With their 6 point advantage in the league table, Spartans fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Vale of Leithen.
It's no vacation for neither Spartans nor Vale of Leithen as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Spartans form and stats
Only two Football League home games for Spartans so far, yet both highs and lows with 1 win, 0 draws and 1 defeat. Regardless of arena the trend is looking very unhealthy for Spartans with their four defeats in a row. Not since the Berwick Rangers game, 28 days ago, have they avoided a loss.
No payout for Spartans in their previous match, an away game at BSC Glasgow that ended in defeat 1-3.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic are coming to town in four days.
Spartans has scored 2 goals so far and conceded 3 goals from 2 home games. These are numbers from the league only.
Vale of Leithen form and stats
Vale of Leithen, who have the most conceded goals (31) in Football League, are still without points from their Football League away games. 5 games, 5 defeats. Leithen are generally in trouble as the list of consecutive losses is growing into an ugly monster. Regardless of home/away, the visitors have now lost seven in a row. It's been 4 weeks since they last avoided defeat. (The Berwick Rangers game.) A depressing five defeats in a row for Vale of Leithen in their away games. Unhappy days, as the last time they avoided a loss on the road was versus Berwick Rangers.
Leithen lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 0-5 beating and focus on this one.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Cumbernauld Colts in just four days.
Leithen are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed 1 goal from 5 away games. The Vale of Leithen defense is as useful as an ashtray on a motorcycle, having conceded 18 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last five meetings between these two teams are: five wins for Spartans, zero draws and zero wins for Vale of Leithen. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: zero games.Spartans missing players
Vale of Leithen missing players
| Spartans | Vale of Leithen | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Played | P | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 12 | 3 | 0 | Conceded | C | 5 | 18 | 31 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 83% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 80% | 86% |
| 67% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 80% | 86% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 80% | 86% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 40% | 57% |
| 67% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 20% | 29% |
| 17% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 80% | 71% |
| 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 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
- Spartans haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Vale of Leithen has the most conceded goals (18) away in Football League
- Vale of Leithen has the most conceded goals (31) in Football League
- Vale of Leithen has the most conceded goals in the second half (2) in Football League
- Vale of Leithen has the the worst goal difference (-17) away in Football League
- Vale of Leithen has the the worst goal difference (-26) in Football League
- Vale of Leithen have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Vale of Leithen have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Vale of Leithen have lost all their matches so far.
- Vale of Leithen 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 | East Kilbride | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 19 |
| 2 | BSC Glasgow | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 12 | 17 |
| 3 | East Stirlingshire | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 15 | 16 |
| 4 | Bo'ness United | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 16 |
| 5 | Kelty Hearts | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 15 |
| 6 | Gala Fairydean Rovers | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -1 | 12 |
| 7 | Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 11 |
| 8 | Stirling University | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 10 |
| 9 | Berwick Rangers | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 |
| 10 | Edusport Academy | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 6 |
| 11 | Spartans | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -6 | 6 |
| 12 | Civil Service Strollers | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 5 |
| 13 | Cumbernauld Colts | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -4 | 4 |
| 14 | Dalbeattie Star | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -8 | 3 |
| 15 | Gretna 2008 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 10 | -8 | 3 |
| 16 | Edinburgh University | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 10 | -15 | 3 |
| 17 | Vale of Leithen | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 31 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 18 | -26 | 0 |