Raydale Park: Gretna 2008 vs East Stirlingshire Football League - Lowland League pre-match info

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Competition: Scotland Football League - Lowland League
Competition: Sat 14.January
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Raydale Park (3000 seats)

East Stirlingshire have restored their energy following their 1-3-game versus Tranent Juniors and are looking forward to face Gretna 2008. Get all the facts!

Insights:
  • Gretna 2008 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • East Stirlingshire have the most dropped points from leading position (13) in Football League - Lowland League

Gretna's stadium, Raydale Park, has a grass surface. East Stirlingshire have artifical turf on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for East Stirlingshire when playing on grass; 6 wins, 9 draws and 8 losses from 23 matches. They have scored {39 goals} in these games and conceded 44.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Gretna 2008 form and stats

When playing at home in the Football League - Lowland League, Gretna 2008 have managed 5 wins, 0 draws and suffered 7 defeats from 12 games. When Gretna 2008 hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Cowdenbeath, Gretna 2008, Edinburgh University, Cumbernauld Colts, Dalbeattie Star and Hearts U21), they have won 3 of 3 matches!

The Gretna 2008 regulars enjoyed the previous game, watching their team host Dalbeattie Star and win 1-0.

Preceding that match was the home game against Edusport Academy that was lost 0-1.

Goal party? We don't know what will happen in this one, but we do know that 17 of the 21 most recent league matches with this club has contained three goals or more.

The Gretna 2008 fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 18 goals in 12 league matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Goals are flowing in at the wrong end for Gretna with 27 goals conceded in these matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches. Gretna 2008 has at home met teams with this table position (low), three times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 2 of 3 times.

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East Stirlingshire form and stats

There's been little loot from East Stirlingshire's travels as they have only collected 9 points from 13 away games in the Football League - Lowland League. East Stirlingshire only have 1 win to counter their 6 defeats and 6 draws. East Stirlingshire has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.

East Stirlingshire are travelling again after losing away to Tranent Juniors in their previous match (1-3).

A 0-2 defeat away at Cumbernauld Colts before that.

The visitors have scored 12 goals from 13 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. East Stirlingshire have conceded 31 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

East Stirlingshire have managed a streak of 6 consecutive matches without defeat (5-1-0) when facing Gretna.

East Stirlingshire - Gretna 2008 3-1 was the scoreline in these squads' previous H2H match, played this season.

Gretna 2008 missing players

East Stirlingshire missing players

Gretna 2008 East Stirlingshire
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
21 12 3 Played P 4 13 25
7 5 3 Won W 0 1 4
1 0 0 Drew D 2 6 8
13 7 0 Lost L 2 6 13
31 18 9 Scored S 3 12 25
52 27 2 Conceded C 10 31 54
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
86% 75% 33% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 92%
81% 67% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 54% 56%
57% 50% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 46% 44%
43% 42% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 23% 20%
57% 50% 33% BTTS BTTS 50% 62% 60%
14% 17% 67% Clean Sheets C S 0% 8% 8%
29% 33% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 31% 32%
 
5.3 5 8.5 Corners for (avg) C F 8 4.5 4.4
6.1 6.5 2.5 Corners against (avg) C A 7 6 6.8
1.4 1.2 0.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1.2 1.8
0 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 2
 
7.4 6.7 15 Shots (avg) S ( 4 7 6.7
4 3.6 7.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 3 3.3
42% 44% 53% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 33% 33%
 
11.1 11.7 7.5 Shots against (avg) S A 12 13.8 12.8
5.8 6 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 6.5 6.4
Key stats in Football League - Lowland League this season:
  • All of East Stirlingshire's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • 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.
  • 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 Spartans 24 15 4 5 50 26 11 8 2 1 28 10 13 7 2 4 22 16 24 49
2 Celtic II 22 15 3 4 68 29 11 8 1 2 42 15 11 7 2 2 26 14 39 48
3 Tranent Juniors 24 14 6 4 52 25 13 9 2 2 35 15 11 5 4 2 17 10 27 48
4 Rangers U21 22 14 3 5 63 38 9 7 1 1 27 10 13 7 2 4 36 28 25 45
5 Stirling University 22 14 3 5 51 28 13 9 1 3 31 9 9 5 2 2 20 19 23 45
6 East Kilbride 24 13 4 7 53 35 12 6 2 4 26 14 12 7 2 3 27 21 18 43
7 BSC Glasgow 24 12 3 9 48 47 13 8 2 3 29 18 11 4 1 6 19 29 1 39
8 Civil Service Strollers 23 11 5 7 43 32 11 7 2 2 23 13 12 4 3 5 20 19 11 38
9 Bo'ness United 24 11 4 9 50 32 13 7 2 4 31 16 11 4 2 5 19 16 18 37
10 Edusport Academy 24 10 6 8 62 45 13 6 4 3 40 20 11 4 2 5 22 25 17 36
11 Berwick Rangers 23 10 3 10 33 40 11 7 3 1 21 11 12 3 0 9 12 29 -7 33
12 Gala Fairydean Rovers 24 10 3 11 42 53 11 4 1 6 21 26 13 6 2 5 21 27 -11 33
13 Hearts U21 22 7 6 9 49 39 11 4 4 3 24 16 11 3 2 6 25 23 10 27
14 Cumbernauld Colts 22 8 1 13 41 43 12 5 1 6 25 26 10 3 0 7 16 17 -2 25
15 Gretna 2008 22 7 1 14 31 54 12 5 0 7 18 27 10 2 1 7 13 27 -23 22
16 East Stirlingshire 25 4 8 13 25 54 12 3 2 7 13 23 13 1 6 6 12 31 -29 20
17 Cowdenbeath 22 5 4 13 25 32 10 4 3 3 15 8 12 1 1 10 10 24 -7 19
18 Edinburgh University 22 2 1 19 18 87 10 0 1 9 8 40 12 2 0 10 10 47 -69 7
19 Dalbeattie Star 21 1 2 18 15 80 10 1 1 8 13 32 11 0 1 10 2 48 -65 5