Football League - Lowland League match prediction and preview for the Hearts U21 vs Edinburgh University clash

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Competition: Scotland Football League - Lowland League
Competition: Sat 28.January
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Ferguson Park (4000 seats)

Football League - Lowland League: Tipsway are looking at an entertaining and crucial fight between Hearts U21 and Edinburgh University at Ferguson Park. They both need three points!

Insights:
  • Hearts U21 have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (7) in Football League - Lowland League
  • Edinburgh University have the most conceded goals (94) in Football League - Lowland League

Both squads have had sufficient rest since their previous game. Let's agree to expect an animated match!

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Hearts U21 form and stats

When playing at home in the Football League - Lowland League, Hearts U21 have managed 4 wins, 4 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 11 games. When Hearts U21 hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like East Stirlingshire, Cowdenbeath, Gretna 2008, Cumbernauld Colts, Dalbeattie Star and Hearts U21), they have won 3 of 4 matches!

Hearts shared the glory with Berwick Rangers in their last match, an away game that ended all square 1-1.

Before that, Hearts U21 had a home game versus Cumbernauld Colts which ended with a victory 2-1.

An interesting fact: 17 of the most recent 21 league games from this club have had goals from both teams.

Hearts can score goals in their home matches. After 11 league matches they have found the net 24 times. Hearts U21's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 16 times. For more goal stats, check 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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Edinburgh University form and stats

There's been little loot from Edinburgh University's travels as they have only collected 6 points from 12 away games in the Football League - Lowland League. Edinburgh University only have 2 wins to counter their 10 defeats and 0 draws. Edinburgh University are generally in trouble as the list of consecutive losses is growing into an ugly monster. Regardless of home/away, the visitors have now lost 14 in a row. It's been 21 weeks since they last avoided defeat. (The East Kilbride game.)

Maskrey was the last player to score for the away team. Edinburgh University haven't scored a league goal in the last 440 minutes.

Edinburgh University might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Civil Service Strollers proved too strong as Edinburgh slumped to a 0-3 defeat in front of their own fans at East Peffermill.

The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-4 defeat against Stirling University.

Goal hungry football fans should note that 11 of this side's 12 most recent league rounds have ended with three or more goals.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Edinburgh University as they have only managed to score 10 times from 12 away games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Edinburgh University can't defend away. 47 goals have been scored by the opposition in 12 matches, an average of more than three per game. You might want to look at the total goal statistics, which can be found on the Statistics tab above. When Edinburgh University is visiting a side on the bottom half, 3 of 3 matches have ended with three or more goals. These are matches against East Stirlingshire, Cowdenbeath, Gretna 2008, Edinburgh, Cumbernauld Colts and Dalbeattie Star.

Head 2 Head

The most up to date archived result featuring both these teams is the Edinburgh University - Hearts U21 0-9 played earlier this season. One of the profiles has been Sandilands with 3 goals scored against Edinburgh University in these 1 matches.

Hearts U21 missing players

Edinburgh University missing players

Hearts U21 Edinburgh University
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
23 11 4 Played P 3 12 24
7 4 3 Won W 1 2 2
7 4 1 Drew D 0 0 1
9 3 0 Lost L 2 10 21
50 24 9 Scored S 5 10 18
40 16 3 Conceded C 11 47 94
96% 91% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
91% 91% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 96%
70% 73% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 92% 88%
57% 55% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 75% 75%
48% 36% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 50% 54%
74% 73% 75% BTTS BTTS 67% 42% 46%
22% 27% 25% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
9% 9% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 58% 54%
 
6.1 3 0 Corners for (avg) C F 1 1.8 3.5
5.4 3 0 Corners against (avg) C A 9 8.8 7.3
2.4 4 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0.2 0.8
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
9.9 10 0 Shots (avg) S ( 8 8 7
6.1 6 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 2.2 3
47% 33% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 67% 56% 27%
 
10 7 0 Shots against (avg) S A 22 22.2 16.1
6 4 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 12 12 9.6
Key stats in Football League - Lowland League this season:
  • All of Edinburgh University's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Edinburgh University have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
  • Edinburgh University have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Edinburgh University have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Edinburgh University have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Edinburgh University have the most conceded goals (94) in Football League - Lowland League
  • Edinburgh University have the most conceded goals in the first half (22) in Football League - Lowland League
  • Edinburgh University have the most conceded goals in the second half (29) in Football League - Lowland League
  • Edinburgh University have the the worst goal difference (-76) in Football League - Lowland League
  • Edinburgh University have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Edinburgh University haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Hearts U21 have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Hearts U21 have scored more than double the goals of Edinburgh University.
  • Hearts U21 have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (7) in Football League - Lowland League
  • 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 Celtic II 24 16 3 5 72 34 13 9 1 3 46 20 11 7 2 2 26 14 38 51
2 Rangers U21 24 16 3 5 72 40 11 9 1 1 36 12 13 7 2 4 36 28 32 51
3 Tranent Juniors 26 15 6 5 56 29 13 9 2 2 35 15 13 6 4 3 21 14 27 51
4 Spartans 25 15 5 5 52 28 12 8 3 1 30 12 13 7 2 4 22 16 24 50
5 Stirling University 24 15 3 6 55 30 13 9 1 3 31 9 11 6 2 3 24 21 25 48
6 East Kilbride 24 13 4 7 53 35 12 6 2 4 26 14 12 7 2 3 27 21 18 43
7 Civil Service Strollers 25 12 5 8 47 35 11 7 2 2 23 13 14 5 3 6 24 22 12 41
8 BSC Glasgow 25 12 4 9 50 49 13 8 2 3 29 18 12 4 2 6 21 31 1 40
9 Bo'ness United 25 11 4 10 50 33 13 7 2 4 31 16 12 4 2 6 19 17 17 37
10 Edusport Academy 25 10 6 9 64 48 14 6 4 4 42 23 11 4 2 5 22 25 16 36
11 Gala Fairydean Rovers 25 11 3 11 46 55 11 4 1 6 21 26 14 7 2 5 25 29 -9 36
12 Berwick Rangers 25 10 5 10 37 44 12 7 4 1 22 12 13 3 1 9 15 32 -7 35
13 Cumbernauld Colts 24 9 2 13 45 46 14 6 2 6 29 29 10 3 0 7 16 17 -1 29
14 Hearts U21 23 7 7 9 50 40 11 4 4 3 24 16 12 3 3 6 26 24 10 28
15 Gretna 2008 23 8 1 14 33 54 13 6 0 7 20 27 10 2 1 7 13 27 -21 25
16 Cowdenbeath 23 6 4 13 27 32 11 5 3 3 17 8 12 1 1 10 10 24 -5 22
17 East Stirlingshire 26 4 8 14 25 56 12 3 2 7 13 23 14 1 6 7 12 33 -31 20
18 Edinburgh University 24 2 1 21 18 94 12 0 1 11 8 47 12 2 0 10 10 47 -76 7
19 Dalbeattie Star 22 1 2 19 16 86 10 1 1 8 13 32 12 0 1 11 3 54 -70 5