FootyMAD's Gretna match preview

Last updated : 15 January 2008 By Footymad Previewer
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History of the Gretna v Rangers fixture

Rangers face a trip to Gretna at Raydale Park on Wednesday evening, for the first time in their history, and will be hoping to give their new opponents the runaround.



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Recent encounters between the teams:
2007/2008Sat 01 SepRangers4 - 0GretnaSPL

Recent respective form guides

Gretna's poor home run has seen them win just 1 and draw 2 of the last six. While Black and Whites have scored 6, a worringly large 11 have been leaked at the other end.

Rangers's away form is none too clever either, coming away with three points on 3 occasions, but drawing 1 and losing 2. The The Gers's have a narrow positive goal difference over these games, with 10 goals for and 9 against.

Gretna find themselves stuck right at the bottom of the division. Their 20 games have yielded only 10 points. Rangers are leading the way in the Clydesdale Bank Scottish Premier, with their 19 games giving them a return of 44 points.

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Current form guides:PWDLFAP
Gretna61328136
Rangers641110713

FootyMad's prediction ...

Rangers are in reasonable form away from home coming into this match, and the Madmen are quite confident that they should come away with a comfortable victory from this contest. Away win

Sequence statistics:
Gretna Drawn last 2 games at home.
Failed to win in previous 5 home matches.
Not won in the 4 most recent games.
Rangers Won each of the previous 3 matches.
Last drawn game 4 outings ago.