This league campaign has been gruelling for Hearts U21 so far, while Tranent Juniors have enjoyed many victories. Will the travellers take another scalp at Ferguson Park?
- Hearts U21 have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Tranent Juniors have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
It's no vacation for neither Hearts nor Tranent Juniors as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Hearts U21 form and stats
1-3-1 (win-draw-lost) are the Football League - Lowland League numbers at home for Hearts U21 so far this season.
Hearts U21's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 2-3 versus Rangers U21 (placed 2nd).
Before that, Hearts U21 played out a draw 1-1 when visiting BSC Glasgow.Sports gamblers, take note: A review of the 10 most recent league games highlights that 9 of them had goals from both sides.
The Hearts U21 manager Naismith has got the team scoring with 12 from 5 home games in the league. On the other hand, Hearts have conceded 7 goals. When Hearts U21 hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like East Stirlingshire, Gala Fairydean Rovers, Cowdenbeath, Gretna 2008, Edinburgh University and Dalbeattie Star), the matches have ended over 2.5 goals 2 of 2 times.
Tranent Juniors form and stats
The visitors are W2-D2-L1 on the road this term. That's in the Football League - Lowland League.
Two away games in a row for Tranent Juniors, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 1-2 versus Gretna 2008. Until that loss this team had gained at least a draw from nine league games in a row.
Prior to that match, a home win 4-2 against Edusport Academy.The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Celtic II in just three days.
The visiting Tranent have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 7 goals from 5 games.
Head 2 Head
Hearts U21 missing players
Tranent Juniors missing players
| Hearts U21 | Tranent Juniors | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 5 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 5 | 11 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 20 | 12 | 4 | Scored | S | 3 | 7 | 20 |
| 22 | 7 | 5 | Conceded | C | 4 | 5 | 13 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 80% | 82% |
| 92% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 80% | 73% |
| 58% | 60% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 60% | 64% |
| 50% | 60% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 20% | 36% |
| 42% | 40% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 27% |
| 75% | 80% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 60% | 64% |
| 17% | 20% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 40% | 36% |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 20% | 18% |
| 7 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 8.5 | 7.8 | 7 |
| 5.8 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.5 | 2.2 | 2.8 |
| 2.5 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.5 | 2.2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10.2 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 10.5 | 10.8 |
| 5.2 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 5 | 5.2 |
| 29% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 25% | 35% |
| 11.8 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6.5 | 5.8 | 6.6 |
| 7.5 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 2.5 | 3.6 |
- All of Hearts U21's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Hearts U21 have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Hearts U21 have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Hearts U21 have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- Hearts U21 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Tranent Juniors have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | East Kilbride | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 31 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 10 | 12 | 29 |
| 2 | Rangers U21 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 32 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 16 | 14 | 25 |
| 3 | BSC Glasgow | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 28 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 25 |
| 4 | Stirling University | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 29 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 23 |
| 5 | Civil Service Strollers | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 11 | 21 |
| 6 | Tranent Juniors | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 21 |
| 7 | Celtic II | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 28 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 17 | 20 |
| 8 | Spartans | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 26 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 19 |
| 9 | Edusport Academy | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 30 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 19 |
| 10 | Bo'ness United | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 26 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 13 | 18 |
| 11 | Berwick Rangers | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -2 | 16 |
| 12 | Cumbernauld Colts | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 22 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 9 | -2 | 12 |
| 13 | Gretna 2008 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 21 | 29 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 16 | -8 | 12 |
| 14 | Cowdenbeath | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 11 |
| 15 | Gala Fairydean Rovers | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 22 | -12 | 11 |
| 16 | Hearts U21 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 15 | -2 | 10 |
| 17 | Edinburgh University | 13 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 13 | 46 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 23 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 23 | -33 | 7 |
| 18 | East Stirlingshire | 11 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 29 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 17 | -20 | 5 |
| 19 | Dalbeattie Star | 12 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 47 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 27 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 20 | -37 | 1 |
