Football betting preview: Spartans vs Vale of Leithen

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Competition: Scotland Football League
Competition: Fri 28.February
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Ainslie Park Stadium (5000 seats)

There should be a significant difference in quality between these teams based on table positions so far, with Spartans leading Vale of Leithen by 35 points.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Spartans form and stats

Spartans have collected 21 points from their Football League home games so far after 7-0-6.

The Spartans fans got no joy from their last match, a Football League game also here at Ainslie Park Stadium: A 0-1 defeat against Kelty Hearts (placed 1st). A strong away win before that one, visiting Cumbernauld Colts and winning 1-0.

Spartans have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Ainslie Park Stadium with 23 goals in 13 league matches. Spartans have conceded 17 in these home matches.

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Vale of Leithen form and stats

There's been little loot from Vale of Leithen's travels as they have only collected 6 points from 12 away games in the Football League. Vale of Leithen, who have the most conceded goals (87) in Football League, only have 2 wins to counter their 10 defeats and 0 draws. Recent form does not give Vale of Leithen much hope, as the visitors have lost three games in a row. Spartans will be a tough nut to crack. Vale of Leithen has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.

Two away games in a row for Vale of Leithen, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 1-7 versus Cumbernauld Colts in the Football League. A 0-3 loss hosting East Stirlingshire before that.

Vale of Leithen lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 1-7 beating and focus on this one.

The visitors have scored 10 goals from 12 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. The Vale of Leithen defense is as useful as an ashtray on a motorcycle, having conceded 52 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: Vale of Leithen - Spartans 1-5. As for the last four games between these two teams, there's four Spartans victories, zero draws and zero Vale of Leithen wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, zero matches with two goals or less.

Spartans missing players

Vale of Leithen missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Spartans Vale of Leithen
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
23 13 5 Played P 4 12 22
14 7 5 Won W 0 2 2
1 0 0 Drew D 0 0 2
8 6 0 Lost L 4 10 18
43 23 12 Scored S 1 10 17
30 17 0 Conceded C 26 52 87
96% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
70% 69% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 100%
61% 62% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 92% 86%
48% 54% 40% Over 3.5 O 3.5 75% 83% 68%
30% 23% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 75% 42% 41%
48% 46% 0% BTTS BTTS 25% 50% 50%
35% 38% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
22% 15% 0% Failed to Score F T 75% 50% 50%
 
4.2 4 6 Corners for (avg) C F 0.5 2 3.1
4.2 3.3 2.8 Corners against (avg) C A 8.5 8.7 6.9
2.1 1.9 0.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2 1.9
4 1 0 Red cards R C 1 1 1
 
155 103 77 Total Shots T S 8 22 51
71 45 34 Shots on Target S O 3 9 23
30% 31% 32% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 11% 13%
Key stats in Football League this season:
  • All of Vale of Leithen's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Spartans have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Spartans have scored more than double the goals of Vale of Leithen.
  • Spartans haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Vale of Leithen has the fewest clean sheets (0)
  • Vale of Leithen has the fewest clean sheets (0) away
  • Vale of Leithen has the most conceded goals (52) away
  • Vale of Leithen has the most conceded goals (87)
  • Vale of Leithen has the most conceded goals in the first half (18)
  • Vale of Leithen has the the worst goal difference (-42) away
  • Vale of Leithen has the the worst goal difference (-70)
  • Vale of Leithen have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
  • 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 played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Vale of Leithen have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • 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 Kelty Hearts 23 21 1 1 90 13 11 10 1 0 58 5 12 11 0 1 32 8 77 64
2 Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic 22 20 1 1 67 18 9 8 0 1 32 6 13 12 1 0 35 12 49 61
3 East Stirlingshire 25 17 2 6 76 26 13 8 0 5 41 16 12 9 2 1 35 10 50 53
4 BSC Glasgow 20 15 2 3 53 18 12 9 2 1 38 9 8 6 0 2 15 9 35 47
5 Spartans 23 14 1 8 43 30 13 7 0 6 23 17 10 7 1 2 20 13 13 43
6 Civil Service Strollers 21 12 2 7 39 33 9 4 2 3 15 11 12 8 0 4 24 22 6 38
7 East Kilbride 21 11 3 7 40 18 12 6 1 5 27 12 9 5 2 2 13 6 22 36
8 Cumbernauld Colts 26 10 6 10 48 47 14 7 2 5 26 17 12 3 4 5 22 30 1 36
9 Edusport Academy 25 10 3 12 54 54 13 5 3 5 30 29 12 5 0 7 24 25 0 33
10 Stirling University 24 8 4 12 27 44 10 3 3 4 14 19 14 5 1 8 13 25 -17 28
11 Berwick Rangers 24 6 6 12 32 41 14 5 2 7 22 24 10 1 4 5 10 17 -9 24
12 Gala Fairydean Rovers 24 6 6 12 35 55 11 3 1 7 14 25 13 3 5 5 21 30 -20 24
13 Gretna 2008 23 2 6 15 21 61 11 1 4 6 12 23 12 1 2 9 9 38 -40 12
14 Edinburgh University 24 2 5 17 16 64 12 2 2 8 11 31 12 0 3 9 5 33 -48 11
15 Dalbeattie Star 23 3 2 18 19 68 11 1 1 9 5 23 12 2 1 9 14 45 -49 11
16 Vale of Leithen 22 2 2 18 17 87 10 0 2 8 7 35 12 2 0 10 10 52 -70 8

Table
  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 23 21 1 1 90 13 11 10 1 0 58 5 12 11 0 1 32 8 77 64
2 Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic 22 20 1 1 67 18 9 8 0 1 32 6 13 12 1 0 35 12 49 61
3 East Stirlingshire 25 17 2 6 76 26 13 8 0 5 41 16 12 9 2 1 35 10 50 53
4 BSC Glasgow 20 15 2 3 53 18 12 9 2 1 38 9 8 6 0 2 15 9 35 47
5 Spartans 23 14 1 8 43 30 13 7 0 6 23 17 10 7 1 2 20 13 13 43
6 Civil Service Strollers 21 12 2 7 39 33 9 4 2 3 15 11 12 8 0 4 24 22 6 38
7 East Kilbride 21 11 3 7 40 18 12 6 1 5 27 12 9 5 2 2 13 6 22 36
8 Cumbernauld Colts 26 10 6 10 48 47 14 7 2 5 26 17 12 3 4 5 22 30 1 36
9 Edusport Academy 25 10 3 12 54 54 13 5 3 5 30 29 12 5 0 7 24 25 0 33
10 Stirling University 24 8 4 12 27 44 10 3 3 4 14 19 14 5 1 8 13 25 -17 28
11 Berwick Rangers 24 6 6 12 32 41 14 5 2 7 22 24 10 1 4 5 10 17 -9 24
12 Gala Fairydean Rovers 24 6 6 12 35 55 11 3 1 7 14 25 13 3 5 5 21 30 -20 24
13 Gretna 2008 23 2 6 15 21 61 11 1 4 6 12 23 12 1 2 9 9 38 -40 12
14 Edinburgh University 24 2 5 17 16 64 12 2 2 8 11 31 12 0 3 9 5 33 -48 11
15 Dalbeattie Star 23 3 2 18 19 68 11 1 1 9 5 23 12 2 1 9 14 45 -49 11
16 Vale of Leithen 22 2 2 18 17 87 10 0 2 8 7 35 12 2 0 10 10 52 -70 8

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