A classic home victory, the away team steals it or a tactical 0-0 draw? Anything can happen when the mid-table inhabitants Edusport Academy and Gala Fairydean Rovers meet at Fir Park.
- All of Edusport Academy's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Gala Fairydean Rovers have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
This looks to be an absorbing game with lots of fun and bustle as both squads are well revitalized since they last played a game. Get this show on the road!
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on artifical turf and that the visiting Gala Fairydean Rovers have a different surface at their stadium (grass). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on artifical turf is 8-2-4 (win-draw-loss) from 14 matches.
Edusport Academy form and stats
When playing at home in the Football League, Edusport Academy have managed 3 wins, 2 draws and suffered 5 defeats from 10 games. With Edusport having lost three times in a row here, the pressure is increasing on the manager R. Waddell.
Edusport's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-7 versus East Kilbride (placed 5th). Edusport Academy were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.
Ahead of that match, Edusport Academy lost 2-3 at home to Celtic II.Edusport Academy have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Fir Park with 18 goals in 10 league matches. Goals are flowing in at the wrong end for Edusport with 20 goals conceded in these matches. It's worth mentioning that 12 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Gala Fairydean Rovers form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Football League travels is 5 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats.
This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Scottish Cup home defeat versus Annan Athletic with 0-1 on the scoreboard.
It was a Football League defeat before that one as the away game against Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic wasn't a success with a 0-2 loss.The Fairydean manager N. Hastings has got the team scoring on the road, with 21 away goals in 9 league matches. Gala Fairydean Rovers have conceded 9 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Edusport and Gala Fairydean Rovers have duelled already this season: Gala Fairydean Rovers - Edusport Academy 5-1. Edusport Academy-Gala Fairydean Rovers H2H statistics last five meetings regardless of arena: Edusport one win, Gala Fairydean Rovers three wins, one draw. three of these five matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Edusport Academy missing players
Gala Fairydean Rovers missing players
| Edusport Academy | Gala Fairydean Rovers | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 10 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 9 | 18 |
| 8 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 9 | 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 39 | 18 | 2 | Scored | S | 3 | 21 | 35 |
| 37 | 20 | 4 | Conceded | C | 2 | 9 | 26 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 95% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 89% | 89% |
| 80% | 80% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 56% | 67% |
| 55% | 50% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 33% | 39% |
| 30% | 30% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 22% | 22% |
| 70% | 60% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 33% | 44% |
| 15% | 20% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 44% | 22% |
| 15% | 20% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 22% | 33% |
| 5.1 | 4.7 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 6 | 5.2 |
| 5.6 | 6 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 9 | 5.7 | 5.8 |
| 1.7 | 2 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 0.7 | 0.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13.4 | 11.5 | 10.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 14.3 | 12.5 |
| 5.6 | 5.3 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 6.3 | 6 |
| 38% | 34% | 22% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 26% | 21% |
| 10.1 | 9.3 | 12.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 23 | 15.3 | 14.2 |
| 3.6 | 3.3 | 5.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 8 | 6.3 | 5.5 |
- All of Edusport Academy's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Edusport Academy haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Gala Fairydean Rovers have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
- Gala Fairydean Rovers 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 | 20 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 60 | 17 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 37 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 6 | 43 | 52 |
| 2 | Rangers U21 | 20 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 66 | 22 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 45 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 10 | 44 | 45 |
| 3 | Civil Service Strollers | 21 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 44 | 29 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 29 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 42 |
| 4 | Spartans | 21 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 40 | 29 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 17 | 11 | 41 |
| 5 | East Kilbride | 20 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 55 | 25 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 38 | 15 | 30 | 39 |
| 5 | Rangers II | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 12 |
| 6 | Celtic II | 19 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 43 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 27 | 8 | 28 | 39 |
| 7 | East Stirlingshire | 21 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 38 | 21 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 28 | 15 | 17 | 35 |
| 8 | Berwick Rangers | 21 | 10 | 1 | 10 | 41 | 30 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 27 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 14 | 15 | 11 | 31 |
| 9 | Dalbeattie Star | 19 | 10 | 0 | 9 | 27 | 26 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 1 | 30 |
| 10 | Gala Fairydean Rovers | 18 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 35 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 9 | 9 | 29 |
| 11 | Edusport Academy | 20 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 39 | 37 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 21 | 17 | 2 | 27 |
| 12 | Bo'ness United | 18 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 34 | 27 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 26 |
| 13 | BSC Glasgow | 21 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 26 | 38 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 15 | 25 | -12 | 21 |
| 14 | Stirling University | 19 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 36 | 45 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 12 | 20 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 25 | -9 | 19 |
| 15 | Edinburgh University | 20 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 32 | 56 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 29 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 27 | -24 | 19 |
| 16 | Cumbernauld Colts | 20 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 33 | 50 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 25 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 18 | 25 | -17 | 15 |
| 17 | Gretna 2008 | 21 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 19 | 67 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 33 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 34 | -48 | 7 |
| 18 | Vale of Leithen | 21 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 116 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 66 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 50 | -108 | 1 |