Dalbeattie Star vs Gretna 2008: Match guide and preview

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Competition: Scotland Football League
Competition: Tue 22.December
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Islecroft Stadium (3500 seats)

This match features two teams living in the basement of the Football League, Dalbeattie Star holding 15th place and Gretna 2008 lying 14th. A good chance for both teams to improve their position.

Insights:
  • Dalbeattie Star have yet to win a game at home.
  • Gretna 2008 have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.

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.

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Dalbeattie Star form and stats

Dalbeattie Star have collected 1 point from their Football League home games so far after 0-1-3.

Dalbeattie have scored 3 league goals here from 4 matches, not a lot. As for conceded goals, Dalbeattie Star's unpleasant statistic is 10 goals surrendered.

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Gretna 2008 form and stats

Gretna 2008 have only collected 3 points from their away games in the Football League, after 1-0-5 (6 played). Gretna has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.

As you can see from the result above, the defeat against Kelty Hearts was particularly ugly (0-7). The humiliation is still top of mind.

Gretna 2008 have scored 6 goals on their travels this season, from 6 away games in the league. Gretna can't defend away. 18 goals have been scored by the opposition in 6 matches, an average of more than three per game. You might want to look at the total goal statistics, which can be found on the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Numbers for the last four meetings between these two teams are: two wins for Dalbeattie, one draw and one win for Gretna 2008. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: one game.

Dalbeattie Star missing players

Gretna 2008 missing players

Dalbeattie Star Gretna 2008
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
9 4 1 Played P 2 6 10
1 0 0 Won W 1 1 3
1 1 1 Drew D 0 0 0
7 3 0 Lost L 1 5 7
10 3 0 Scored S 5 6 13
22 10 0 Conceded C 1 18 23
89% 75% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
89% 75% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 67% 70%
78% 75% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 67% 70%
67% 75% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 50% 40%
22% 25% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 50% 40%
67% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 17% 20%
11% 25% 100% Clean Sheets C S 50% 17% 30%
33% 50% 100% Failed to Score F T 50% 67% 50%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
8 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 0
4 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
Key stats in Football League this season:
  • Dalbeattie Star have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Dalbeattie Star have yet to win a game at home.
  • Gretna 2008 have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • 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 Kelty Hearts 13 12 0 1 40 4 7 6 0 1 24 1 6 6 0 0 16 3 36 36
2 Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic 12 9 2 1 29 6 7 6 1 0 18 2 5 3 1 1 11 4 23 29
3 BSC Glasgow 12 8 3 1 35 14 6 5 1 0 16 4 6 3 2 1 19 10 21 27
4 East Stirlingshire 12 8 2 2 30 12 6 3 2 1 10 6 6 5 0 1 20 6 18 26
5 East Kilbride 11 8 2 1 23 6 6 5 1 0 18 3 5 3 1 1 5 3 17 26
6 Gala Fairydean Rovers 11 6 1 4 20 19 6 4 0 2 13 9 5 2 1 2 7 10 1 19
7 Stirling University 14 6 1 7 24 24 7 3 1 3 13 12 7 3 0 4 11 12 0 19
8 Bo'ness United 9 5 3 1 21 11 6 4 2 0 15 7 3 1 1 1 6 4 10 18
9 Spartans 12 6 0 6 27 22 6 3 0 3 11 10 6 3 0 3 16 12 5 18
10 Civil Service Strollers 12 4 3 5 11 13 5 3 1 1 5 3 7 1 2 4 6 10 -2 15
11 Berwick Rangers 12 4 1 7 10 16 6 3 0 3 8 11 6 1 1 4 2 5 -6 13
12 Edusport Academy 12 4 0 8 18 23 6 2 0 4 14 11 6 2 0 4 4 12 -5 12
13 Cumbernauld Colts 13 3 2 8 17 28 7 1 1 5 8 14 6 2 1 3 9 14 -11 11
14 Gretna 2008 10 3 0 7 13 23 4 2 0 2 7 5 6 1 0 5 6 18 -10 9
15 Dalbeattie Star 9 1 1 7 10 22 4 0 1 3 3 10 5 1 0 4 7 12 -12 4
16 Edinburgh University 12 1 1 10 5 37 6 1 0 5 3 20 6 0 1 5 2 17 -32 4
17 Vale of Leithen 12 0 0 12 5 58 4 0 0 4 4 20 8 0 0 8 1 38 -53 0