Football betting preview: Vale of Leithen vs Cumbernauld Colts

Competition: Scotland Football League
Date: Sat 06.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)

Vale of Leithen hope to sell all tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 15 points and a 12th position in the Football League table. Visiting Cumbernauld Colts holds 7th place with 22.

Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game! This pitch has grass, which is not Cumbernauld Colts's usual surface at their own ground. When playing on grass Cumbernauld Colts have performed like this: five matches played resulting in 2 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat with the goal stats 6-6 (scored/conceded).

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Vale of Leithen form and stats

3 victories, 1 draw and 2 defeats. That’s what Vale of Leithen has to build on here. Vale of Leithen has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager J. Burrell and the players. The Vale of Leithen manager J. Burrell might feel some added pressure to get something from this game after two straight home defeats.

The fans are hoping that Vale of Leithen will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 1-2 away loss in the Football League game against Cumbernauld Colts. Preceding that match was the home game against East Stirlingshire that was lost 0-3.

Goals are plentiful this season as Vale of Leithen has scored 16 goals here in 6 attempts. Goals are flowing in at the wrong end for Vale of Leithen with 13 goals conceded in these matches.

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Cumbernauld Colts form and stats

2-1-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Cumbernauld Colts in their matches away.

Cumbernauld Colts are travelling after their nice 2-1 home win in the Football League against Vale of Leithen. It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Kelty Hearts wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.

Cumbernauld Colts are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 7 away goals from 5 games. As opposed to that, Cumbernauld Colts have seen the ball go into their own net 7 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Cumbernauld Colts - Vale of Leithen 2-1 entered in the official records. Head-to-head totals (for the last one meeting): Vale of Leithen won 0 games, 0 matches ended with a draw and Cumbernauld Colts has 1 win.

Top Goalscorers

Vale of Leithen missing players

Cumbernauld Colts missing players

Vale of Leithen Cumbernauld Colts
Total Home Statistic Away Total
23 11 Played 12 25
36 23 Scored 15 35
60 25 Conceded 15 36
91% 100% Over 0.5 92% 96%
83% 82% Over 1.5 58% 76%
78% 82% Over 2.5 50% 60%
65% 64% Over 3.5 42% 36%
48% 45% Over 4.5 8% 16%
52% 55% Both teams to score 58% 60%
17% 18% Clean Sheet 17% 20%
39% 27% Failed To Score 33% 24%
Key stats this season:
  • Vale of Leithen hasn't played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Vale of Leithen is involved in more matches over 2.5 home, than away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 East Kilbride 14 11 2 1 34 8 6 6 0 0 17 2 8 5 2 1 17 6 26 35
2 BSC Glasgow 15 9 4 2 41 18 9 5 2 2 29 13 6 4 2 0 12 5 23 31
3 Kelty Hearts 14 9 3 2 33 14 7 3 3 1 13 8 7 6 0 1 20 6 19 30
4 Spartans 14 7 5 2 33 15 7 4 3 0 18 6 7 3 2 2 15 9 18 26
5 Civil Service Strollers 14 8 1 5 24 18 7 4 1 2 11 8 7 4 0 3 13 10 6 25
6 Edusport Academy 16 6 4 6 27 24 9 4 1 4 18 15 7 2 3 2 9 9 3 22
7 Cumbernauld Colts 13 7 1 5 21 19 8 5 0 3 14 12 5 2 1 2 7 7 2 22
8 Edinburgh University 16 5 6 5 23 29 8 2 2 4 9 15 8 3 4 1 14 14 -6 21
9 Gala Fairydean Rovers 16 6 1 9 22 29 9 3 1 5 12 15 7 3 0 4 10 14 -7 19
10 East Stirlingshire 15 5 2 8 31 28 7 2 1 4 11 11 8 3 1 4 20 17 3 17
11 Gretna 2008 16 5 2 9 22 36 8 1 2 5 4 20 8 4 0 4 18 16 -14 17
12 Vale of Leithen 14 4 3 7 25 38 6 3 1 2 16 13 8 1 2 5 9 25 -13 15
13 Stirling University 15 3 4 8 21 33 7 1 2 4 8 17 8 2 2 4 13 16 -12 13
14 Dalbeattie Star 13 3 2 8 14 31 5 2 1 2 11 11 8 1 1 6 3 20 -17 11
15 Whitehill Welfare 15 1 2 12 12 43 7 1 1 5 7 19 8 0 1 7 5 24 -31 5