Both sides have already met twice this season, with Berwick Rangers leaving East Peffermill with victories on both occasions – defeating Edinburgh University 4-1 in the league, followed by a 3-1 in the South Challenge Cup.

Berwick Rangers currently sit in 15th place with 17 points from their 18 games played – made up of four wins, five draws, and nine defeats.

The Wee Gers come into this following a 2-1 defeat away to Cumbernauld Colts, making that eight consecutive league matches without a victory.

Edinburgh University currently sit bottom of the table with five points from their 17 games played – made up of one win, two draws, and 14 defeats.

The Uni will feel hard done by coming into this off the back of a 2-2 draw with Albion Rovers – with Rovers manager, Sandy Clark admitting his side may have been lucky to take a point from the game.

Both Berwick Rangers and Tranent secured home victories against each other, last season – with both games ending 1-0.

Berwick Rangers currently sit in 12th place with 16 points from their 14 games played – made up of four wins, four draws, and six defeats.

The Wee Gers are without a win in their last six outings (losing five), and have managed to find the back of the net on only two occasions.

Tranent currently sit in 4th place with 25 points from their 11 games played – made up of eight wins, a draw, and two defeats.

The Big T are on a nine-game winning streak – with their most recent result seeing them knock Lowland League leaders, East Kilbride out of the Scottish Cup with a 7-0 thrashing, welcoming Forfar Athletic to Foresters Park in the next round.

Both sides shared the points with home victories, last season – East Kilbride winning 5-0, and Berwick Rangers winning 3-0.

Berwick Rangers currently sit in 9th place with 16 points from their 11 games played – made up of four wins, four draws, and three defeats.

The Wee Gers have come into off-the-pitch difficulties, resulting in losing key players – including one of this season’s top scorers, Liam Buchanan, Blair Sneddon, Michael Travis to fellow Lowland League side, Bo’ness United, and David Ferguson to opponents, East Kilbride.

East Kilbride are currently top of the Lowland League and are the only team yet to taste defeat – with eight wins and two draws making up their 26 points.

The Kilby are the Lowland League top scorers with 37 goals in 10 games, and also have the best defence in the league – conceding only nine.

Berwick Rangers were unable to defeat Hearts B, last season – with the games ending 6-0 to the Wee Jambos, followed by a 1-1 draw.

Berwick Rangers have had a ‘straight down the middle’ start to the campaign, sitting in 10th with 11 points from eight played – made up of three wins, three losses, and two draws, with 10 goals scored, and 10 conceded.

The Wee Gers will be hoping to bounce back from their 2-0 defeat at home to Cowdenbeath, having been undefeated in their previous five.

Hearts B find themselves in 3rd place with 18 points from nine games played – made up of five wins, three draws, and a defeat.

The Wee Jambos haven’t lost in their last four games, but come into this with back-to-back draws v Caledonian Braves and Linlithgow Rose.

Berwick Rangers defeated Cowdenbeath 2-1 and 4-0 in the league last season. However, Cowdenbeath managed to knock them out of the Lowland League Cup, thanks to a 2-0 win.

Berwick Rangers currently find themselves in ninth place with 11 points.

The Wee Gers lost their opening two games, followed by two back-to-back draws, and come into this on the back of three consecutive victories.

Liam Buchanan of Berwick Rangers is currently the joint-top scorer, with eight goals from seven played.

Cowdenbeath sit in 11th place, two points behind Berwick Rangers – having picked up nine points from their six played.

The Blue Brazil come into this having suffered their first defeat of the season, 4-2 to East Kilbride, and will be looking to get back to picking up points again – with the form that saw them undefeated in five games.

It was Berwick Rangers who got the better of Celtic B, last season – winning 1-0 at Shielfield and 3-1 at the Excelsior.

Berwick Rangers opened the campaign with two consecutive defeats – 1-0 and 2-1 to Caley Braves and Bo’ness United. This was followed by two draws in a row – 0-0 and 2-2 with Cumbernauld Colts and Stirling Uni.

Having gotten their first win of the season, last weekend – a 2-1 win over East Stirlingshire, the Wee Gers will be looking to make it two on the bounce, whilst keeping their winning streak over the Young Hoops.

Celtic B have began the campaign with fluctuating form. A 1-0 opening day defeat to Cumbernauld Colts was followed by a 5-1 win over Caley Braves.

The Young Hoops left it late to salvage a 2-2 draw v Cowdenbeath, and this was followed by a convincing 5-0 victory over Gala Fairydean Rovers.

Celtic B will be aiming to get over the disappointment of losing 3-1 away to Civil Service Strollers, last weekend, whilst looking for their first win over Berwick Rangers since November 2021.

Stirling Uni didn’t lose to Berwick Rangers, last season – with the games ending 2-2 and 3-1. But, The Wee Gers haven’t lost at home to the Uni since 2019.

Both teams come into this with identical form – having lost their opening two games, they both picked up their first point, last weekend.

Berwick Rangers lost their opener 1-0 to Caley Braves, followed by a 2-1 defeat to the only team to have won all their games, so far, Bo’ness United.

Their first point came against Cumbernauld Colts, with both sides cancelling each other out for it to end 0-0.

Stirling Uni lost 3-1 to newly promoted Linlithgow Rose on the opening day, quickly followed by a 3-0 defeat at the hands of Cumbernauld Colts.

They picked up their first point thanks to a 1-1 draw with East Kilbride, a side they didn’t lose to in last season’s league campaign.

Berwick Rangers go into this one with the better head-to-head record from last season – winning 1-0 and drawing 3-3 with Cumbernauld Colts.

The Wee Gers will be disappointed with the start to their 23/24 campaign, having lost on both occasions – 1-0 away to Caley Braves and 2-1 at home to Bo’ness United, despite going into the break with the lead.

Cumbernauld Colts will be delighted with their start to the 23/24 season – defeating Celtic B 1-0 on the opening day, followed by a 3-0 away to Stirling Uni, midweek.

Billy Mortimer will be equally as pleased with his own performance, as the league’s joint top scorer has scored all of The Colts goals, so far.