Championship preview with statistics: Arbroath welcomes Hearts to Gayfield Park

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Competition: Scotland Championship
Competition: Fri 23.October
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Gayfield Park (5900 seats)

With the nervous opening game out of the way it’s time for the second Championship game of the season. Arbroath look forward to welcoming Hearts in front of their home support.

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

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Arbroath form and stats

A League Cup defeat was the result before that one, 1-2 away at Ross County.

Arbroath lost the game against Raith Rovers in the first half with a 0-3 deficit and could never come back from that.

Last season, Arbroath's league statistics were 10 wins, 6 draws and 10 losses, resulting in a 6th position in the Championship. Over these 26 matches they scored 24 goals and conceded 26. Playing at home last season Arbroath managed 6-4-3 (win-draw-lost) with 14 goals and 10 conceded.

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Hearts form and stats

That result followed a home victory 3-1 versus Raith Rovers in the League Cup.

As mentioned above, Hearts was the only team on the pitch versus Dundee in their previous game, winning 6-2. This could be a tougher task.

Let's have a look at how Hearts performed last season in the Premiership: They landed a 12th position in the league table after playing out 4 victories, 11 draws and 15 defeats. In total they scored 31 and conceded 52 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 2 - drew 4 and lost 9 with 12/29 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last three matches): Arbroath one win, zero draws and Hearts two victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one game had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

HeartsM. Smith
M. Smith
1 goals
HeartsL. Boyce
L. Boyce
1 goals

Arbroath missing players

Hearts missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Arbroath Hearts
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 1
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
1 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 6
3 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 2
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
100% 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
2 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 2
4 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
7 0 0 Total Shots T S 0 0 16
0 0 0 Shots on Target S O 0 0 8
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 75%
Arbroath Last season Hearts
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
26 13   Played P   15 30
10 6   Won W   2 4
6 4   Drew D   4 11
10 3   Lost L   9 15
24 14   Scored S   12 31
26 10   Conceded C   29 52
92% 85%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   80% 87%
65% 62%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   60% 70%
31% 38%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   60% 50%
4% 0%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   40% 37%
0% 0%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   27% 23%
38% 38%   BTTS BTTS   40% 53%
35% 46%   Clean Sheets C S   20% 13%
35% 31%   Failed to Score F T   60% 47%
 
0 0   Corners for (avg) C F   0 0
0 0   Corners against (avg) C A   0 0
1.7 1.2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.3 2.1
0 0   Red cards R C   3 4
 
225 130   Total Shots T S   112 291
81 52   Shots on Target S O   36 110
28% 27%   Goal Efficiency G E   33% 28%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Hearts 1 1 0 0 6 2 1 1 0 0 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3
2 Raith Rovers 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
3 Dunfermline Athletic 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
4 Ayr United 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
5 Greenock Morton 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
6 Queen of the South 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
7 Alloa Athletic 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
8 Inverness CT 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 -2 0
9 Arbroath 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 0
10 Dundee 1 0 0 1 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 6 -4 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 Dundee United 28 18 5 5 52 22 14 10 3 1 35 10 14 8 2 4 17 12 30 59
2 Inverness CT 27 14 3 10 39 32 13 8 2 3 24 14 14 6 1 7 15 18 7 45
3 Dundee 27 11 8 8 32 31 13 7 2 4 17 14 14 4 6 4 15 17 1 41
4 Ayr United 27 12 4 11 38 35 14 6 3 5 18 14 13 6 1 6 20 21 3 40
5 Dunfermline Athletic 28 10 7 11 41 36 15 7 3 5 25 17 13 3 4 6 16 19 5 37
6 Arbroath 26 10 6 10 24 26 13 6 4 3 14 10 13 4 2 7 10 16 -2 36
7 Greenock Morton 28 10 6 12 45 52 14 6 5 3 27 22 14 4 1 9 18 30 -7 36
8 Alloa Athletic 28 7 10 11 33 43 14 4 4 6 12 19 14 3 6 5 21 24 -10 31
9 Queen of the South 28 7 7 14 28 40 14 4 2 8 17 20 14 3 5 6 11 20 -12 28
10 Partick Thistle 27 6 8 13 32 47 13 2 4 7 13 22 14 4 4 6 19 25 -15 26
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 Celtic 30 26 2 2 89 19 15 14 0 1 50 7 15 12 2 1 39 12 70 80
2 Rangers 29 21 4 4 64 19 14 11 1 2 33 7 15 10 3 2 31 12 45 67
3 Motherwell 30 14 4 12 41 38 15 7 1 7 23 23 15 7 3 5 18 15 3 46
4 Aberdeen 30 12 9 9 40 36 15 7 3 5 23 19 15 5 6 4 17 17 4 45
5 Livingston 30 10 9 11 41 39 14 8 4 2 19 8 16 2 5 9 22 31 2 39
6 Hibernian 30 9 10 11 42 49 15 5 7 3 26 22 15 4 3 8 16 27 -7 37
7 St. Johnstone 29 8 12 9 28 46 16 5 6 5 19 26 13 3 6 4 9 20 -18 36
8 Kilmarnock 30 9 6 15 31 41 15 6 5 4 20 15 15 3 1 11 11 26 -10 33
9 St. Mirren 30 7 8 15 24 41 15 5 6 4 13 13 15 2 2 11 11 28 -17 29
10 Ross County 30 7 8 15 29 60 14 5 3 6 17 23 16 2 5 9 12 37 -31 29
11 Hamilton Academical 30 6 9 15 30 50 16 4 3 9 16 26 14 2 6 6 14 24 -20 27
12 Hearts 30 4 11 15 31 52 15 2 7 6 19 23 15 2 4 9 12 29 -21 23

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 Hearts 1 1 0 0 6 2 1 1 0 0 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3
2 Raith Rovers 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
3 Dunfermline Athletic 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
4 Ayr United 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
5 Greenock Morton 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
6 Queen of the South 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
7 Alloa Athletic 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
8 Inverness CT 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 -2 0
9 Arbroath 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 0
10 Dundee 1 0 0 1 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 6 -4 0

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The Scottish Championship is the second level of the Scottish Professional Football League. Ten teams play each other four times for a total of 36 fixtures in a season from August to May. The winner in the league table promotes to the Premiership and a playoff can promote one more team.