The Regional Leagues standings tell the truth about these sides to this date, with Penicuik Athletic ahead of Vale of Leithen by 24 points. Here's our preview:
- Penicuik Athletic have not yet lost a game at home.
- Vale of Leithen have the most conceded goals (65) in Regional Leagues
Penicuik Athletic form and stats
Penicuik Athletic are steadily winning Regional Leagues games and points here at Penicuik Park. 5 wins, 2 draws and 0 defeats is the summary from 7 games.
Penicuik Athletic drew their last game, also a home match. Musselburgh Athletic (placed 6th) was the opponent, 1-1 the score.
Before that match, a loss in the away fixture against Coldstream in the East of Scotland Qualifying Cup.
Penicuik can score goals in their home matches. After 7 league matches they have found the net 16 times. From these home matches, Penicuik Athletic have conceded only 6 goals.
Vale of Leithen form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Regional Leagues travels is 0 wins, 0 draws and 7 defeats. Football is a nightmare at the moment for Vale of Leithen who have suffered through a seven match losing streak. If there's light at the end of the tunnel it's certainly not visible for the supporters.
Vale of Leithen's previous game was their home loss versus Haddington Athletic (1-3).
It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Crossgates Primrose wasn't a success with a 1-3 loss.Take note that 14 of this team's 15 latest league games have ended with at least three goals.
The visitors have scored 4 goals from 7 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. There are big problems for the Leithen defense as they have conceded 37 goals in 7 away games. Vale of Leithen has visited these top teams four times, and 4 of 4 has ended with 2 goals or more!
Head 2 Head
The teams involved faced each other earlier on this match year: Vale of Leithen - Penicuik Athletic 0-4.
Penicuik Athletic missing players
Vale of Leithen missing players
| Penicuik Athletic | Vale of Leithen | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 4 | 7 | 15 |
| 8 | 5 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 4 | 7 | 14 |
| 28 | 16 | 7 | Scored | S | 3 | 4 | 14 |
| 17 | 6 | 2 | Conceded | C | 24 | 37 | 65 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 93% | 86% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 64% | 43% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 93% |
| 36% | 29% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 75% | 71% | 80% |
| 14% | 29% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 57% | 53% |
| 64% | 57% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 43% | 53% |
| 29% | 43% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 7% |
| 7% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 57% | 40% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- All of Vale of Leithen's away-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Penicuik Athletic have not yet lost a game at home.
- Penicuik Athletic have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Penicuik Athletic have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Vale of Leithen have scored away.
- Penicuik Athletic have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Penicuik Athletic haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- 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 away matches.
- Vale of Leithen have lost all their away matches so far.
- Vale of Leithen have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Vale of Leithen have the fewest points (0) away in Regional Leagues
- Vale of Leithen have the fewest scored goals (4) away in Regional Leagues
- Vale of Leithen have the most conceded goals (37) away in Regional Leagues
- Vale of Leithen have the most conceded goals (65) in Regional Leagues
- Vale of Leithen have the the worst goal difference (-33) away in Regional Leagues
- Vale of Leithen have the the worst goal difference (-51) in Regional Leagues
- 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 | Linlithgow Rose | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 53 | 18 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 13 | 35 | 35 |
| 2 | Sauchie Juniors | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 43 | 22 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 14 | 21 | 30 |
| 3 | Jeanfield Swifts | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 42 | 28 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 30 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 29 |
| 4 | Crossgates Primrose | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 32 | 24 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 29 |
| 5 | Penicuik Athletic | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 27 |
| 6 | Musselburgh Athletic | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 29 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 5 | 17 | 24 |
| 7 | Dundonald Bluebell | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 32 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 16 | 9 | 24 |
| 8 | Broxburn Athletic | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 33 | 30 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 3 | 22 |
| 9 | Haddington Athletic | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 14 | -5 | 19 |
| 10 | Inverkeithing Hillfield | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 20 | 25 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 12 | -5 | 18 |
| 11 | Hill Of Beath Hawthorn | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 28 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 17 |
| 12 | Lothian Hutchison | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 24 | 33 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 19 | -9 | 17 |
| 13 | Tynecastle | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 31 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 13 | -14 | 15 |
| 14 | Blackburn United | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 31 | 33 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 25 | -2 | 14 |
| 15 | Oakley United | 13 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 12 | 48 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 25 | -36 | 3 |
| 16 | Vale of Leithen | 15 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 14 | 65 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 28 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 37 | -51 | 3 |
