DIVISION TWO: Blackhawk Rangers v Stans Rangers
Saturday 27th March 2010, Kick off: 19:00 CET,
at Anfield Road, Stockport.

In a special double preview this weekend, our team have travelled up to Stockport where an important game in the Division Two promotion race takes place this weekend. Blackhawk Rangers host the game and they currently lead the division by two points from chertseychoppers in 2nd. Fourth placed Stans Rangers lie 3 points behind the choppers and would move to within 2 points of the Blackhawks with a victory.

THE SEASON SO FAR

Having agonisingly missed out on promotion in the last 2 seasons, Blackhawk Rangers started this campagin slowly with back to back defeats. However, they transformed their season with 6 consecutive victories to move from the bottom to the top of the table. Their winning run was ended last week when Bangor Bucks earned a suprise 1-0 win at Anfield Road. In the Trophy they reached the 2nd round, whilst in the League Cup they put out Hotshots in Round 2 and currently lie 1-0 in their quarter final against Spatula United.

Consistancy has been the problem for Stans Rangers so far this season. They have been unable to record consecutive wins in the league yet but a good end of season run could see them move into the promotion zone. Manager Stanway1982 left at the end of February and his replacement rps78 earned his first win last weekend with a 5-1 thumping of Norfolk And Chance. They reached Round 2 in the Trophy but Ross County eliminated them in the first round of the league cup

Pos	Team	Pld	Pts	GD
1	Blackhawk Rangers	9	18	+5
2	chertseychoppers	9	16	+7
3	Toft Monks Athletic	9	15	+5
4	Stans Rangers	9	13	+1
5	Boca Seniors	9	13	0
6	Bangor Bucks	9	10	0
7	Spatula United	9	8	-6
8	Norfolk And Chance	9	5	-12

CURRENT FORM

League: Home & Away

Team	Pld	Won	Drn	Lst	GF	GA	Pts
Blackhawk Rangers	6	5	0	1	10	4	15
Stans Rangers	6	3	1	2	12	8	10

Team	Pld	Won	Drn	Lst	GF	GA	Pts
Blackhawk Rangers (H)	6	4	0	2	8	4	12
Stans Rangers (A)	6	3	1	2	10	10	10

All Competitions: Home & Away

Team	Pld	Won	Drn	Lst	GF	GA	Pts
Blackhawk Rangers	6	4	1	1	7	3	13
Stans Rangers	6	2	1	3	10	7	7

SEQUENCES

Blackhawk Rangers:
- Have won 9 of their last 12 matches.
- Have won 6 of their last 7 league games.
- have won 6 of their last 7 home games.

Stans Rangers:
- Have only lost 1 of their last 5 away league games.
- Have only kept 1 clean sheet in their last 8 league matches.
- Have lost 7 of their last 11 matches.

THE HOTSHOTS

Blackhawk Rangers:
- Anup Patel has scored 6 goals in his last 7 league games.

Stans Rangers:
- Christoph Marti has scored 9 goals in his last 8 league games.

ITS A STAT

Blackhawk Rangers:
- Defender Gary Caldwell is set to become the first Blackhawk Rangers player to make 75 appearances.
- This is manager MartynKuz's 75th game in charge.
- Paulo Maldini is set to make his 50th league appearance for the club.

Stans Rangers:
- Last weekends match against Norfolk And Chance was their 200th in all competitions.
- Have given away more penalties in the league than any other side (24).

PAST MEETINGS

	Played	Blackhawk R	Stans Rang.	Draws
All Competitions	7	3	3	1
At Anfield Road	3	2	1	0
In the League	7	3	3	1
Between the managers	0	0	0	0

LAST MEETING

20/02/2010 Division Two

Stans Rangers	2	Blackhawk Rangers	4
Jindra Giraldes	25 42	Wilander Wilson Patel Messi (pen)	7 21 67 82

TEAM NEWS

Both sides are at full stength.

THE REF

ROBERT NIXON, Skill 8, Hard 6
Games; 125
Penalties awarded: 42
Yellows per game: 2.32
Reds per game: 0.17

PREDICTION

Blackhawk Rangers will start as favourites with home advantage and their recent winning run. Stans Rangers do have one of the strongest sides in the division though and with their manager being new to the job, so their tactics may be difficult for their opponents to predict.

PREDICTION: 2-1 Blackhawk Rangers

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