Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Forfar Athletic & Kelty Hearts face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Challenge Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
It's no vacation for neither Forfar Athletic nor Kelty Hearts as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Forfar Athletic form and stats
Forfar Athletic participated in Challenge Cup the last season, where they reached the 2nd round.OK but not perfect. That could be the conclusion for Forfar Athletic's two home games in the League Two so far this season, having collected 4 points here at Station Park.
Forfar Athletic faced defeat in their previous match, away at East Fife (0-1). The defeat against East Fife was especially painful as the deciding goal against was scored one minutes into stoppage time (by Trouten).
Preceding that game was the home draw versus Elgin City that ended 2-2.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Forfar have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 4 matches with the results: Won 1, drawn 2 and lost 1.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Forfar Athletic, as the League Two home game vs Stenhousemuir is only four days away.
At Station Park, Forfar Athletic has the goal stats of 4-2 (for/against) from 2 league fixtures.
Kelty Hearts form and stats
Last season their Challenge Cup adventure ended in the 1st round.No League One points yet away for Kelty Hearts, from their first 2 matches.
The attacking players of Kelty Hearts have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 183 minutes.
Kelty Hearts's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Dunfermline Athletic that finished 0-0.
Preceding that game, the 0-3 loss visiting Clyde's place.Hearts have another match that requires travelling in just four nights, a League One fixture versus Montrose. A hard programme for them!
1 goal so far away for Kelty Hearts, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 6. All from 2 league matches away.
Head 2 Head
As for the last four games between these two teams, there's one Forfar Athletic victory, two draws and one Kelty Hearts win. Over/under statistics; one of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Munro 1 goals |  C. Slater 1 goals | M. Aitken 1 goals |
Forfar Athletic missing players
Kelty Hearts missing players
| Forfar Athletic | Kelty Hearts | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Won | W | 6 | 10 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Drew | D | 3 | 7 | ||
| 11 | 3 | Lost | L | 4 | 8 | ||
| 23 | 15 | Scored | S | 17 | 28 | ||
| 37 | 15 | Conceded | C | 17 | 28 | ||
| 88% | 83% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 85% | 88% | ||
| 72% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 62% | 60% | ||
| 32% | 42% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 46% | 32% | ||
| 20% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 23% | 20% | ||
| 16% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 15% | 8% | ||
| 36% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 38% | 40% | ||
| 28% | 42% | Clean Sheets | C S | 38% | 32% | ||
| 48% | 42% | Failed to Score | F T | 38% | 40% | ||
| 5.6 | 6.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.8 | 5 | ||
| 4.9 | 3.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.8 | 3.7 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.5 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 8.8 | 10.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.1 | 9.7 | ||
| 3.1 | 3.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3.6 | ||
| 30% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 28% | ||
| 9 | 8.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.5 | 8.5 | ||
| 3.2 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 3.5 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Dumbarton | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 12 |
| 2 | East Fife | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| 3 | Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 4 | Stirling Albion | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| 5 | Stranraer | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -1 | 5 |
| 6 | Forfar Athletic | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -1 | 4 |
| 7 | Albion Rovers | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | -1 | 3 |
| 8 | Elgin City | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | -2 | 3 |
| 9 | Annan Athletic | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | -5 | 3 |
| 10 | Stenhousemuir | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -5 | 3 |
| 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 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 10 |
| 2 | Dunfermline Athletic | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 10 |
| 3 | Clyde | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 7 |
| 4 | Falkirk | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 7 |
| 5 | Edinburgh City | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | -2 | 6 |
| 6 | Queen of the South | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 7 | Montrose | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 8 | Alloa Athletic | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 3 |
| 9 | Peterhead | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -7 | 1 |
| 10 | Kelty Hearts | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -7 | 1 |
