Spartans anticipate the arrival of Edinburgh University with belief in picking up all three points. Can they? Check our match preview!
- Spartans have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Edinburgh University have the fewest scored goals (18) in Football League - Lowland League
There's local pride at stake here, as these teams are practically neighbours. Expect lots of passion from both players and supporters.
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
30 points is a decent return from 13 Football League - Lowland League games here at Ainslie Park Stadium for Spartans. The data says 9 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss.
Spartans's previous fixture was a South Challenge Cup game also played at their home, ending 5-0 against Dunipace. The home team hope to to continue in that form.
Previous to that game, a Football League - Lowland League home match hosting Edusport Academy in a game that was won 5-1.Spartans are showing their attacking force in their league home games this season, scoring more than 2,5 goals per game on average (35 goals in 13 games).
Edinburgh University form and stats
There's been little loot from Edinburgh University's travels as they have only collected 6 points from 13 away games in the Football League - Lowland League. Edinburgh University only have 2 wins to counter their 11 defeats and 0 draws. Football is a nightmare at the moment for Edinburgh who have suffered through a 16 match losing streak. If there's light at the end of the tunnel it's certainly not visible for the supporters.
Maskrey was the last player to score for the away team. Edinburgh University haven't scored a league goal in the last 620 minutes.
The manager Ogunro was unhappy after their last game, played at their home ground East Peffermill. Edinburgh University suffered a 0-5 loss to Cowdenbeath (placed 15th). As you can see from the result above, the defeat against Cowdenbeath was particularly ugly (0-5). The humiliation is still top of mind.
Preceding that game, the 0-3 loss visiting Hearts U21's place.Goal-happy betting people should observe that 13 of this club's 14 most recent league matches have ended with three or more goals.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Edinburgh as they have only managed to score 10 times from 13 away games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Edinburgh University can't defend away. 50 goals have been scored by the opposition in 13 matches, an average of more than three per game. You might want to look at the total goal statistics, which can be found on the Statistics tab above. Edinburgh has visited these top teams five times, and 5 of 5 has ended with 2 goals or more!
Head 2 Head
Spartans have won every one of the 7 latest battles versus this opponent. Something to take note of?Edinburgh University - Spartans 1-3 was the product when this pair of sides previously met, some time ago this season.
Spartans missing players
Edinburgh University missing players
| Spartans | Edinburgh University | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 26 | 13 | 3 | Played | P | 5 | 13 | 26 |
| 16 | 9 | 3 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 4 | 11 | 23 |
| 57 | 35 | 10 | Scored | S | 4 | 10 | 18 |
| 29 | 13 | 0 | Conceded | C | 23 | 50 | 102 |
| 96% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 81% | 85% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 96% |
| 69% | 69% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 92% | 88% |
| 46% | 62% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 69% | 73% |
| 27% | 38% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 80% | 46% | 54% |
| 58% | 62% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 38% | 42% |
| 35% | 38% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 60% | 62% | 58% |
| 7.1 | 6.5 | 8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 1.8 | 3.2 |
| 3.8 | 3.8 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 9 | 8.8 | 7.5 |
| 2.3 | 1.8 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0.2 | 1.1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12.5 | 13.2 | 23 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13 | 8 | 6.6 |
| 5.7 | 7.2 | 13 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 2.2 | 2.9 |
| 44% | 41% | 46% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 75% | 56% | 25% |
| 7.1 | 6.8 | 6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 23 | 22.2 | 16.4 |
| 3.4 | 3 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 12 | 12 | 9.7 |
- All of Edinburgh University's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Edinburgh University have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
- Edinburgh University have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Edinburgh University have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Edinburgh University have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Edinburgh University have the fewest scored goals (18) in Football League - Lowland League
- Edinburgh University have the most conceded goals (102) in Football League - Lowland League
- Edinburgh University have the most conceded goals in the first half (23) in Football League - Lowland League
- Edinburgh University have the most conceded goals in the second half (33) in Football League - Lowland League
- Edinburgh University have the the worst goal difference (-84) in Football League - Lowland League
- Edinburgh University have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Edinburgh University haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Spartans have created more than twice as many corners as Edinburgh University.
- 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 scored more than double the goals of Edinburgh University.
- 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 | 27 | 18 | 4 | 5 | 80 | 44 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 42 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 38 | 30 | 36 | 58 |
| 2 | Tranent Juniors | 28 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 62 | 29 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 39 | 15 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 14 | 33 | 57 |
| 3 | Spartans | 27 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 58 | 29 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 35 | 13 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 16 | 29 | 56 |
| 4 | Stirling University | 26 | 17 | 3 | 6 | 63 | 32 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 33 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 30 | 22 | 31 | 54 |
| 5 | Celtic II | 26 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 75 | 38 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 46 | 20 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 29 | 18 | 37 | 52 |
| 6 | East Kilbride | 26 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 55 | 38 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 28 | 16 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 27 | 22 | 17 | 44 |
| 7 | BSC Glasgow | 27 | 13 | 5 | 9 | 56 | 51 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 31 | 20 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 25 | 31 | 5 | 44 |
| 8 | Civil Service Strollers | 28 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 49 | 38 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 25 | 16 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 24 | 22 | 11 | 43 |
| 9 | Berwick Rangers | 27 | 12 | 5 | 10 | 42 | 45 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 12 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 19 | 33 | -3 | 41 |
| 10 | Edusport Academy | 27 | 11 | 6 | 10 | 70 | 55 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 42 | 23 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 28 | 32 | 15 | 39 |
| 11 | Gala Fairydean Rovers | 28 | 12 | 3 | 13 | 48 | 61 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 22 | 28 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 26 | 33 | -13 | 39 |
| 12 | Bo'ness United | 27 | 11 | 5 | 11 | 50 | 34 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 31 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 17 | 16 | 38 |
| 13 | Hearts U21 | 26 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 57 | 45 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 29 | 21 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 28 | 24 | 12 | 34 |
| 14 | Cumbernauld Colts | 27 | 10 | 2 | 15 | 46 | 48 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 29 | 29 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 17 | 19 | -2 | 32 |
| 15 | Cowdenbeath | 24 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 32 | 32 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 8 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 15 | 24 | 0 | 25 |
| 16 | Gretna 2008 | 26 | 8 | 1 | 17 | 34 | 62 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 20 | 29 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 14 | 33 | -28 | 25 |
| 17 | East Stirlingshire | 28 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 27 | 60 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 27 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 33 | -33 | 23 |
| 18 | Edinburgh University | 26 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 18 | 102 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 52 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 10 | 50 | -84 | 7 |
| 19 | Dalbeattie Star | 25 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 19 | 98 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 14 | 42 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 56 | -79 | 6 |
