Most experts are most impressed by Spartans at this point, with the 4th place in the Football League - Lowland League table and looking forward to facing Civil Service Strollers (who are placed 7th).
- Spartans have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Civil Service Strollers have the most points from losing position (12) in Football League - Lowland League
This is a match between two teams close to each other, usually meaning more motivation and importance.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Spartans form and stats
Spartans are steadily winning Football League - Lowland League games and points here at Ainslie Park Stadium. 6 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat is the summary from 9 games.
Happy days for Spartans in their previous game, a fixture away at Gala Fairydean Rovers (placed 11th) that ended with a 3-1 victory. At last, a league victory after four matches without.
A 0-0 draw away before that, with Hearts U21 the opponent.Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Rangers U21 are coming to town in three days.
Goals are plentiful at Ainslie Park Stadium in the league this season as Spartans has scored 24 goals here in 9 home games.
Civil Service Strollers form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Football League - Lowland League travels is 4 wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats.
It's the second away game in a row for Civil Service Strollers, but there's smiles all around after the 3-1 victory versus East Stirlingshire (placed 17th) last time out.
Prior to that match, the Civil Service Strollers manager Jardine faced defeat when travelling to BSC Glasgow and losing 1-4.Goal-happy betting people should observe that 12 of this club's 15 most recent league games have ended with at least three goals.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Civil Service Strollers manager Jardine as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Celtic II.
14 goals have been conceded by Strollers in these games. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
This was the result when the contenders played each other previously this campaign; Civil Service Strollers - Spartans 2-1. Head-2-head stats last seven meetings: four - one - two (Spartans wins - draws - Civil Service Strollers wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.
Spartans missing players
Civil Service Strollers missing players
| Spartans | Civil Service Strollers | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 1 | 10 | 21 |
| 12 | 6 | 3 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 11 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 45 | 24 | 9 | Scored | S | 2 | 20 | 43 |
| 25 | 9 | 3 | Conceded | C | 0 | 14 | 27 |
| 95% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 90% | 90% |
| 86% | 89% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 90% | 90% |
| 71% | 67% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 70% | 76% |
| 43% | 56% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 60% | 57% |
| 29% | 44% | 67% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 20% | 14% |
| 57% | 56% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 70% | 71% |
| 33% | 44% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 30% | 24% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 10% | 14% |
| 7.4 | 6 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 3 | 4.1 |
| 3.9 | 3.5 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8 | 4.4 | 5 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.8 | 2.8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12.9 | 15 | 7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 9.6 | 10.8 |
| 6.3 | 9 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 4 | 5 |
| 45% | 44% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 35% | 34% |
| 7.7 | 7.5 | 9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12 | 12.6 | 11.4 |
| 3.7 | 3 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 7 | 5.8 | 5.5 |
- Civil Service Strollers have the most points from losing position (12) in Football League - Lowland League
- Civil Service Strollers have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Spartans have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Spartans have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Spartans have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- Spartans haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| 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 | 20 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 60 | 30 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 33 | 20 | 30 | 45 |
| 2 | Tranent Juniors | 21 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 49 | 23 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 32 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 26 | 44 |
| 3 | East Kilbride | 21 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 52 | 31 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 27 | 19 | 21 | 42 |
| 4 | Spartans | 21 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 45 | 25 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 16 | 20 | 40 |
| 5 | Celtic II | 19 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 56 | 27 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 33 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 14 | 29 | 39 |
| 6 | Stirling University | 19 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 45 | 25 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 19 | 20 | 39 |
| 7 | Civil Service Strollers | 21 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 43 | 27 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 16 | 38 |
| 8 | BSC Glasgow | 21 | 11 | 2 | 8 | 44 | 41 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 29 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 15 | 26 | 3 | 35 |
| 9 | Bo'ness United | 21 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 46 | 29 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 30 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 17 | 31 |
| 10 | Edusport Academy | 21 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 46 | 42 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 28 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 25 | 4 | 30 |
| 11 | Gala Fairydean Rovers | 21 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 39 | 47 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 22 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 25 | -8 | 30 |
| 12 | Berwick Rangers | 19 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 29 | 35 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 25 | -6 | 27 |
| 13 | Hearts U21 | 21 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 47 | 38 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 25 | 23 | 9 | 24 |
| 14 | Cumbernauld Colts | 19 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 36 | 41 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 21 | 26 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 15 | 15 | -5 | 19 |
| 15 | Gretna 2008 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 13 | 30 | 52 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 17 | 27 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 25 | -22 | 19 |
| 16 | Cowdenbeath | 21 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 25 | 32 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 24 | -7 | 18 |
| 17 | East Stirlingshire | 22 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 22 | 48 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 22 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 26 | -26 | 17 |
| 18 | Edinburgh University | 21 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 18 | 85 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 40 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 10 | 45 | -67 | 7 |
| 19 | Dalbeattie Star | 19 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 15 | 69 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 13 | 32 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 37 | -54 | 5 |
