Match Report
24 points for Tranent Juniors (1st), 13 for Civil Service Strollers (9th): an 11-point gap. Civil Service Strollers ranked just 20th in the league on five-round form despite their 9th table position. Per game in the league, Tranent Juniors were scoring 2.13 and conceding 0.5, Civil Service Strollers 1.44 and 1.56, against a competition average of 1.89 goals per team per game.
Five consecutive wins preceded this game for Tranent Juniors. Tranent Juniors had banked 15 of the last 15 points on offer; Civil Service Strollers, 7.
6 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Tranent Juniors 3, draws 0, Civil Service Strollers 3, at 2.67 goals per meeting. History backs the host here — 67% of the meetings won by the home side. 67% of the meetings finished with three goals or more.
R. Donaldson officiated: 10 games logged, averaging 0.0 yellow cards each. Half-time and full-time told different stories: Tranent Juniors led 3-0 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 4-0.
Goal scorers
Tranent Juniors: Guy McGarry (35'), Guy McGarry (37'), Corey Thomson (45'), Conor Doan (66')