Only a win will satisfy the East Stirlingshire supporters in this Falkirk Community Stadium clash with Dalbeattie Star, having a healthy lead on the opposition in the Football League table.
East Stirlingshire and Dalbeattie Star should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on artificial turf and that the visiting Dalbeattie Star have a different surface at their stadium (grass). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on artificial turf is 0-1-5 (win-draw-loss) from six matches.
East Stirlingshire form and stats
When playing at home in the Football League, East Stirlingshire have managed 6 wins, 0 draws and suffered 5 defeats from 11 games. Three consecutive losses here at Falkirk Community Stadium is hard to swallow for the home team. Both players, staff and the home crowd are desperate to get something from this match.
Happy days for East Stirlingshire in their previous game, a Football League match away at Vale of Leithen (placed 16th) that ended with a 3-0 victory. Before that game, the home loss against Stirling University with the scoreline 1-2.
Goals are plentiful at Falkirk Community Stadium in the league this season as East Stirlingshire has scored 30 goals here in 11 home games. East Stirlingshire have conceded 13 in these home matches.
Dalbeattie Star form and stats
Dalbeattie Star have only collected 7 points from their away games in the Football League, after 2-1-8 (11 played). The sun doesn’t shine and the birds do not sing for Dalbeattie Star, who have now gone ten games without a victory. The Stirling University game was their last win and it’s been a dry spell since. Bitter travels for Dalbeattie Star as they have lost five games in a row away from home. The last time they avoided an away-from-home loss was the Stirling University match.
This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Football League home defeat versus Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic with 0-1 on the scoreboard. Prior to that match, the Dalbeattie Star manager P. McGinley faced defeat when travelling to Cumbernauld Colts and losing 0-3.
Dalbeattie Star have scored 13 goals on their travels this season, from 11 away games in the league. There are big problems for the Dalbeattie Star defense as they have conceded 39 goals in 11 away games.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Dalbeattie Star - East Stirlingshire 0-4 earlier this season. Numbers for the last three meetings between these two teams are: 2 wins for East Stirlingshire, 1 draw and 0 wins for Dalbeattie Star. Over 2,5 goals: 2 times; under 2,5 goals: 1 game.East Stirlingshire missing players
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| East Stirlingshire | Dalbeattie Star | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 11 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 11 | 21 |
| 14 | 6 | 4 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | 5 | 0 | Lost | L | 4 | 8 | 16 |
| 60 | 30 | 22 | Scored | S | 0 | 13 | 18 |
| 22 | 13 | 3 | Conceded | C | 20 | 39 | 58 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 86% | 73% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 81% |
| 82% | 73% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 71% |
| 55% | 55% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 75% | 55% | 43% |
| 18% | 27% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 36% | 24% |
| 59% | 64% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 27% | 33% |
| 27% | 9% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 9% | 10% |
| 14% | 27% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 64% | 57% |
| 8.5 | 10.4 | 11.5 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 1 | 2.3 | 2.3 |
| 2.6 | 2 | 1 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 7 | 7.8 | 7.8 |
| 1.7 | 1 | 0 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.7 | 2.7 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 180 | 94 | 43 | Total Shots | T S | 12 | 43 | 43 |
| 91 | 50 | 26 | Shots on Target | S O | 6 | 18 | 18 |
| 38% | 40% | 58% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 44% | 44% |
- All of Dalbeattie Star's away-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Dalbeattie Star has the fewest matches under the total-line (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 played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Dalbeattie Star haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- East Stirlingshire has the most matches over the total-line (9)
- East Stirlingshire have created more than twice as many corners as Dalbeattie Star.
- East Stirlingshire have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- East Stirlingshire have scored more than double the goals of Dalbeattie Star.
- East Stirlingshire have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- East Stirlingshire have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- East Stirlingshire 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 | 20 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 81 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 54 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 8 | 69 | 55 |
| 2 | Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic | 18 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 52 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 9 | 37 | 49 |
| 3 | East Stirlingshire | 22 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 60 | 22 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 30 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 30 | 9 | 38 | 44 |
| 4 | BSC Glasgow | 18 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 49 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 34 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 36 | 44 |
| 5 | Spartans | 20 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 37 | 27 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 23 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 37 |
| 6 | Civil Service Strollers | 19 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 36 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 15 | 10 | 35 |
| 7 | East Kilbride | 19 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 34 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 21 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 18 | 32 |
| 8 | Edusport Academy | 22 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 44 | 45 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 24 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 23 | 21 | -1 | 30 |
| 9 | Cumbernauld Colts | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 39 | 45 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 30 | -6 | 29 |
| 10 | Stirling University | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 27 | 39 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 23 | -12 | 28 |
| 11 | Gala Fairydean Rovers | 21 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 30 | 43 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 20 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 23 | -13 | 23 |
| 12 | Berwick Rangers | 20 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 28 | 32 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 19 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 13 | -4 | 20 |
| 13 | Gretna 2008 | 21 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 21 | 60 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 23 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 37 | -39 | 11 |
| 14 | Dalbeattie Star | 21 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 18 | 58 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 19 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 13 | 39 | -40 | 11 |
| 15 | Edinburgh University | 20 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 53 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 26 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 27 | -39 | 10 |
| 16 | Vale of Leithen | 21 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 16 | 80 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 35 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 45 | -64 | 8 |