With the nervous opening game out of the way it’s time for the second Football League game of the season. Dalbeattie Star look forward to welcoming Gala Fairydean Rovers in front of their home support.
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.
Dalbeattie Star form and stats
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as East Stirlingshire are coming to town in four days.
Last season, Dalbeattie Star's league statistics were 3 wins, 2 draws and 18 losses, resulting in a 15th position in the Football League. Over these 23 matches they scored 19 goals and conceded 68. Playing at home last season Dalbeattie Star managed 1-1-9 (win-draw-lost) with 5 goals and 23 conceded.
Gala Fairydean Rovers form and stats
As you can see from the result above, the defeat against Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic was particularly ugly (0-4). The humiliation is still top of mind.
The schedule is very tough for Fairydean now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Football League game at East Kilbride is waiting in only four days.
Let's have a look at how Gala Fairydean Rovers performed last season in the Football League: They landed a 11th position in the league table after playing out 7 victories, 6 draws and 12 defeats. In total they scored 39 and conceded 55 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 3 - drew 5 and lost 5 with 21/30 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last four matches): Dalbeattie one win, zero draws and Gala Fairydean Rovers three victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one game had two or less.Dalbeattie Star missing players
Gala Fairydean Rovers missing players
| Dalbeattie Star | Gala Fairydean Rovers | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Dalbeattie Star | Last season | Gala Fairydean Rovers | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 23 | 11 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Won | W | 3 | 7 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 5 | 6 | ||
| 18 | 9 | Lost | L | 5 | 12 | ||
| 19 | 5 | Scored | S | 21 | 39 | ||
| 68 | 23 | Conceded | C | 30 | 55 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 83% | 64% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 85% | 92% | ||
| 74% | 45% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 85% | 84% | ||
| 48% | 36% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 69% | 60% | ||
| 26% | 9% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 31% | 24% | ||
| 35% | 36% | BTTS | BTTS | 62% | 56% | ||
| 9% | 9% | Clean Sheets | C S | 15% | 16% | ||
| 57% | 55% | Failed to Score | F T | 31% | 32% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.7 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.5 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 43 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 51 | 94 | ||
| 18 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 27 | 48 | ||
| 44% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 37% | 33% | ||
| 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 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| 2 | Kelty Hearts | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| 3 | Bo'ness United | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | BSC Glasgow | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | East Kilbride | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Spartans | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Berwick Rangers | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | East Stirlingshire | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 | Cumbernauld Colts | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 11 | Dalbeattie Star | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 12 | Gretna 2008 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 13 | Stirling University | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 14 | Civil Service Strollers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 15 | Vale of Leithen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 16 | Edinburgh University | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | -4 | 0 |
| 17 | Gala Fairydean Rovers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 0 |
| Last season | 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 | 25 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 95 | 17 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 63 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 32 | 8 | 78 | 68 |
| 2 | Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic | 24 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 70 | 22 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 33 | 7 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 37 | 15 | 48 | 62 |
| 3 | East Stirlingshire | 26 | 17 | 2 | 7 | 77 | 29 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 42 | 19 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 35 | 10 | 48 | 53 |
| 4 | BSC Glasgow | 22 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 58 | 21 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 41 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 37 | 51 |
| 5 | Spartans | 25 | 16 | 1 | 8 | 49 | 32 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 25 | 18 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 14 | 17 | 49 |
| 6 | Civil Service Strollers | 23 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 40 | 38 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 25 | 27 | 2 | 39 |
| 7 | East Kilbride | 23 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 43 | 24 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 28 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 19 | 37 |
| 8 | Edusport Academy | 26 | 11 | 3 | 12 | 57 | 55 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 30 | 29 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 27 | 26 | 2 | 36 |
| 9 | Cumbernauld Colts | 27 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 49 | 50 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 26 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 23 | 33 | -1 | 36 |
| 10 | Stirling University | 25 | 9 | 4 | 12 | 28 | 44 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 19 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 13 | 25 | -16 | 31 |
| 11 | Gala Fairydean Rovers | 25 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 39 | 55 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 18 | 25 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 30 | -16 | 27 |
| 12 | Berwick Rangers | 24 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 32 | 41 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 22 | 24 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 17 | -9 | 24 |
| 13 | Gretna 2008 | 24 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 21 | 62 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 23 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 39 | -41 | 12 |
| 14 | Edinburgh University | 25 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 18 | 66 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 33 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 33 | -48 | 12 |
| 15 | Dalbeattie Star | 23 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 19 | 68 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 23 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 14 | 45 | -49 | 11 |
| 16 | Vale of Leithen | 23 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 18 | 89 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 35 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 54 | -71 | 8 |