Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Queen of the South & 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 Queen 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.
Queen of the South form and stats
Queen of the South participated in Challenge Cup the last season, where they reached the final.4-2-5 (win-draw-lost) are the League One numbers at home for Queen of the South so far this season.
Queen of the South's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 1-2 versus Alloa Athletic.
Ahead of that match, Queen of the South won a home game hosting Clyde (1-0).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 Queen have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 6 games) they have won 2 times, drawn 2 and lost 2.
There will be little rest for Queen of the South after this match as they are travelling to Montrose for a League One game in only four days.
A decent goal production from Queen of the South in their home games so far, with 17 goals from 11 league matches. On the other hand, Queen of the South have conceded 16 goals.
Kelty Hearts form and stats
Hearts was sent out of Challenge Cup in the 1st round last season.There's been little loot from Kelty Hearts's travels as they have only collected 10 points from 11 away games in the League One. Kelty Hearts only have 3 wins to counter their 7 defeats and 1 draw.
It's the second away game in a row for Kelty Hearts, but there's smiles all around after the 2-1 victory versus Clyde last time out.
Preceding that game, the 0-0 draw paying a visit to Alloa Athletic.We have checked recent matches where Kelty Hearts have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 7 games were 2 victories, 2 draws and 3 defeats.
A quick return to home after this game, as Hearts are hosting Airdrieonians in the League One only four days away.
The visitors have scored 10 goals from 11 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Kelty Hearts have conceded 20 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Queen of the South-Kelty Hearts H2H statistics last two meetings regardless of arena: Queen of the South zero wins, Kelty Hearts two wins, zero draws. one of these two matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
  R. Paton 12 goals |  A. Agyeman 7 goals |  G. Reilly 5 goals |
Queen of the South missing players
Kelty Hearts missing players
| Queen of the South | Kelty Hearts | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Won | W | 5 | 10 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | ||
| 11 | 5 | Lost | L | 8 | 11 | ||
| 44 | 21 | Scored | S | 14 | 27 | ||
| 45 | 16 | Conceded | C | 25 | 35 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 92% | ||
| 88% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 86% | 80% | ||
| 68% | 58% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 79% | 60% | ||
| 52% | 42% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 14% | 12% | ||
| 32% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 7% | 4% | ||
| 68% | 58% | BTTS | BTTS | 57% | 52% | ||
| 24% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 7% | 24% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 43% | 32% | ||
| 5.4 | 5.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.6 | 5 | ||
| 4.9 | 3.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.6 | 5 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 2 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 9.1 | 9.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.9 | 7.8 | ||
| 4.3 | 4.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.7 | 3 | ||
| 41% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 37% | 36% | ||
| 8.7 | 7.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.1 | 7.8 | ||
| 3.8 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 4 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Dunfermline Athletic | 19 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 28 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 3 | 17 | 42 |
| 2 | Edinburgh City | 21 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 42 | 30 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 23 | 14 | 12 | 38 |
| 3 | Falkirk | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 38 | 23 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 15 | 35 |
| 4 | Airdrieonians | 20 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 39 | 30 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 9 | 32 |
| 5 | Alloa Athletic | 20 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 37 | 28 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 17 | 9 | 32 |
| 6 | Montrose | 21 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 30 | 27 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 3 | 30 |
| 7 | Kelty Hearts | 21 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 22 | 29 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 20 | -7 | 27 |
| 8 | Queen of the South | 21 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 34 | 36 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 20 | -2 | 26 |
| 9 | Clyde | 20 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 24 | 42 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 23 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 19 | -18 | 10 |
| 10 | Peterhead | 20 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 10 | 48 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 21 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 27 | -38 | 8 |
