League Two duel: Close contest expected between Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic and Stranraer

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Competition: Scotland League Two
Competition: Fri 23.December
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: New Dundas Park

Here's every piece of data you need to learn, and some more, before the Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic - Stranraer fixture!

Insights:
  • Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Stranraer have the most conceded goals in the first half (19) in League Two

This has all the signs of an action-packed match with lots of spark and excitement as both teams are well refreshed since they last ran out on the pitch. Get ready!

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Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic form and stats

3-1-4 (win-draw-lost) are the League Two numbers at home for Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic so far this season. Bonnyrigg are splitting points both home and away, currently holding an interesting streak of four drawn games in a row.

Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic shared the glory with East Fife in their last match, an away game that ended all square 0-0.

In the match before that, Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic hosted Dumbarton and drew the game 1-1.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Bonnyrigg have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 8 matches with the results: Won 5, drawn 0 and lost 3.

Some goal stats: A review of the 10 most recent league games reveals that 8 of them had at least one goal from each team.

Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 11 goals in 8 games. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Bonnyrigg defense is not exactly impregnable. 14 goals conceded from 8 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 8 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Stranraer form and stats

Stranraer have only collected 2 points from their away games in the League Two, after 0-2-5 (7 played). Stranraer seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?

Impressive finishing from Gallagher, McIntosh and Forrest secured the home win 3-1 against Stirling Albion in their previous game.

A draw for Stranraer before that, at their own venue hosting Annan Athletic (1-1).

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 18 similar matches played by Stranraer in our archives, and the results are: 5 wins for Stranraer, 5 draws and 8 defeats.

Betting related statistic: Both sides have scored in 12 of this club's latest 15 league fixtures.

The visitors have scored 5 goals from 7 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Stranraer have conceded 15 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic and Stranraer have met before this season: Stranraer - Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic 2-2.

Top Goalscorers

BonnyriggK. Smith
K. Smith
5 goals
StranraerJ. Hilton
J. Hilton
5 goals
Bonnyrigg Rose AthleticN. Martyniuk
N. Martyniuk
4 goals

Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic missing players

Stranraer missing players

Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic Stranraer
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
17 8 2 Played P 3 7 17
4 3 0 Won W 0 0 6
5 1 0 Drew D 1 2 5
8 4 2 Lost L 2 5 6
20 11 3 Scored S 1 5 25
25 14 8 Conceded C 4 15 29
94% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
82% 88% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 86% 82%
41% 38% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 43% 59%
24% 38% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 43% 53%
18% 38% 100% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 14% 24%
53% 50% 100% BTTS BTTS 33% 57% 71%
29% 38% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 12%
24% 12% 0% Failed to Score F T 67% 43% 18%
 
4.7 5.6 6 Corners for (avg) C F 4.7 6 4.9
4.5 4.2 4.5 Corners against (avg) C A 6 6.3 4.9
2.4 1.9 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.3 2.1 2.2
4 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 5
 
8.8 11.2 12.5 Shots (avg) S ( 10.7 9.9 9.9
3.2 4.1 2.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.7 3.1 3.7
36% 33% 60% Goal Efficiency G E 9% 23% 40%
 
10.2 10.8 13 Shots against (avg) S A 11.7 11.3 9.4
4.2 4.4 8.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 4.3 3.5
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Stranraer have scored away.
  • Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Stranraer have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Stranraer have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Stranraer have the fewest points (2) away in League Two
  • Stranraer have the fewest scored goals (5) away in League Two
  • Stranraer have the most conceded goals in the first half (19) in League Two
  • Stranraer have the the worst goal difference (-10) away in League Two
  • Stranraer have won significantly more corners away than at home.
  • Stranraer have yet to win a game away.
  • Stranraer 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 Dumbarton 16 10 4 2 28 16 7 5 2 0 14 4 9 5 2 2 14 12 12 34
2 Stirling Albion 16 9 3 4 34 19 8 5 2 1 21 8 8 4 1 3 13 11 15 30
3 Elgin City 16 7 4 5 31 28 8 4 1 3 13 12 8 3 3 2 18 16 3 25
4 Stranraer 17 6 5 6 25 29 10 6 3 1 20 14 7 0 2 5 5 15 -4 23
5 East Fife 17 6 4 7 26 27 9 2 1 6 8 15 8 4 3 1 18 12 -1 22
6 Stenhousemuir 17 5 5 7 29 33 9 2 4 3 15 17 8 3 1 4 14 16 -4 20
7 Annan Athletic 17 5 5 7 24 30 7 2 2 3 9 11 10 3 3 4 15 19 -6 20
8 Forfar Athletic 17 5 4 8 18 25 9 2 3 4 10 16 8 3 1 4 8 9 -7 19
9 Albion Rovers 16 4 5 7 17 20 8 2 3 3 9 11 8 2 2 4 8 9 -3 17
10 Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic 17 4 5 8 20 25 8 3 1 4 11 14 9 1 4 4 9 11 -5 17

Read more about League Two

The Scottish League Two is the fourth level of football in Scotland. It holds ten teams who play each other four times for a total of 36 fixtures in a season from August to May. The top team in the league table is promoted, the bottom team relegated. There are also playoffs to promote and relegate.