Getting closer to the top teams is at stake when these two mid-table clubs battle it out. Both will be aiming to improve their league table standing, Spartans in 9th and Civil Service Strollers in 10th place.
- Spartans haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Spartans have scored more than double the goals of Civil Service Strollers.
Spartans and Civil Service Strollers 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 is a match between teams from the same area, a local derby. The community is buzzing.
Spartans form and stats
The story so far in the Football League for Spartans at their home stadium (Ainslie Park Stadium) is 3 wins, 0 draws and 3 defeats.
Spartans were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.
Spartans have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Ainslie Park Stadium with 11 goals in 6 league matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Spartans defense is not exactly impregnable. 10 goals conceded from 6 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Civil Service Strollers form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Civil Service Strollers so far with only 6 points returning home. The records show 1-3-4 (win-draw-lose). Strollers has drawn their two previous away games.
As you can see from the result above, the defeat against Elgin City was particularly ugly (0-4). The humiliation is still top of mind.
Strollers are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 8 away goals from 8 games (in the league). Civil Service Strollers's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 12 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
As for the last four games between these two teams, there's two Spartans victories, one draw and one Civil Service Strollers win. Over/under statistics; one of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.Spartans missing players
Civil Service Strollers missing players
| Spartans | Civil Service Strollers | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 6 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 8 | 13 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 27 | 11 | 2 | Scored | S | 2 | 8 | 13 |
| 22 | 10 | 3 | Conceded | C | 4 | 12 | 15 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 92% |
| 92% | 83% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 88% | 62% |
| 75% | 67% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 38% | 31% |
| 67% | 67% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 25% | 23% |
| 25% | 17% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 58% | 33% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 50% | 38% |
| 17% | 33% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 12% | 38% |
| 25% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 38% | 31% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
- Civil Service Strollers have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Civil Service Strollers haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Spartans have scored more than double the goals of Civil Service Strollers.
- Spartans 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 | East Kilbride | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 32 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 3 | 26 | 29 |
| 3 | Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 29 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 23 | 29 |
| 4 | BSC Glasgow | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 35 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 10 | 21 | 27 |
| 5 | East Stirlingshire | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 30 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 6 | 18 | 26 |
| 6 | Gala Fairydean Rovers | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 22 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 22 |
| 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 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 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 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 12 | -2 | 16 |
| 11 | Berwick Rangers | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | -4 | 16 |
| 12 | Edusport Academy | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 20 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 12 | -5 | 13 |
| 13 | Cumbernauld Colts | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 17 | 30 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 14 | -13 | 11 |
| 14 | Gretna 2008 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 15 | 25 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 20 | -10 | 10 |
| 15 | Dalbeattie Star | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 12 | -12 | 5 |
| 16 | Edinburgh University | 13 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 46 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 29 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 17 | -41 | 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 |