East End Park: Dunfermline Athletic vs Hearts Championship preview

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Competition: Scotland Championship
Competition: Fri 20.November
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: East End Park (11480 seats)

After four games we know a little more about the qualities of Dunfermline Athletic and Hearts in this fresh Championship season. Read our match preview!

Dunfermline Athletic and Hearts 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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Dunfermline Athletic form and stats

Perfect Championship season at home so far for Dunfermline Athletic 2 wins from 2 appearances.

A nice win for Dunfermline Athletic last time playing, versus Clyde. That was also a home game and the match ended 3-2 with D. McManus, P. Watson and K. O'Hara scoring for the victors. 0-0 away at Ayr United before that.

The game against Clyde had lots of late drama as Dunfermline came back from being down 0-2 and finally secured the victory through P. Watson's goal in the 90th minute. Some amazing scenes last match, when P. Watson scored the winning goal one minutes into stoppage time.

It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Dunfermline Athletic at home in the league. 6 on target and 3 scored by the opposition; from 2 matches.

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Hearts form and stats

Only one away game in the Championship so far for Hearts and it resulted in three points. Last season the statistics for their away games were 2 victories, 4 draws and 9 losses from 15 travels.

Two travels in a row for Hearts, whose manager R. Neilson could celebrate last time after the League Cup win against East Fife. Prior to that match, a home win 2-1 against Inverness CT in the Championship.

After this away game Hearts return home for a Championship game against Alloa Athletic. That game is only four sleeps after this.

It's early days yet, but Hearts has scored 1 and conceded 0 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).

Head 2 Head

Last ten meetings between the teams: Dunfermline won two, Hearts won seven and one draw. six games with over 2,5 goals, four matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Dunfermline AthleticE. Murray
E. Murray
2 goals
DunfermlineR. Dow
R. Dow
2 goals
HeartsL. Boyce
L. Boyce
2 goals

Dunfermline Athletic missing players

Hearts missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Dunfermline Athletic Hearts
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
4 2 0 Played P 0 1 3
3 2 0 Won W 0 1 3
1 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
10 6 0 Scored S 0 1 9
4 3 0 Conceded C 0 0 3
75% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
75% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 67%
75% 100% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 67%
75% 100% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 33%
50% 50% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 33%
75% 100% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 67%
25% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 100% 33%
25% 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
1.2 1.5 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1 1.7
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
40 19 0 Total Shots T S 0 15 39
20 11 0 Shots on Target S O 0 4 14
50% 55% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 25% 64%
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Hearts has the fewest conceded goals (0) away in Championship
Dunfermline Athletic Last season Hearts
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
28 15   Played P   15 30
10 7   Won W   2 4
7 3   Drew D   4 11
11 5   Lost L   9 15
41 25   Scored S   12 31
36 17   Conceded C   29 52
96% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   80% 87%
82% 87%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   60% 70%
39% 40%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   60% 50%
29% 33%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   40% 37%
18% 13%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   27% 23%
54% 53%   BTTS BTTS   40% 53%
25% 27%   Clean Sheets C S   20% 13%
25% 20%   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
1.2 1.2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.3 2.1
1 0   Red cards R C   3 4
 
277 176   Total Shots T S   112 291
106 65   Shots on Target S O   36 110
39% 38%   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 Raith Rovers 4 3 1 0 14 3 2 2 0 0 8 0 2 1 1 0 6 3 11 10
2 Dunfermline Athletic 4 3 1 0 10 4 2 2 0 0 6 3 2 1 1 0 4 1 6 10
3 Hearts 3 3 0 0 9 3 2 2 0 0 8 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 6 9
4 Greenock Morton 4 2 0 2 4 8 2 2 0 0 4 2 2 0 0 2 0 6 -4 6
5 Ayr United 4 1 2 1 5 5 2 1 1 0 2 1 2 0 1 1 3 4 0 5
6 Dundee 4 1 2 1 7 10 2 1 1 0 2 1 2 0 1 1 5 9 -3 5
7 Inverness CT 4 1 1 2 6 7 2 1 1 0 4 2 2 0 0 2 2 5 -1 4
8 Alloa Athletic 3 0 1 2 4 8 2 0 1 1 4 7 1 0 0 1 0 1 -4 1
9 Queen of the South 4 0 1 3 6 11 1 0 0 1 2 5 3 0 1 2 4 6 -5 1
10 Arbroath 4 0 1 3 2 8 2 0 1 1 1 2 2 0 0 2 1 6 -6 1
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 Raith Rovers 4 3 1 0 14 3 2 2 0 0 8 0 2 1 1 0 6 3 11 10
2 Dunfermline Athletic 4 3 1 0 10 4 2 2 0 0 6 3 2 1 1 0 4 1 6 10
3 Hearts 3 3 0 0 9 3 2 2 0 0 8 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 6 9
4 Greenock Morton 4 2 0 2 4 8 2 2 0 0 4 2 2 0 0 2 0 6 -4 6
5 Ayr United 4 1 2 1 5 5 2 1 1 0 2 1 2 0 1 1 3 4 0 5
6 Dundee 4 1 2 1 7 10 2 1 1 0 2 1 2 0 1 1 5 9 -3 5
7 Inverness CT 4 1 1 2 6 7 2 1 1 0 4 2 2 0 0 2 2 5 -1 4
8 Alloa Athletic 3 0 1 2 4 8 2 0 1 1 4 7 1 0 0 1 0 1 -4 1
9 Queen of the South 4 0 1 3 6 11 1 0 0 1 2 5 3 0 1 2 4 6 -5 1
10 Arbroath 4 0 1 3 2 8 2 0 1 1 1 2 2 0 0 2 1 6 -6 1

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