Football League: Cumbernauld Colts - Rangers U21 pre-match thoughts and the hard facts

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Competition: Scotland Football League
Competition: Wed 10.November
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Broadwood Stadium (8029 seats)

Both Cumbernauld Colts and Rangers U21 are craving for points in this game, in spite of the away side holding a 21 point advantage in the standings.

Insights:
  • Cumbernauld Colts have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Rangers U21 have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.

It's no vacation for neither Cumbernauld nor Rangers U21 as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Cumbernauld Colts form and stats

With 1 Football League win, 2 draws and 5 defeats from their home games, Cumbernauld Colts are certainly not brimming with confidence. Cumbernauld are very eager to stop a potential losing streak at Broadwood Stadium, having lost their two previous games here.

The Cumbernauld Colts crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 1-4 to Edusport Academy here at Broadwood Stadium in a Football League match.

Before that, Cumbernauld Colts played out a draw 2-2 when visiting Celtic II.

Cumbernauld are traveling soon after this match as the Football League match at Edinburgh University awaits in three days.

Cumbernauld Colts have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Broadwood Stadium with 13 goals in 8 league matches. Defensively there's plenty of potential for improvement as Cumbernauld have allowed the opposition to score 22 goals here at Broadwood Stadium.

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Rangers U21 form and stats

Rangers U21's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Rangers U21 collect 15 points from their 7 away matches in the Football League. 5 victories and 0 draws have created these points (and only 2 defeats).

It might be tough going out on the road again for U21, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 0-1 versus Bo'ness United (placed 12th).

Before that, U21 secured a home win against Berwick Rangers with the score 1-0.

U21 have another game away from home in just three sleeps, a Football League match versus Dalbeattie Star. A rough calendar for the visitors!

Rangers U21 create on average more than 2,5 goals per away game (in the league) all by themselves, having scored 18 goals in 7 travels. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (6 so far). It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

These two sides faced each other previously this match year: Rangers U21 - Cumbernauld 1-4.

Cumbernauld Colts missing players

Rangers U21 missing players

Cumbernauld Colts Rangers U21
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
18 8 2 Played P 1 7 16
4 1 0 Won W 1 5 12
3 2 1 Drew D 0 0 0
11 5 1 Lost L 0 2 4
29 13 0 Scored S 3 18 51
43 22 2 Conceded C 0 6 16
94% 88% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
89% 88% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 71% 81%
72% 75% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 57% 69%
61% 62% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 29% 50%
44% 62% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 29% 38%
61% 75% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 43% 50%
17% 12% 50% Clean Sheets C S 100% 43% 44%
28% 25% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 14% 6%
 
2.8 2.8 3 Corners for (avg) C F 0 2 6.2
3.8 3.2 3 Corners against (avg) C A 0 3 3.2
1.5 1.5 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0.4
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
7.8 7 3 Shots (avg) S ( 0 12 18.4
3.6 3.3 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 7 10.4
50% 50% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 14% 33%
 
15.6 13.7 16 Shots against (avg) S A 0 5 7.6
7.2 7 6 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 3 4.2
Key stats in Football League this season:
  • Cumbernauld Colts have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Rangers U21 have created more than twice as many corners as Cumbernauld Colts.
  • Rangers U21 have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Rangers U21 have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Rangers U21 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 18 15 1 2 56 17 10 9 0 1 33 11 8 6 1 1 23 6 39 46
2 Rangers U21 16 12 0 4 51 16 9 7 0 2 33 10 7 5 0 2 18 6 35 36
3 Spartans 18 11 2 5 35 20 9 4 1 4 14 11 9 7 1 1 21 9 15 35
4 Civil Service Strollers 18 10 3 5 37 27 9 6 1 2 24 13 9 4 2 3 13 14 10 33
5 East Stirlingshire 18 9 4 5 33 18 8 3 1 4 6 5 10 6 3 1 27 13 15 31
5 Rangers II 5 4 0 1 8 4 3 2 0 1 5 4 2 2 0 0 3 0 4 12
6 Celtic II 15 9 3 3 32 9 8 4 2 2 9 5 7 5 1 1 23 4 23 30
7 East Kilbride 17 9 3 5 42 23 9 5 1 3 15 9 8 4 2 2 27 14 19 30
8 Dalbeattie Star 16 9 0 7 24 19 7 5 0 2 16 9 9 4 0 5 8 10 5 27
9 Gala Fairydean Rovers 16 8 2 6 32 23 8 3 0 5 11 16 8 5 2 1 21 7 9 26
10 Berwick Rangers 18 8 1 9 35 28 10 5 1 4 24 15 8 3 0 5 11 13 7 25
11 Edusport Academy 16 7 3 6 30 25 7 3 2 2 15 8 9 4 1 4 15 17 5 24
12 Bo'ness United 16 7 2 7 30 23 9 3 2 4 14 15 7 4 0 3 16 8 7 23
13 BSC Glasgow 17 6 3 8 21 24 8 2 2 4 10 11 9 4 1 4 11 13 -3 21
14 Edinburgh University 17 4 4 9 28 48 9 1 4 4 17 27 8 3 0 5 11 21 -20 16
15 Cumbernauld Colts 18 4 3 11 29 43 8 1 2 5 13 22 10 3 1 6 16 21 -14 15
16 Stirling University 16 3 3 10 27 42 8 1 0 7 7 20 8 2 3 3 20 22 -15 12
17 Gretna 2008 18 1 4 13 18 55 8 0 2 6 6 24 10 1 2 7 12 31 -37 7
18 Vale of Leithen 18 0 1 17 7 107 9 0 0 9 5 64 9 0 1 8 2 43 -100 1