Tranent Juniors anticipate the arrival of East Stirlingshire with faith in winning all three points. Can they? Read our in-depth preview!
- Tranent Juniors have the fewest conceded goals (24) in Football League - Lowland League
- East Stirlingshire have the most dropped points from leading position (13) in Football League - Lowland League
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.
Tranent Juniors form and stats
Tranent Juniors are steadily winning Football League - Lowland League games and points here at Forrester Park 3. 8 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats is the summary from 12 games. After failing to beat Rangers U21 here at Forrester Park 3, Tranent Juniors has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with four wins in a row.
Stress levels are on the rise for Tranent Juniors's attacking players as they have now played 185 minutes without scoring in a league game. Reid was their last goal scorer.
Tranent lost their last game at Berwick Rangers (placed 11th) after a 0-1 scoreline. Until that match this team had gone nine consecutive league meetings without being beaten.
0-0 away at Cowdenbeath before that.Tranent Juniors are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at Forrester Park 3 in their league games, having scored an impressive 32 goals in 12 matches. Tranent Juniors have conceded 14 in these home matches.
East Stirlingshire form and stats
East Stirlingshire have only collected 9 points from their away games in the Football League - Lowland League, after 1-6-5 (12 played).
There might be some fixture complaints from Stirlingshire as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous game, 0-2 against Cumbernauld Colts.
That result followed a home victory 2-1 versus Bo'ness United.The attacking power of East Stirlingshire when travelling is not overwhelming with 11 goals scored from 12 league matches away. For East Stirlingshire, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
East Stirlingshire - Tranent Juniors 2-2 was the outcome when this pair of teams formerly did battle, also in this season. Numbers for the former two meetings between these two teams are: one win for Tranent, one draw and zero wins for East Stirlingshire. Over 2,5 goals: two times; under 2,5 goals: zero games.
Tranent Juniors missing players
East Stirlingshire missing players
| Tranent Juniors | East Stirlingshire | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 12 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 12 | 24 |
| 13 | 8 | 4 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 12 |
| 49 | 32 | 17 | Scored | S | 3 | 11 | 24 |
| 24 | 14 | 5 | Conceded | C | 6 | 28 | 51 |
| 87% | 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 74% | 75% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 92% |
| 61% | 75% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 50% | 54% |
| 43% | 58% | 75% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 42% | 42% |
| 30% | 42% | 75% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 25% | 21% |
| 57% | 58% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 58% | 58% |
| 35% | 33% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 8% | 8% |
| 22% | 17% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 33% |
| 6 | 4 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 4.3 | 4.3 |
| 3 | 4.5 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 5.7 | 6.8 |
| 2.6 | 3.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 0.3 | 1.6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 11.3 | 15 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 3 | 7 | 6.7 |
| 5.9 | 8.5 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1 | 2.7 | 3.2 |
| 39% | 47% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 38% | 33% |
| 7 | 8 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 22 | 14 | 12.8 |
| 4.3 | 7 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 14 | 5.7 | 6.2 |
- 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.
- Tranent Juniors have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Tranent Juniors have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Tranent Juniors have scored more than double the goals of East Stirlingshire.
- Tranent Juniors have the fewest conceded goals (24) in Football League - Lowland League
- Tranent Juniors have won significantly less corners at home than away.
| 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 | 23 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 49 | 26 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 28 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 16 | 23 | 46 |
| 2 | Celtic II | 21 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 65 | 29 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 42 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 14 | 36 | 45 |
| 3 | Rangers U21 | 22 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 63 | 38 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 36 | 28 | 25 | 45 |
| 4 | Tranent Juniors | 23 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 49 | 24 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 32 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 25 | 45 |
| 5 | East Kilbride | 23 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 53 | 34 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 26 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 27 | 21 | 19 | 43 |
| 6 | Stirling University | 21 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 49 | 28 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 29 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 19 | 21 | 42 |
| 7 | BSC Glasgow | 23 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 48 | 44 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 29 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 19 | 29 | 4 | 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 | 23 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 49 | 32 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 30 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 16 | 17 | 34 |
| 10 | Edusport Academy | 23 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 58 | 45 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 40 | 20 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 25 | 13 | 33 |
| 11 | Berwick Rangers | 22 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 33 | 39 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 12 | 28 | -6 | 33 |
| 12 | Gala Fairydean Rovers | 23 | 10 | 3 | 10 | 42 | 49 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 21 | 22 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 27 | -7 | 33 |
| 13 | Cumbernauld Colts | 21 | 8 | 1 | 12 | 40 | 41 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 25 | 26 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 15 | 15 | -1 | 25 |
| 14 | Hearts U21 | 21 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 47 | 38 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 25 | 23 | 9 | 24 |
| 15 | Gretna 2008 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 13 | 31 | 52 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 18 | 27 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 25 | -21 | 22 |
| 16 | East Stirlingshire | 24 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 24 | 51 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 23 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 28 | -27 | 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 |
