Match Report
Linlithgow Rose, 1st with 75 points, sat 46 points above Hearts U21 (16th, 29). Scoring rates set the scale: Linlithgow Rose 2.62 scored and 1.15 conceded per game, Hearts U21 1.24 and 2.26, with the league averaging 1.83.
The head-to-head ledger counts 5 games: 0 Linlithgow Rose wins, 3 for Hearts U21, 2 draws, at 3.4 goals per meeting. Only 20% of these meetings ended in a home win. Goals tend to flow: 60% of the meetings produced three or more, and both sides scored in 60%.
Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 1-1 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 1-2.
Goal scorers
Linlithgow Rose: Lucas Stenhouse (25') · Hearts U21: Owen Muirhead (3'), Owen Muirhead (54')