Struggling Vale of Leithen will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic in the upcoming league round. It’s 16th vs 3rd and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
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!
Vale of Leithen form and stats
Vale of Leithen's struggle is real here at Victoria Park with only 1 point collected from 7 Football League games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 0-1-6. Vale of Leithen are slowly digging their own grave here at Victoria Park with the depressing streak of not having won a home game in seven attempts. The last victory here came in the Gala Fairydean Rovers match. Regardless of arena the trend is looking very unhealthy for Vale of Leithen with their four defeats in a row. Not since the Cumbernauld Colts game, 63 days ago, have they avoided a loss.
The Vale of Leithen crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 1-5 to Spartans here at Victoria Park in a Football League match. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Berwick Rangers (0-4).
Vale of Leithen were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Vale of Leithen here at Victoria Park in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (6 from 7 games). This has been a stadium of sighs so far as Vale of Leithen have let the opposition score 29 times, an average of more than three per game.
Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic form and stats
The strength of Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic on their travels this season is incredible with 16 points collected from 6 Football League away games. Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic has 5-1-0 on the road, with 17 goals scored and 7 conceded. Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic have been producing wins at home as well, producing a total of five victories in a row regardless of arena. A great winning streak in away games for Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic as they have managed to win four matches in a row as the visitors. Not since the Civil Service Strollers have they travelled home without three points.
Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic are travelling after their nice 2-1 home win in the Scottish Cup against Montrose. Ahead of that match was the victory versus Spartans at their stadium, the result 3-2.
Today's guests are confident travelers having scored 17 goals in 6 league games away this season. Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic have conceded 7 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic - Vale of Leithen 6-0.Vale of Leithen missing players
Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic missing players
| Vale of Leithen | Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 6 | 13 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 3 | 5 | 11 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | 6 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | 6 | 2 | Scored | S | 11 | 17 | 40 |
| 58 | 29 | 11 | Conceded | C | 4 | 7 | 12 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 93% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 67% | 77% |
| 73% | 71% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 50% | 54% |
| 40% | 57% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 33% | 31% |
| 47% | 57% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 67% | 54% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 33% | 46% |
| 53% | 43% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 3.2 | 4.3 | 1 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 11 | 8.5 | 8.5 |
| 7.2 | 5.7 | 5 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 7 | 3.5 | 3.5 |
| 1.8 | 1.7 | 2 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | 19 | 3 | Total Shots | T S | 27 | 38 | 38 |
| 20 | 11 | 2 | Shots on Target | S O | 11 | 17 | 17 |
| 10% | 9% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 41% | 41% |
- All of Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- All of Vale of Leithen's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic have created more than twice as many corners as Vale of Leithen.
- Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic have not yet lost a game away.
- Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic have scored in all their matches so far.
- Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic have scored more than double the goals of Vale of Leithen.
- Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Vale of Leithen has the fewest scored goals in the first half (0)
- Vale of Leithen has the most conceded goals (29) at home
- Vale of Leithen has the most conceded goals (58)
- Vale of Leithen has the most conceded goals in the first half (15)
- Vale of Leithen has the the worst goal difference (-23) at home
- Vale of Leithen has the the worst goal difference (-47)
- 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 home than away.
- Vale of Leithen have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Vale of Leithen have yet to win a game at home.
- Vale of Leithen haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Vale of Leithen is in the worst form (0-0-6)
| 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 | 57 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 4 | 52 | 36 |
| 2 | East Stirlingshire | 15 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 45 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 6 | 32 | 34 |
| 3 | Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic | 13 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 40 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 7 | 28 | 34 |
| 4 | BSC Glasgow | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 36 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 27 | 29 |
| 5 | Civil Service Strollers | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 28 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 8 | 29 |
| 6 | Spartans | 13 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 23 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 24 |
| 7 | Cumbernauld Colts | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 31 | 25 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 15 | 6 | 23 |
| 8 | Edusport Academy | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 31 | 32 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 16 | -1 | 21 |
| 9 | East Kilbride | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 20 |
| 10 | Stirling University | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 19 | 30 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 15 | -11 | 17 |
| 11 | Gala Fairydean Rovers | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 26 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 13 | -9 | 13 |
| 12 | Berwick Rangers | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 22 | 24 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | -2 | 12 |
| 13 | Dalbeattie Star | 15 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 16 | 45 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 29 | -29 | 10 |
| 14 | Gretna 2008 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 44 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 30 | -30 | 6 |
| 15 | Edinburgh University | 14 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 43 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 20 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 23 | -33 | 5 |
| 16 | Vale of Leithen | 15 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 58 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 29 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 29 | -47 | 4 |