Cumbernauld Colts will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 8 points behind Spartans.
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.
This pitch has artificial turf, which is not Spartans's usual surface at their own ground. When playing on artificial turf Spartans have performed like this: Played four matches resulting in 2 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat with the goal stats 9-4 (scored/conceded).
Cumbernauld Colts form and stats
When playing at home in the Football League, Cumbernauld Colts have managed 6 wins, 1 draw and suffered 4 defeats from 11 games. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Broadwood Stadium.
A defeat was the result before that one, 0-1 away at Edinburgh University.
As indicated by the result mentioned above, Cumbernauld Colts played a great game against Vale of Leithen and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one.
With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (24 in 11 games), Cumbernauld Colts's attacking play is working. 16 goals have been conceded.
Spartans form and stats
Spartans's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Spartans collect 19 points from their 9 away matches in the Football League. 6 victories and 1 draw have created these points (and only 2 defeats).
It's the second away game in a row for Spartans, but there's smiles all around after the 5-2 victory versus Edinburgh University (placed 15th) in the Football League last time out. Before that, Spartans secured a home win against Stirling University with the score 3-2.
A crazy, crazy match with lots of goals last time out for Spartans, as mentioned above. 7 goals in that one, will this match be as much fun?
With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Spartans are regular goalscorers on their travels. As opposed to that, Spartans have seen the ball go into their own net 13 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Spartans - Cumbernauld Colts 3-2. Head-2-head stats last three meetings: zero - zero - three (Cumbernauld Colts wins - draws - Spartans wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one had two or less.Cumbernauld Colts missing players
Spartans missing players
| Cumbernauld Colts | Spartans | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 11 | 4 | Played | P | 2 | 9 | 21 |
| 9 | 6 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 6 | 13 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 46 | 24 | 5 | Scored | S | 2 | 19 | 42 |
| 46 | 16 | 8 | Conceded | C | 1 | 13 | 29 |
| 96% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 89% | 95% |
| 87% | 91% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 78% | 76% |
| 78% | 73% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 67% | 67% |
| 61% | 45% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 44% | 52% |
| 39% | 27% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 44% | 33% |
| 65% | 64% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 56% | 52% |
| 13% | 9% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 22% | 33% |
| 26% | 27% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 33% | 19% |
| 5.6 | 5.4 | 3 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 5 | 4.6 | 4.2 |
| 6.1 | 7.6 | 9 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 1 | 5.4 | 4.2 |
| 1.5 | 1.6 | 0 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 2.4 | 2.1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 96 | 49 | 12 | Total Shots | T S | 15 | 52 | 155 |
| 40 | 21 | 10 | Shots on Target | S O | 8 | 26 | 71 |
| 35% | 43% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 27% | 30% |
- Cumbernauld Colts haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Cumbernauld Colts is in the worst form (1-0-5)
| 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 |