Bo'ness United v East Kilbride
Lowland League | Newtown Park
Wednesday, 8 November 2023 @ 7.45pm
East Kilbride are strong favourites to take all three points despite Bo'ness United's home advantage in Wednesday's late match at Newtown Park.
Betting companies are offering odds of 1.53 on East Kilbride sealing the win, with the visitors sitting first in Highland and Lowland Football Leagues table.
Bo'ness, who are seventh in the league and 10 points behind the Kilby, are priced at 5 to win. A draw is set at 3.9.
With 42 goals in 13 games so far this season, East Kilbride are the league's highest scorers with 3.2 goals per game. And they are conceding fewer than average, letting in 11 goals at a rate of 0.8 per game.
Bo'ness are also above average scorers, with 1.8 goals per game, compared to a league average of 1.7. They have conceded 1.2 goals per game.
United are in mixed form in Highland and Lowland Football Leagues, with three wins and a draw from their last six games.
With five wins and a draw over that period, the Kilby's form is much better – they have taken 16 points from 18, compared to the hosts' 10.
Over the last two years, Bo'ness and East Kilbride have played each other on four occasions. East Kilbride won three of them and they drew once.
On average, Bo'ness scored 0.5 goals and the Kilby 3.0 in those matches.
Their last meeting was on May 21, when they played out a 2-2 draw.
Bo'ness' last match was on October 22, a 3-1 loss against Stirling University, with Ryan Scott Porteous getting the goal for Bo'ness.
East Kilbride beat Edusport Academy 2-1 last time out, on Saturday, with Liam Brown and Nathan Flanagan on the scoresheet.