Three points for the home side is expected from this fixture if the league standings is anything to judge by. The Spartans supporters are confident that the contrast between 4th and Vale of Leithen's 18th place in the table will show on the grass.
- Spartans have the most scored goals in the second half (22) in Football League - Lowland League
- Vale of Leithen have the fewest scored goals (9) in Football League - Lowland League
This should be an entertaining match with lots of spark and excitement as both sides are well recovered since they last ran out on the pitch. Bring it on!
Spartans form and stats
The story so far in the Football League - Lowland League for Spartans at their home stadium (Ainslie Park Stadium) is 6 wins, 1 draw and 4 defeats. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Ainslie Park Stadium.
The home team returns to Ainslie Park Stadium after being equal after 90 minutes with Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic (placed 1st) on their last time out; the Football League - Lowland League game ended 2-2.
In the game before, an away victory match versus Edinburgh University with a 2-1 scoreline.Spartans have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Ainslie Park Stadium with 21 goals in 11 league matches. Spartans have conceded 14 in these home matches.
Vale of Leithen form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Vale of Leithen so far with only 4 points returning home. The records show 1-1-10 (win-draw-lose).
Leithen failed to get anything from their last game, a Football League - Lowland League home match vs Rangers U21 (placed 2nd) that ended with defeat 0-6. Vale of Leithen lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 0-6 beating and focus on this one.
A 0-4 loss hosting Civil Service Strollers before that.There's been a serious shortage of goals from Leithen's away games in the league this season with only 3 goals from 12 matches. Leithen can't defend away. 50 goals have been scored by the opposition in 12 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. Leithen has visited these top teams three times, and 2 of 3 has ended with 2 goals or more!
Head 2 Head
The two duelists also encountered each other previously this match year: Vale of Leithen - Spartans 1-2. Data for the former seven meetings between these two sides are: seven wins for Spartans, zero draws and zero wins for Vale of Leithen. Over 2,5 goals: seven times; under 2,5 goals: zero games.Spartans missing players
Vale of Leithen missing players
| Spartans | Vale of Leithen | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 25 | 11 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 12 | 24 |
| 16 | 6 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 10 | 22 |
| 50 | 21 | 8 | Scored | S | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| 34 | 14 | 1 | Conceded | C | 18 | 50 | 126 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 88% | 91% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 83% | 92% |
| 68% | 64% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 67% | 79% |
| 40% | 27% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 50% | 67% |
| 20% | 18% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 67% | 33% | 50% |
| 68% | 64% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 17% | 25% |
| 28% | 27% | 75% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 8% | 4% |
| 4% | 9% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 75% | 71% |
| 6.1 | 7 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 3 | 3.5 |
| 2.4 | 2 | 1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 5 | 4 |
| 1.4 | 1.2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11.2 | 10.8 | 10 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 5.8 | 6.2 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 43% | 44% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 8.2 | 9.5 | 8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 19 | 18 |
| 3.5 | 3.5 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 9 | 6.5 |
- Spartans have scored more than double the goals of Vale of Leithen.
- Spartans have the most scored goals in the second half (22) in Football League - Lowland League
- Spartans have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Spartans haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Vale of Leithen have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Vale of Leithen have the fewest clean sheets (0) in Football League - Lowland League
- Vale of Leithen have the fewest points (4) away in Football League - Lowland League
- Vale of Leithen have the fewest scored goals (3) away in Football League - Lowland League
- Vale of Leithen have the fewest scored goals (9) in Football League - Lowland League
- Vale of Leithen have the fewest scored goals in the first half (1) in Football League - Lowland League
- Vale of Leithen have the fewest scored goals in the second half (1) in Football League - Lowland League
- Vale of Leithen have the most conceded goals (126) in Football League - Lowland League
- Vale of Leithen have the most conceded goals (50) away in Football League - Lowland League
- Vale of Leithen have the the worst goal difference (-117) in Football League - Lowland League
- Vale of Leithen have the the worst goal difference (-47) away in Football League - Lowland League
- Vale of Leithen 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 | Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic | 24 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 68 | 21 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 41 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 7 | 47 | 62 |
| 2 | Rangers U21 | 23 | 17 | 0 | 6 | 81 | 26 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 53 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 28 | 12 | 55 | 51 |
| 3 | Celtic II | 23 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 53 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 31 | 8 | 37 | 51 |
| 4 | Spartans | 25 | 16 | 3 | 6 | 50 | 34 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 21 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 29 | 20 | 16 | 51 |
| 5 | East Kilbride | 24 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 64 | 29 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 45 | 15 | 35 | 48 |
| 6 | Civil Service Strollers | 25 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 51 | 34 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 31 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 18 | 17 | 47 |
| 7 | East Stirlingshire | 24 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 42 | 23 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 32 | 16 | 19 | 39 |
| 8 | Berwick Rangers | 23 | 12 | 1 | 10 | 48 | 32 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 34 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 37 |
| 9 | Gala Fairydean Rovers | 21 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 38 | 31 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 14 | 7 | 31 |
| 10 | Edusport Academy | 24 | 9 | 4 | 11 | 43 | 41 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 20 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 22 | 21 | 2 | 31 |
| 11 | Dalbeattie Star | 21 | 10 | 0 | 11 | 30 | 33 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 11 | 20 | -3 | 30 |
| 12 | Bo'ness United | 21 | 9 | 2 | 10 | 37 | 33 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 19 | 13 | 4 | 29 |
| 13 | BSC Glasgow | 26 | 8 | 3 | 15 | 31 | 49 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 18 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 15 | 31 | -18 | 27 |
| 14 | Stirling University | 21 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 39 | 48 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 15 | 23 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 25 | -9 | 22 |
| 15 | Edinburgh University | 25 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 38 | 72 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 23 | 34 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 15 | 38 | -34 | 22 |
| 16 | Cumbernauld Colts | 25 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 37 | 59 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 18 | 30 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 19 | 29 | -22 | 18 |
| 17 | Gretna 2008 | 25 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 23 | 75 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 37 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 14 | 38 | -52 | 10 |
| 18 | Vale of Leithen | 24 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 9 | 126 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 76 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 50 | -117 | 4 |
