 |
| 6 | East Kilbride | 16 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 32 | 25 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 15 | 7 | 29 |
| 7 | BSC Glasgow | 16 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 35 | 29 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 6 | 29 |
| 8 | Gala Fairydean Rovers | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 30 | 35 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 25 | -5 | 27 |
| 9 | Celtic II | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 37 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 20 | 26 |
| 10 | Bo'ness United | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 38 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 22 | 24 |
| 11 | Edusport Academy | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 34 | 28 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 6 | 22 |
| 12 | Berwick Rangers | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 22 | 29 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 19 | -7 | 21 |
| 13 | Gretna 2008 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 28 | 43 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 23 | -15 | 16 |
| 14 | Cumbernauld Colts | 15 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 30 | 37 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 16 | 24 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 12 | -7 | 15 |
| 15 | Hearts U21 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 36 | 32 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 18 | 4 | 14 |
| 16 | Cowdenbeath | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 22 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 0 | 14 |
| 17 | East Stirlingshire | 16 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 37 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 23 | -21 | 12 |
| 18 | Edinburgh University | 17 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 15 | 66 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 36 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 30 | -51 | 7 |
| 19 | Dalbeattie Star | 16 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 13 | 59 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 11 | 30 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 29 | -46 | 4 |
