Edinburgh University vs East Stirlingshire match preview

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Competition: Scotland Football League
Date: Sat 28.December
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: East Peffermill (1000 seats)

Struggling Edinburgh University will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying East Stirlingshire in the upcoming league round. It’s 15th vs 4th and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.

Edinburgh University and East Stirlingshire 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.

This pitch has grass, which is not East Stirlingshire's usual surface at their own ground. When playing on grass East Stirlingshire have performed like this: Played 15 matches resulting in 5 wins, 4 draws and 6 defeats with the goal stats 27-27 (scored/conceded).

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Edinburgh University form and stats

With 1 Football League win, 2 draws and 6 defeats from their home games, Edinburgh University are certainly not brimming with confidence. The home team are struggling everywhere these days as they haven't won a game, regardless of being the home or the away team, in 13 attempts. With seven home games in a row without a win, the Edinburgh University fans could feel they are not getting value for their money. It remains to be seen whether this unfortunate streak, which started after the Vale of Leithen game long ago, can be stopped today.

The home team returns to East Peffermill after sharing the points with Vale of Leithen (placed 16th) on their last time out; the Football League game ended 1-1. Before that game, the home loss against Civil Service Strollers with the scoreline 0-3.

Edinburgh University have scored 8 league goals here from 9 matches, not a lot. Neutralizing the opposition is a challenge, Edinburgh University having conceded 23 goals here at East Peffermill so far.

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East Stirlingshire form and stats

East Stirlingshire have an excellent away record in the Football League so far with 6-1-1 from 8 games. East Stirlingshire has been amazing away for a time now, winning six in a row on their travels. The last time they went home with a point loss was against Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic.

The manager D. Ure was unhappy after their last game, a Football League match played at their home ground Falkirk Community Stadium. East Stirlingshire suffered a 0-1 loss to BSC Glasgow (placed 3rd). Preceding that game was the away victory against Cumbernauld Colts with the score of 4-1.

Today's guests are confident travelers having scored 22 goals in 8 league games away this season. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (7 so far).

Head 2 Head

The two sides played each other earlier this season: East Stirlingshire - Edinburgh University 4-0. Head-to-head totals (for the last three meetings): Edinburgh University won 1 game, 0 matches ended with a draw and East Stirlingshire has 2 wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: 3 / 0

Edinburgh University missing players

East Stirlingshire missing players

Edinburgh University East Stirlingshire
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
17 9 1 Played P 2 8 18
1 1 0 Won W 2 6 12
3 2 0 Drew D 0 1 1
13 6 1 Lost L 0 1 5
12 8 0 Scored S 7 22 51
49 23 4 Conceded C 0 7 18
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
88% 89% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 83%
65% 67% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 88% 78%
53% 56% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 62% 61%
29% 22% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 12% 22%
53% 56% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 62% 61%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 38% 22%
47% 44% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 17%
 
4.1 6 7 Corners For (avg) C F 6 4.2 7.7
6.4 7 11 Corners Against (avg) C A 5 3 2.4
0.9 1 2 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 0 2 1.4
2 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 1
 
87 51 14 Total Shots T S 19 51 145
37 21 8 Shots on Target S O 11 22 72
11% 5% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 27% 45% 42%
Key stats in Football League this season:
  • All of East Stirlingshire's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • East Stirlingshire has the most matches over the total-line (7)
  • East Stirlingshire have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • East Stirlingshire have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • East Stirlingshire have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • East Stirlingshire have scored more than double the goals of Edinburgh University.
  • East Stirlingshire have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • East Stirlingshire have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • East Stirlingshire haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Edinburgh University has the fewest scored goals in the second half (0)
  • Edinburgh University has the most conceded goals in the second half (20)
  • Edinburgh University have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Edinburgh University have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Edinburgh University have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Edinburgh University have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Edinburgh University 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 16 15 0 1 72 6 8 8 0 0 50 1 8 7 0 1 22 5 66 45
2 Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic 16 14 1 1 48 13 8 7 0 1 28 6 8 7 1 0 20 7 35 43
3 BSC Glasgow 15 12 2 1 42 9 9 7 2 0 31 5 6 5 0 1 11 4 33 38
4 East Stirlingshire 18 12 1 5 51 18 10 6 0 4 29 11 8 6 1 1 22 7 33 37
5 Spartans 16 11 0 5 34 23 10 6 0 4 20 13 6 5 0 1 14 10 11 33
6 Civil Service Strollers 17 10 2 5 33 23 7 3 2 2 12 8 10 7 0 3 21 15 10 32
7 Edusport Academy 18 8 3 7 38 36 9 3 3 3 16 19 9 5 0 4 22 17 2 27
8 Cumbernauld Colts 18 7 5 6 36 36 8 4 1 3 14 14 10 3 4 3 22 22 0 26
9 East Kilbride 16 7 2 7 22 15 8 3 0 5 11 9 8 4 2 2 11 6 7 23
10 Stirling University 17 7 2 8 21 32 7 3 1 3 13 15 10 4 1 5 8 17 -11 23
11 Gala Fairydean Rovers 16 4 4 8 19 34 6 1 1 4 4 13 10 3 3 4 15 21 -15 16
12 Berwick Rangers 16 4 3 9 24 27 9 3 1 5 16 15 7 1 2 4 8 12 -3 15
13 Dalbeattie Star 17 3 1 13 16 50 8 1 0 7 4 17 9 2 1 6 12 33 -34 10
14 Gretna 2008 17 1 3 13 17 54 9 1 2 6 11 22 8 0 1 7 6 32 -37 6
15 Edinburgh University 17 1 3 13 12 49 9 1 2 6 8 23 8 0 1 7 4 26 -37 6
16 Vale of Leithen 18 1 2 15 12 72 9 0 2 7 7 32 9 1 0 8 5 40 -60 5