Dalbeattie Star vs BSC Glasgow: Match guide and preview

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Competition: Scotland Football League
Date: Sat 07.December
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Islecroft Stadium (3500 seats)

Struggling Dalbeattie Star will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying BSC Glasgow in the upcoming league round. It’s 13th vs 4th and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on grass and that the visiting BSC Glasgow have a different surface at their stadium (artificial turf). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on grass is 5-0-2 (win-draw-loss) from seven matches.

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Dalbeattie Star form and stats

Dalbeattie Star's struggle is real here at Islecroft Stadium with only 3 points collected from 7 Football League games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 1-0-6. It's been an uphill battle for Dalbeattie Star in their home games for quite some time now, as four matches in a row are lost here. Not since the Edinburgh University game have they avoided the disappointment of defeat. Regardless of arena the trend is looking very unhealthy for Dalbeattie Star with their four defeats in a row. Not since the Stirling University game, 63 days ago, have they avoided a loss.

Dalbeattie Star lost their last game at Civil Service Strollers (placed 5th) after a 0-3 scoreline. Preceding that match was a defeat to Cumbernauld Colts (1-4).

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Dalbeattie Star here at Islecroft Stadium in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (4 from 7 games). Dalbeattie Star have conceded 16 goals in these home games, a significant number.

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BSC Glasgow form and stats

3 wins, 0 draws and 1 loss. That’s the product of BSC Glasgow playing as the away team in the Football League this season. Momentum is building for BSC Glasgow in their away games, having won their two previous outings.

Two travels in a row for BSC Glasgow, whose manager S. Swift could celebrate last time after the Scottish Cup win against East Fife. A home win before that, celebrating 4-1 vs Civil Service Strollers.

What a finish in the last match, as BSC Glasgow came back from being down 1-3 and secured all three points through T. Orr in the 90th minute. A crazy, crazy match with lots of goals last time out for BSC Glasgow, 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, BSC Glasgow are regular goalscorers on their travels. 4 goals have been conceded by BSC Glasgow in these games.

Head 2 Head

BSC Glasgow - Dalbeattie Star 5-0 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. As for the last four games between these two teams, there's 1 Dalbeattie Star victory, 0 draws and 3 BSC Glasgow wins. 3 of these games ended with three goals or more, 1 match with two goals or less.

Dalbeattie Star missing players

BSC Glasgow missing players

Dalbeattie Star BSC Glasgow
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
15 7 1 Played P 1 4 12
3 1 0 Won W 1 3 9
1 0 0 Drew D 0 0 2
11 6 1 Lost L 0 1 1
16 4 0 Scored S 3 9 36
45 16 4 Conceded C 0 4 9
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
87% 71% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 100%
80% 57% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 100% 83%
47% 43% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 25% 42%
33% 14% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 33%
33% 43% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 75% 67%
13% 14% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 25% 33%
53% 43% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
2 0 0 Corners For (avg) C F 0 9 7.5
7.2 0 0 Corners Against (avg) C A 0 3 2.5
3.2 0 0 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 0 2 2
0 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 0
 
28 0 0 Total Shots T S 0 16 115
13 0 0 Shots on Target S O 0 8 58
62% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 12% 38%
Key stats in Football League this season:
  • All of BSC Glasgow's away-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
  • BSC Glasgow has the most scored goals in the first half (12)
  • BSC Glasgow have created more than twice as many corners as Dalbeattie Star.
  • BSC Glasgow have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • BSC Glasgow have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • BSC Glasgow have scored in all their matches so far.
  • BSC Glasgow have scored more than double the goals of Dalbeattie Star.
  • BSC Glasgow have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • BSC Glasgow haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • BSC Glasgow is in the best form (5-1-0)
  • Dalbeattie Star have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
  • Dalbeattie Star have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Dalbeattie Star have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • Dalbeattie Star 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 13 12 0 1 57 5 6 6 0 0 38 1 7 6 0 1 19 4 52 36
2 East Stirlingshire 15 11 1 3 45 13 8 6 0 2 27 7 7 5 1 1 18 6 32 34
3 Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic 13 11 1 1 40 12 7 6 0 1 23 5 6 5 1 0 17 7 28 34
4 BSC Glasgow 12 9 2 1 36 9 8 6 2 0 27 5 4 3 0 1 9 4 27 29
5 Civil Service Strollers 15 9 2 4 28 20 6 3 2 1 10 5 9 6 0 3 18 15 8 29
6 Spartans 13 8 0 5 23 21 8 4 0 4 12 13 5 4 0 1 11 8 2 24
7 Cumbernauld Colts 15 6 5 4 31 25 7 4 1 2 13 10 8 2 4 2 18 15 6 23
8 Edusport Academy 15 6 3 6 31 32 7 2 3 2 14 16 8 4 0 4 17 16 -1 21
9 East Kilbride 13 6 2 5 20 13 7 3 0 4 11 8 6 3 2 1 9 5 7 20
10 Stirling University 14 5 2 7 19 30 6 2 1 3 12 15 8 3 1 4 7 15 -11 17
11 Gala Fairydean Rovers 13 3 4 6 17 26 5 0 1 4 2 13 8 3 3 2 15 13 -9 13
12 Berwick Rangers 13 3 3 7 22 24 7 2 1 4 14 13 6 1 2 3 8 11 -2 12
13 Dalbeattie Star 15 3 1 11 16 45 7 1 0 6 4 16 8 2 1 5 12 29 -29 10
14 Gretna 2008 14 1 3 10 14 44 7 1 2 4 9 14 7 0 1 6 5 30 -30 6
15 Edinburgh University 14 1 2 11 10 43 8 1 2 5 8 20 6 0 0 6 2 23 -33 5
16 Vale of Leithen 15 1 1 13 11 58 7 0 1 6 6 29 8 1 0 7 5 29 -47 4