Hearts U21 vs Cumbernauld Colts: Soccer betting preview

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Competition: Scotland Football League - Lowland League
Competition: Sat 07.January
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Ferguson Park (4000 seats)

Keep working on their own match tactics or switch tactics dependant on the opponent? Both Hearts U21 and Cumbernauld Colts should try something more original than earlier this season. Learn more!

Insights:
  • Hearts U21 have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • Cumbernauld Colts have won significantly more corners away than at home.

Cumbernauld Colts could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Football League - Lowland League game only three sleeps ago.

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Hearts U21 form and stats

Overall Football League - Lowland League stats playing at home this season for Hearts U21 are 3-4-3 (wins-draws-losses). When Hearts U21 hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like East Stirlingshire, Cowdenbeath, Gretna 2008, Edinburgh University, Dalbeattie Star and Hearts U21), they have won 2 of 3 matches!

Hearts are returning here after visiting Rangers U21 and winning with a 3-2 scoreline.

Preceding that game was the home draw versus Spartans that ended 0-0.

Betting people might want to know that 15 of the most recent 19 league matches from this football club have had goals from both teams.

With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (22 in 10 games), Hearts U21's attacking play is working. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Hearts defense is not exactly impregnable. 15 goals conceded from 10 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Cumbernauld Colts form and stats

There's been little loot from Cumbernauld Colts's travels as they have only collected 9 points from 9 away games in the Football League - Lowland League. Cumbernauld Colts only have 3 wins to counter their 6 defeats and 0 draws. When Cumbernauld Colts is visiting a side on the bottom half, they have won 3 of 4 matches. East Stirlingshire, Cowdenbeath, Gretna 2008, Edinburgh University, Cumbernauld Colts and Dalbeattie Star is teams we like to compare Hearts U21 with. A depressing five defeats in a row for Cumbernauld Colts in their away games. Unhappy days, as the last time they avoided a loss on the road was versus Edinburgh University.

185 minutes! That's how long the Cumbernauld Colts goalkeeper and his defense have shut out their league opponents.

Cumbernauld had fun at their own home (Ferguson Park) last time out, beating East Stirlingshire 2-0.

Before that, Cumbernauld Colts secured a home win against East Kilbride with the score 2-0.

Cumbernauld has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 15 goals from 9 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As for defending, Cumbernauld Colts rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 15 goals from these away matches. When Cumbernauld is visiting a side on the bottom half, 3 of 4 matches have ended with three or more goals. These are matches against East Stirlingshire, Cowdenbeath, Gretna 2008, Edinburgh University, Cumbernauld Colts and Dalbeattie Star.

Head 2 Head

The fixture history shows this score when the teams played each other previously this season; Cumbernauld Colts - Hearts U21 2-1.

Hearts U21 missing players

Cumbernauld Colts missing players

Hearts U21 Cumbernauld Colts
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
21 10 3 Played P 4 9 21
6 3 2 Won W 3 3 8
6 4 1 Drew D 0 0 1
9 3 0 Lost L 1 6 12
47 22 7 Scored S 14 15 40
38 15 2 Conceded C 5 15 41
95% 90% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
90% 90% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 67% 86%
71% 70% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 67% 71%
62% 60% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 75% 33% 48%
52% 40% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 75% 33% 38%
71% 70% 67% BTTS BTTS 50% 33% 62%
24% 30% 33% Clean Sheets C S 25% 11% 14%
10% 10% 0% Failed to Score F T 25% 56% 24%
 
6.1 3 0 Corners for (avg) C F 6.7 6.2 4.3
5.4 3 0 Corners against (avg) C A 3 4.4 5.5
2.4 4 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.7 3.4 2.7
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
9.9 10 0 Shots (avg) S ( 14.7 12 10.3
6.1 6 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 7 5 4.5
47% 33% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 43% 36% 44%
 
10 7 0 Shots against (avg) S A 5.7 9.6 9.1
6 4 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 1 3 4.4
Key stats in Football League - Lowland League this season:
  • Cumbernauld Colts have won significantly more corners away than at home.
  • Cumbernauld Colts haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Hearts U21 have won significantly less corners at home than away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Spartans 23 14 4 5 49 26 11 8 2 1 28 10 12 6 2 4 21 16 23 46
2 Celtic II 21 14 3 4 65 29 11 8 1 2 42 15 10 6 2 2 23 14 36 45
3 Rangers U21 22 14 3 5 63 38 9 7 1 1 27 10 13 7 2 4 36 28 25 45
4 Tranent Juniors 23 13 6 4 49 24 12 8 2 2 32 14 11 5 4 2 17 10 25 45
5 East Kilbride 23 13 4 6 53 34 11 6 2 3 26 13 12 7 2 3 27 21 19 43
6 Stirling University 21 13 3 5 49 28 12 8 1 3 29 9 9 5 2 2 20 19 21 42
7 BSC Glasgow 23 12 3 8 48 44 12 8 2 2 29 15 11 4 1 6 19 29 4 39
8 Civil Service Strollers 23 11 5 7 43 32 11 7 2 2 23 13 12 4 3 5 20 19 11 38
9 Bo'ness United 23 10 4 9 49 32 12 6 2 4 30 16 11 4 2 5 19 16 17 34
10 Edusport Academy 23 9 6 8 58 45 13 6 4 3 40 20 10 3 2 5 18 25 13 33
11 Berwick Rangers 22 10 3 9 33 39 11 7 3 1 21 11 11 3 0 8 12 28 -6 33
12 Gala Fairydean Rovers 23 10 3 10 42 49 10 4 1 5 21 22 13 6 2 5 21 27 -7 33
13 Cumbernauld Colts 21 8 1 12 40 41 12 5 1 6 25 26 9 3 0 6 15 15 -1 25
14 Hearts U21 21 6 6 9 47 38 10 3 4 3 22 15 11 3 2 6 25 23 9 24
15 Gretna 2008 21 7 1 13 31 52 12 5 0 7 18 27 9 2 1 6 13 25 -21 22
16 East Stirlingshire 24 4 8 12 24 51 12 3 2 7 13 23 12 1 6 5 11 28 -27 20
17 Cowdenbeath 22 5 4 13 25 32 10 4 3 3 15 8 12 1 1 10 10 24 -7 19
18 Edinburgh University 22 2 1 19 18 87 10 0 1 9 8 40 12 2 0 10 10 47 -69 7
19 Dalbeattie Star 21 1 2 18 15 80 10 1 1 8 13 32 11 0 1 10 2 48 -65 5