Match-goers at Ferguson Park haven’t watched many victories this season, with Hearts U21 rotting in the 13th place. The visiting Gala Fairydean Rovers will attempt to shield their higher league place in this fixture.
- Hearts U21 have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Gala Fairydean Rovers have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
Both teams have had enough days rest since their last match. Let's wish for an enthusiastic game!
Hearts U21 form and stats
The story so far in the Football League - Lowland League for Hearts U21 at their home stadium (Ferguson Park) is 5 wins, 4 draws and 4 defeats.
Hearts U21 shared the glory with Civil Service Strollers in their last match, an away game that ended all square 1-1.
Before that game, the home loss against Edusport Academy with the scoreline 2-5.Take note: 19 of the latest 25 league games from these players have had at least one goal from each team.
Goals decide football matches and Hearts U21 are scoring many of them at home; 29 on target from 13 league matches. Hearts have conceded 21 from these games.
Gala Fairydean Rovers form and stats
As the visiting team in Football League - Lowland League matches, Gala Fairydean Rovers have produced an overall stat of 7-2-6 so far. Recent form does not give Gala Fairydean Rovers much hope, as the visitors have lost three games in a row. Hearts U21 will be a tough nut to crack.
This fixture can not go any worse than the last one, the home loss versus East Stirlingshire with 0-2 on the scoreboard.
Preceding that, the 0-2 home loss versus Tranent Juniors.Gala Fairydean Rovers are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 26 times in 15 away games so far. For Fairydean, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
The teams involved met each other before this season: Gala Fairydean Rovers - Hearts U21 3-3.
Hearts U21 missing players
Gala Fairydean Rovers missing players
| Hearts U21 | Gala Fairydean Rovers | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 27 | 13 | 3 | Played | P | 5 | 15 | 29 |
| 9 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 4 | 7 | 12 |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 10 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 6 | 14 |
| 58 | 29 | 10 | Scored | S | 11 | 26 | 48 |
| 46 | 21 | 7 | Conceded | C | 8 | 33 | 63 |
| 96% | 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 93% | 97% |
| 93% | 92% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 87% | 90% |
| 67% | 77% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 80% | 87% | 72% |
| 52% | 54% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 60% | 67% | 55% |
| 44% | 38% | 67% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 40% | 40% | 34% |
| 70% | 69% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 80% | 80% | 66% |
| 26% | 31% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 13% | 17% |
| 7% | 8% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 13% | 21% |
| 5.9 | 3 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.2 | 5.2 | 4.9 |
| 5.1 | 3 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.5 | 8.5 | 8 |
| 2.3 | 4 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.1 | 2.1 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 9.3 | 10 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.5 | 7.5 | 7.2 |
| 5.4 | 6 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6 | 4.8 | 4.4 |
| 47% | 33% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 39% | 38% |
| 9.4 | 7 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.8 | 11.6 | 12.1 |
| 5.1 | 4 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.2 | 5.4 | 5.4 |
- Gala Fairydean Rovers have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Hearts U21 have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- 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 | Rangers U21 | 27 | 18 | 4 | 5 | 80 | 44 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 42 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 38 | 30 | 36 | 58 |
| 2 | Tranent Juniors | 28 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 62 | 29 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 39 | 15 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 14 | 33 | 57 |
| 3 | Spartans | 27 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 58 | 29 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 35 | 13 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 16 | 29 | 56 |
| 4 | Stirling University | 26 | 17 | 3 | 6 | 63 | 32 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 33 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 30 | 22 | 31 | 54 |
| 5 | Celtic II | 26 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 75 | 38 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 46 | 20 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 29 | 18 | 37 | 52 |
| 6 | East Kilbride | 26 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 55 | 38 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 28 | 16 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 27 | 22 | 17 | 44 |
| 7 | BSC Glasgow | 27 | 13 | 5 | 9 | 56 | 51 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 31 | 20 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 25 | 31 | 5 | 44 |
| 8 | Civil Service Strollers | 28 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 49 | 38 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 25 | 16 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 24 | 22 | 11 | 43 |
| 9 | Berwick Rangers | 27 | 12 | 5 | 10 | 42 | 45 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 12 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 19 | 33 | -3 | 41 |
| 10 | Edusport Academy | 27 | 11 | 6 | 10 | 70 | 55 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 42 | 23 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 28 | 32 | 15 | 39 |
| 11 | Gala Fairydean Rovers | 28 | 12 | 3 | 13 | 48 | 61 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 22 | 28 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 26 | 33 | -13 | 39 |
| 12 | Bo'ness United | 27 | 11 | 5 | 11 | 50 | 34 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 31 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 17 | 16 | 38 |
| 13 | Hearts U21 | 26 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 57 | 45 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 29 | 21 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 28 | 24 | 12 | 34 |
| 14 | Cumbernauld Colts | 27 | 10 | 2 | 15 | 46 | 48 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 29 | 29 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 17 | 19 | -2 | 32 |
| 15 | Cowdenbeath | 24 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 32 | 32 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 8 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 15 | 24 | 0 | 25 |
| 16 | Gretna 2008 | 26 | 8 | 1 | 17 | 34 | 62 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 20 | 29 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 14 | 33 | -28 | 25 |
| 17 | East Stirlingshire | 28 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 27 | 60 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 27 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 33 | -33 | 23 |
| 18 | Edinburgh University | 26 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 18 | 102 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 52 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 10 | 50 | -84 | 7 |
| 19 | Dalbeattie Star | 25 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 19 | 98 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 14 | 42 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 56 | -79 | 6 |
