4th spot in the Football League table for Spartans so far this season, a competent campaign. The match-going ticketholders hope for more excitement as 9th-placed Dalbeattie Star visit Ainslie Park Stadium.
- Spartans have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Dalbeattie Star haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Spartans form and stats
When playing at home in the Football League, Spartans have managed 5 wins, 1 draw and suffered 4 defeats from 10 games.
No payout for Spartans in their previous match, an away game at Rangers U21 that ended in defeat 1-7. As you see from the result above, Spartans suffered greatly in their last game. Thankfully the team has a new chance to prove themselves in this one.
Before that match, a win away at Vale of Leithen.The Spartans fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 16 goals in 10 league matches. On the other hand, Spartans have conceded 12 goals.
Dalbeattie Star form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Football League travels is 4 wins, 0 draws and 6 defeats.
Dalbeattie lost away at East Stirlingshire (0-3) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick.
Preceding that, the 1-2 home loss versus East Kilbride.The attacking power of Dalbeattie when travelling is not overwhelming with 8 goals scored from 10 league matches away. 13 goals have been conceded by Dalbeattie Star in these games.
Head 2 Head
The duelists have battled previously this season: Dalbeattie Star - Spartans 1-3. Stats for the former six meetings featuring these two sides are: five wins for Spartans, one draw and zero wins for Dalbeattie Star. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: zero games.Spartans missing players
Dalbeattie Star missing players
| Spartans | Dalbeattie Star | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 10 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 10 | 19 |
| 13 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| 40 | 16 | 5 | Scored | S | 2 | 8 | 27 |
| 29 | 12 | 6 | Conceded | C | 6 | 13 | 26 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 90% | 90% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 70% | 79% |
| 67% | 60% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 40% | 58% |
| 38% | 20% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 37% |
| 19% | 10% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 5% |
| 67% | 60% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 20% | 42% |
| 29% | 30% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 30% | 32% |
| 5% | 10% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 50% | 26% |
| 5.6 | 5.3 | 2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 4.3 | 4.3 |
| 3.4 | 2.3 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 4 | 4 |
| 1.2 | 1.3 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10.2 | 9.3 | 8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6 | 9.7 | 9.7 |
| 5 | 4.7 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 4.3 | 4.3 |
| 48% | 43% | 67% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 31% | 31% |
| 8.4 | 9.7 | 12 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8 | 7.7 | 7.7 |
| 3.4 | 3 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.7 | 3.7 |
- Dalbeattie Star haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Spartans have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- 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 | 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 |