Delightful dogfight as daring Kelty Hearts duel with determined Edinburgh City

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Competition: Scotland League One
Competition: Sat 30.July
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: New Central Park (11480 seats)

A new League One adventure is about to unfold and this is the first real fixture for Kelty Hearts and Edinburgh City. Let's get started!

Kelty Hearts and Edinburgh City should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Kelty Hearts form and stats

It's the first season at a new level for Kelty Hearts as they were promoted from League Two last season. Happy days that were secured through 24 wins, 9 draws and 3 losses from 36 games. The team scored 36 goals at home last season and conceded 12. It will be interesting to see how they perform at this level.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Hearts have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 4 games) they have won 2 times, drawn 2 and lost 0.

It's been an intense period of training leading up to this game for Kelty Hearts, who have participated in three training matches. Kelty Hearts have won 1 of these, drawn 1 and were beaten in 1 game.

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Edinburgh City form and stats

A job perfectly done for Edinburgh last season as they secured promotion from League Two. With a grand total of 11 wins, 2 draws and 5 defeats the season objective was secured. Of these wins, 7 were in away matches.

We have checked recent matches where Edinburgh City have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 11 games were 3 victories, 4 draws and 4 defeats.

Head 2 Head

Head-to-head data (for the preceeding four meetings): Kelty Hearts won two games, two matches ended with a tie and Edinburgh City got zero wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / two

Kelty Hearts missing players

Edinburgh City missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Kelty Hearts Edinburgh City
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 0
Kelty Hearts Last season Edinburgh City
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
36 18   Played P   2 4
24 13   Won W   0 2
9 5   Drew D   1 1
3 0   Lost L   1 1
68 36   Scored S   2 8
28 12   Conceded C   3 4
94% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
69% 72%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   100% 100%
47% 39%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   50% 50%
33% 33%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   0% 25%
14% 11%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 25%
47% 56%   BTTS BTTS   100% 75%
47% 44%   Clean Sheets C S   0% 25%
11% 0%   Failed to Score F T   0% 0%
 
5.8 5.8   Corners for (avg) C F   2.5 3.2
3.2 3.3   Corners against (avg) C A   7.5 7.2
1.4 1.6   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.5 1.5
2 0   Red cards R C   0 0
 
11.1 10.3   Shots (avg) S (   10 11.5
4.8 4.7   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3 3.8
40% 43%   Goal Efficiency G E   33% 53%
 
6.9 6.6   Shots against (avg) S A   13 13.5
2.4 2.4   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   5 4.5

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Airdrieonians 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Alloa Athletic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Clyde 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Dunfermline Athletic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Edinburgh City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Falkirk 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Kelty Hearts 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Montrose 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Peterhead 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Queen of the South 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Kelty Hearts 36 24 9 3 68 28 18 13 5 0 36 12 18 11 4 3 32 16 40 81
2 Forfar Athletic 36 16 12 8 57 36 18 10 5 3 34 17 18 6 7 5 23 19 21 60
3 Annan Athletic 36 18 5 13 64 51 18 7 4 7 33 29 18 11 1 6 31 22 13 59
4 Edinburgh City 36 14 10 12 43 49 18 7 5 6 23 25 18 7 5 6 20 24 -6 52
5 Stenhousemuir 36 13 10 13 47 46 18 5 4 9 22 27 18 8 6 4 25 19 1 49
6 Stranraer 36 13 8 15 50 54 18 6 4 8 18 26 18 7 4 7 32 28 -4 47
7 Stirling Albion 36 11 9 16 41 46 18 6 2 10 22 26 18 5 7 6 19 20 -5 42
8 Albion Rovers 36 10 9 17 37 58 18 5 5 8 17 26 18 5 4 9 20 32 -21 39
9 Elgin City 36 9 10 17 33 51 18 6 6 6 20 21 18 3 4 11 13 30 -18 37
10 Cowdenbeath 36 7 8 21 28 49 18 3 5 10 13 21 18 4 3 11 15 28 -21 29

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Airdrieonians 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Alloa Athletic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Clyde 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Dunfermline Athletic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Edinburgh City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Falkirk 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Kelty Hearts 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Montrose 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Peterhead 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Queen of the South 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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The Scottish League One is the third division in the Scottish football league pyramid. It holds ten teams who play each other four times for a total of 36 fixtures in a season from August to May. The top team in the league table is promoted, the bottom team relegated. There are also playoffs to promote and relegate.