Football League match preview and statistics: Berwick Rangers fight East Stirlingshire

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Competition: Scotland Football League
Competition: Sat 08.February
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Shielfield Park (4131 seats)

Struggling Berwick Rangers will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying East Stirlingshire in the upcoming league round. It’s 12th vs 3rd and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.

Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!

This pitch has grass, which is not East Stirlingshire's usual surface at their own ground. When playing on grass East Stirlingshire have performed like this: Played 17 matches resulting in 8 wins, 3 draws and 6 defeats with the goal stats 35-27 (scored/conceded).

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Berwick Rangers form and stats

The story so far in the Football League for Berwick Rangers at their home stadium (Shielfield Park) is 4 wins, 2 draws and 6 defeats.

Berwick Rangers lost their last game at BSC Glasgow (placed 4th) after a 1-4 scoreline. Preceding that match was a defeat to East Kilbride (0-2).

The Berwick Rangers fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 19 goals in 12 league matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Berwick Rangers defense is not exactly impregnable. 19 goals conceded from 12 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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East Stirlingshire form and stats

East Stirlingshire's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed East Stirlingshire, who have the most scored goals (30) away in Football League, collect 26 points from their 11 away matches in the Football League. 8 victories and 2 draws have created these points (and only 1 defeat). East Stirlingshire are enjoying a nice run from their away games now, having played nine in a row without losing.

Before that one, a nice away victory 3-0 at Vale of Leithen.

As mentioned above, East Stirlingshire was the only team on the pitch versus Dalbeattie Star in their previous game, winning 6-1. This could be a tougher task.

East Stirlingshire create on average more than 2,5 goals per away game (in the league) all by themselves, having scored 30 goals in 11 travels. East Stirlingshire are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 9 times in 11 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result East Stirlingshire - Berwick Rangers 3-1 entered in the official records. Last ten meetings between the teams: Berwick Rangers won seven, East Stirlingshire won one and two draws. seven games with over 2,5 goals, three matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Berwick Rangers
C. Adamson
3 goals
Berwick RangersL. Barr
L. Barr
2 goals

Berwick Rangers missing players

East Stirlingshire missing players

Berwick Rangers East Stirlingshire
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
21 12 3 Played P 4 11 23
5 4 0 Won W 4 8 15
5 2 0 Drew D 0 2 2
11 6 3 Lost L 0 1 6
29 19 3 Scored S 13 30 66
36 19 7 Conceded C 0 9 23
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
71% 75% 33% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 87%
62% 67% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 91% 83%
48% 42% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 55% 57%
14% 8% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 9% 22%
57% 50% 33% BTTS BTTS 0% 55% 61%
19% 25% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 45% 26%
24% 25% 67% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 13%
 
5.7 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 13.5 7 8.5
4.2 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 3.5 3.2 2.6
1.7 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.5 2.3 1.7
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
57 0 0 Total Shots T S 42 86 180
18 0 0 Shots on Target S O 24 41 91
28% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 37% 38%
Key stats in Football League this season:
  • All of East Stirlingshire's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Berwick Rangers have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Berwick Rangers have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • Berwick Rangers haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • East Stirlingshire has the most matches over the total-line (9)
  • East Stirlingshire has the most scored goals (30) away
  • East Stirlingshire has the the best goal difference (+21) away
  • East Stirlingshire have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • East Stirlingshire have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • East Stirlingshire have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • East Stirlingshire have scored more than double the goals of Berwick Rangers.
  • East Stirlingshire have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • East Stirlingshire have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • East Stirlingshire 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 Kelty Hearts 21 19 1 1 85 13 11 10 1 0 58 5 10 9 0 1 27 8 72 58
2 Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic 19 17 1 1 55 15 8 7 0 1 28 6 11 10 1 0 27 9 40 52
3 East Stirlingshire 23 15 2 6 66 23 12 7 0 5 36 14 11 8 2 1 30 9 43 47
4 BSC Glasgow 19 15 2 2 53 14 12 9 2 1 38 9 7 6 0 1 15 5 39 47
5 Spartans 21 13 1 7 42 29 12 7 0 5 23 16 9 6 1 2 19 13 13 40
6 Civil Service Strollers 20 12 2 6 37 26 9 4 2 3 15 11 11 8 0 3 22 15 11 38
7 East Kilbride 20 10 3 7 36 18 11 5 1 5 23 12 9 5 2 2 13 6 18 33
8 Cumbernauld Colts 23 9 5 9 46 46 11 6 1 4 24 16 12 3 4 5 22 30 0 32
9 Edusport Academy 23 9 3 11 45 49 11 4 3 4 21 24 12 5 0 7 24 25 -4 30
10 Stirling University 23 8 4 11 27 42 10 3 3 4 14 19 13 5 1 7 13 23 -15 28
11 Gala Fairydean Rovers 22 6 6 10 32 45 10 3 1 6 13 20 12 3 5 4 19 25 -13 24
12 Berwick Rangers 21 5 5 11 29 36 12 4 2 6 19 19 9 1 3 5 10 17 -7 20
13 Gretna 2008 22 2 5 15 21 61 10 1 3 6 12 23 12 1 2 9 9 38 -40 11
14 Dalbeattie Star 22 3 2 17 19 64 10 1 1 8 5 19 12 2 1 9 14 45 -45 11
15 Edinburgh University 21 2 4 15 16 58 12 2 2 8 11 31 9 0 2 7 5 27 -42 10
16 Vale of Leithen 22 2 2 18 17 87 10 0 2 8 7 35 12 2 0 10 10 52 -70 8