Football League: High-profile versus below par, at least that's what the table says. Dalbeattie Star - Gretna 2008. Home win or a shock result?
- Dalbeattie Star have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Gretna 2008 have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
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
12 points is a decent return from 6 Football League games here at Islecroft Stadium for Dalbeattie Star. The data says 4 wins, 0 draws and 2 losses.
Dalbeattie's last game was hosting Vale of Leithen (placed 18th) and winning 4-0. As mentioned above, Dalbeattie "killed" Vale of Leithen in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency.
Before that game, the home loss against East Stirlingshire with the scoreline 1-3.The Dalbeattie Star manager P. McGinley has got the team scoring with 13 from 6 home games in the league. 8 goals have been conceded.
Gretna 2008 form and stats
There's been little loot from Gretna 2008's travels as they have only collected 5 points from 6 away games in the Football League. Gretna 2008 only have 1 win to counter their 3 defeats and 2 draws. Three has not been a lucky number for Gretna as they have been defeated three times in a row since the Cumbernauld Colts match.
Gretna's previous game was their home loss versus Edinburgh University (0-4). Gretna 2008 lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 0-4 beating and focus on this one.
A 0-1 loss hosting Bo'ness United before that.The travelling fans enjoy Gretna's attacking play in away games, having scored 10 goals in 6 league matches away. The Gretna defense is as useful as an ashtray on a motorcycle, having conceded 22 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last five meetings: two - two - one (Dalbeattie Star wins - draws - Gretna 2008 wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one had two or less.Dalbeattie Star missing players
Gretna 2008 missing players
| Dalbeattie Star | Gretna 2008 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 6 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 6 | 10 |
| 7 | 4 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 19 | 13 | 10 | Scored | S | 4 | 10 | 13 |
| 11 | 8 | 2 | Conceded | C | 16 | 22 | 31 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 73% | 83% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 90% |
| 55% | 83% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 50% | 60% |
| 45% | 83% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 50% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 67% | 50% | 30% |
| 45% | 67% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 67% | 60% |
| 36% | 33% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 17% | 10% |
| 18% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 17% | 30% |
| 5.5 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1 | 3.7 | 3.2 |
| 3.5 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 12 | 7 | 6.2 |
| 0.5 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.3 | 2.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 11.5 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6 | 11 | 9.8 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.7 | 4.4 |
| 40% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 50% | 41% |
- All of Gretna 2008's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Dalbeattie Star have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Dalbeattie Star have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Dalbeattie Star have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- Dalbeattie Star haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Gretna 2008 have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Gretna 2008 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 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 18 | 25 |
| 2 | Rangers U21 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 34 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 29 | 24 |
| 3 | Civil Service Strollers | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 21 |
| 4 | Spartans | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 12 | 21 |
| 5 | Dalbeattie Star | 11 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 21 |
| 5 | Rangers II | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 12 |
| 6 | Berwick Rangers | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 19 |
| 7 | East Stirlingshire | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 18 |
| 8 | Celtic II | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 4 | 18 | 17 |
| 9 | Edusport Academy | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 17 |
| 10 | East Kilbride | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 14 |
| 11 | Bo'ness United | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 21 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 13 |
| 12 | Gala Fairydean Rovers | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 5 | -3 | 11 |
| 13 | BSC Glasgow | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | -3 | 9 |
| 14 | Stirling University | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 24 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 14 | -11 | 7 |
| 15 | Gretna 2008 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 31 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 22 | -18 | 6 |
| 16 | Cumbernauld Colts | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 28 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 15 | -13 | 5 |
| 17 | Edinburgh University | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 32 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 17 | -20 | 5 |
| 18 | Vale of Leithen | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 58 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 30 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 28 | -56 | 0 |