Spartans have journeyed here for an exciting fight versus the home team Rangers U21. Get ready for the match with this thorough Football League - Lowland League preview!
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.
Rangers U21 form and stats
U21 enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Cumbernauld Colts's place. The match ended 6-3. As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today?
A strong away win before that one, visiting East Kilbride and winning 4-3.Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Cowdenbeath are coming to town in four days.
Spartans form and stats
The visitors' first away game in the Football League - Lowland League ended in defeat. Last season Spartans had these away match statistics: Played 17; won 10, drew 5 and lost 2.
Spartans's last game was the home draw against Celtic II (2-2).
Prior to that match, a home win 1-0 against Hearts U21.A quick return to home after this game, as Spartans are hosting Gala Fairydean Rovers in the Football League - Lowland League only four days away.
It's early days yet, but Spartans has scored 1 and conceded 2 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).
Head 2 Head
U21-Spartans H2H statistics last two meetings regardless of arena: Rangers U21 two wins, Spartans zero wins, zero draws. one of these two matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Rangers U21 missing players
Spartans missing players
| Rangers U21 | Spartans | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 67% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 67% |
| 67% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 67% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 67% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 57% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 12 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rangers U21 | Last season | Spartans | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 34 | 17 | Played | P | 17 | 34 | ||
| 24 | 13 | Won | W | 10 | 20 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 5 | 6 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Lost | L | 2 | 8 | ||
| 105 | 66 | Scored | S | 32 | 69 | ||
| 42 | 23 | Conceded | C | 23 | 45 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 88% | 94% | ||
| 85% | 94% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 76% | 82% | ||
| 71% | 82% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 65% | 68% | ||
| 53% | 65% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 47% | 38% | ||
| 41% | 53% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 24% | 24% | ||
| 53% | 65% | BTTS | BTTS | 65% | 62% | ||
| 35% | 29% | Clean Sheets | C S | 35% | 29% | ||
| 12% | 6% | Failed to Score | F T | 12% | 15% | ||
| 6.2 | 7.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.2 | 5.3 | ||
| 3.5 | 3.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.2 | 2.8 | ||
| 1.2 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.6 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 15.1 | 18.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.4 | 10.3 | ||
| 7.6 | 9.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.4 | 5.2 | ||
| 38% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 41% | 42% | ||
| 8.2 | 8.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6.6 | 8.1 | ||
| 4.2 | 4.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3.1 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Bo'ness United | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 6 |
| 2 | East Kilbride | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | BSC Glasgow | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | Civil Service Strollers | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 5 | Edusport Academy | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 |
| 6 | Gala Fairydean Rovers | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 4 |
| 7 | Stirling University | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | Hearts U21 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
| 9 | Celtic II | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 | Rangers U21 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 |
| 11 | Tranent Juniors | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 12 | Spartans | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 13 | Edinburgh University | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | -3 | 3 |
| 14 | Berwick Rangers | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | -5 | 3 |
| 15 | East Stirlingshire | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | Dalbeattie Star | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 17 | Cumbernauld Colts | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -4 | 0 |
| 18 | Cowdenbeath | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -5 | 0 |
| 19 | Gretna 2008 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | -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 | Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic | 34 | 28 | 3 | 3 | 92 | 28 | 17 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 51 | 16 | 17 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 41 | 12 | 64 | 87 |
| 2 | Rangers U21 | 34 | 24 | 1 | 9 | 105 | 42 | 17 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 66 | 23 | 17 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 39 | 19 | 63 | 73 |
| 3 | Celtic II | 34 | 23 | 4 | 7 | 82 | 30 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 33 | 13 | 17 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 49 | 17 | 52 | 73 |
| 4 | East Kilbride | 34 | 22 | 5 | 7 | 92 | 40 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 26 | 18 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 66 | 22 | 52 | 71 |
| 5 | Spartans | 34 | 20 | 6 | 8 | 69 | 45 | 17 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 37 | 22 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 32 | 23 | 24 | 66 |
| 6 | East Stirlingshire | 34 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 61 | 36 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 23 | 18 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 38 | 18 | 25 | 56 |
| 7 | Civil Service Strollers | 34 | 17 | 5 | 12 | 66 | 53 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 36 | 21 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 30 | 32 | 13 | 56 |
| 8 | Berwick Rangers | 34 | 17 | 3 | 14 | 75 | 46 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 43 | 22 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 32 | 24 | 29 | 54 |
| 9 | Edusport Academy | 34 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 69 | 48 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 32 | 25 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 37 | 23 | 21 | 53 |
| 10 | Stirling University | 34 | 13 | 6 | 15 | 66 | 68 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 30 | 29 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 36 | 39 | -2 | 45 |
| 11 | Bo'ness United | 34 | 13 | 6 | 15 | 54 | 60 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 25 | 34 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 29 | 26 | -6 | 45 |
| 12 | Dalbeattie Star | 34 | 14 | 1 | 19 | 53 | 65 | 17 | 8 | 0 | 9 | 30 | 29 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 23 | 36 | -12 | 43 |
| 13 | Gala Fairydean Rovers | 34 | 11 | 4 | 19 | 54 | 66 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 23 | 38 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 31 | 28 | -12 | 37 |
| 14 | Cumbernauld Colts | 34 | 10 | 5 | 19 | 53 | 73 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 29 | 37 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 24 | 36 | -20 | 35 |
| 15 | BSC Glasgow | 34 | 10 | 4 | 20 | 42 | 66 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 21 | 31 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 21 | 35 | -24 | 34 |
| 16 | Edinburgh University | 34 | 8 | 7 | 19 | 54 | 92 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 27 | 47 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 27 | 45 | -38 | 31 |
| 17 | Gretna 2008 | 34 | 2 | 5 | 27 | 36 | 109 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 18 | 56 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 18 | 53 | -73 | 11 |
| 18 | Vale of Leithen | 34 | 1 | 2 | 31 | 10 | 166 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 98 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 4 | 68 | -156 | 5 |
