Match Report
Dalbeattie Star, 19th on 8 points, faced a 71-point deficit to Spartans (1st, 79). Per game in the league, Dalbeattie Star were scoring 0.75 and conceding 4, Spartans 2.17 and 0.86, against a competition average of 1.81 goals per team per game.
Dalbeattie Star had gone 12 games without a win. Three consecutive wins preceded this game for Spartans, having scored in 8 consecutive games. Over the last five, Dalbeattie Star had taken 1 of 15 points to Spartans's 13.
The match was played at Islecroft Stadium in Dalbeattie (capacity 3,500). Half-time and full-time told different stories: Spartans led 3-0 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 0-4.