Falkirk Community Stadium: East Stirlingshire vs Kelty Hearts Football League preview

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Competition: Scotland Football League
Date: Fri 18.October
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Falkirk Community Stadium (9008 seats)

Both teams are enjoying a good season so far and games like this could be decisive. Here's the preview for East Stirlingshire - Kelty Hearts!

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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East Stirlingshire form and stats

The story so far in the Football League for East Stirlingshire at their home stadium (Falkirk Community Stadium) is 4 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat. The team is able to perform also as the away side, as they are nurturing a very healthy winning streak of five straight victories regardless of arena. Two home wins in a row for East Stirlingshire bring valid hopes of a third.

East Stirlingshire's last game was hosting Civil Service Strollers (placed 5th) and winning 2-1. Previous to that game, a home match hosting Vale of Leithen in a game that was won 6-1.

It's goals goals goals for East Stirlingshire who have scored 21 goals from 5 league home games. East Stirlingshire have only conceded 4 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Kelty Hearts form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team, who have the most scored goals (48) in Football League, on their Football League travels is 4 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat. Impressively, the visitors are on a six-match winning run which they hope continue versus East Stirlingshire. Kelty Hearts have won three away matches in a row now and will not be intimidated by being the visitors in this fixture.

It's the second away game in a row for Kelty Hearts, but there's smiles all around after the 1-0 victory versus Berwick Rangers (placed 13th) in the Football League last time out. Ahead of that match was the victory versus Stirling University at their stadium, the result 4-1.

The Kelty Hearts manager B. Ferguson has seen his team go crazy on the road this season, having scored 17 goals in 5 league matches away. Kelty Hearts are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 4 times in 5 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Numbers for the last two meetings between these two teams are: 0 wins for East Stirlingshire, 1 draw and 1 win for Kelty Hearts. Over 2,5 goals: 1 time; under 2,5 goals: 1 game.

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Kelty Hearts missing players

East Stirlingshire Kelty Hearts
Total Home Home vs top Statistics Stat Away vs top Away Total
10 5 1 Played P 0 5 10
7 4 1 Won W 0 4 9
1 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
2 1 0 Lost L 0 1 1
33 21 2 Scored S 0 17 48
8 4 1 Conceded C 0 4 4
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
90% 80% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 80% 90%
80% 80% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 80% 90%
50% 60% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 60% 70%
20% 40% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 60% 70%
50% 60% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 60% 30%
40% 20% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 40% 70%
10% 20% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
8.2 10.7 0 Corners For (avg) C F 0 5 4.2
2.6 1.7 0 Corners Against (avg) C A 0 2 2
1.2 1 0 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 0 2 1.8
0 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 0
Key stats This season:
  • East Stirlingshire have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • East Stirlingshire have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • East Stirlingshire have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • East Stirlingshire haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Kelty Hearts have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Kelty Hearts have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Kelty Hearts have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Kelty Hearts haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

East Stirlingshire
All Football League League Cup Scottish Cup Club Friendlies League Two Challenge Cup
All Home Away
31-08-19 FL Dalbeattie Star 0 - 4 East Stirlingshire
21-09-19 SC Broxburn Athletic 3 - 2 East Stirlingshire
28-09-19 FL Edusport Academy 0 - 3 East Stirlingshire
02-10-19 FL East Stirlingshire 6 - 1 Vale of Leithen
05-10-19 FL East Stirlingshire 2 - 1 Civil Service Strollers
18-10-19 FL East Stirlingshire 18:45 Kelty Hearts
25-10-19 FL Spartans 18:45 East Stirlingshire
02-11-19 FL East Stirlingshire 15:00 Cumbernauld Colts
17-11-19 FL Stirling University 15:00 East Stirlingshire
23-11-19 FL East Stirlingshire 15:00 Berwick Rangers
Kelty Hearts
All Football League Scottish Cup Club Friendlies Challenge Cup
All Home Away
07-09-19 CC Kelty Hearts 1 - 1 Solihull Moors
20-09-19 SC Kelty Hearts 0 - 3 Auchinleck Talbot
28-09-19 FL Kelty Hearts 3 - 0 Gala Fairydean Rovers
01-10-19 FL Stirling University 1 - 4 Kelty Hearts
05-10-19 FL Berwick Rangers 0 - 1 Kelty Hearts
18-10-19 FL East Stirlingshire 18:45 Kelty Hearts
26-10-19 FL Kelty Hearts 14:00 BSC Glasgow
02-11-19 FL East Kilbride 15:00 Kelty Hearts
16-11-19 FL Kelty Hearts 15:00 Edinburgh University
23-11-19 FL Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic 15:00 Kelty Hearts

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic 11 9 1 1 32 9 6 5 0 1 18 4 5 4 1 0 14 5 23 28
2 Kelty Hearts 10 9 0 1 48 4 5 5 0 0 31 0 5 4 0 1 17 4 44 27
3 BSC Glasgow 10 7 2 1 28 7 6 4 2 0 19 3 4 3 0 1 9 4 21 23
4 East Stirlingshire 10 7 1 2 33 8 5 4 0 1 21 4 5 3 1 1 12 4 25 22
5 Civil Service Strollers 11 6 2 3 18 14 4 1 2 1 5 5 7 5 0 2 13 9 4 20
6 Edusport Academy 11 6 1 4 28 25 5 2 1 2 12 14 6 4 0 2 16 11 3 19
7 East Kilbride 10 5 2 3 18 11 4 2 0 2 9 6 6 3 2 1 9 5 7 17
8 Spartans 8 5 0 3 12 13 5 3 0 2 8 7 3 2 0 1 4 6 -1 15
9 Cumbernauld Colts 11 3 5 3 19 19 5 2 1 2 6 8 6 1 4 1 13 11 0 14
10 Stirling University 10 3 2 5 14 21 5 2 1 2 11 12 5 1 1 3 3 9 -7 11
11 Dalbeattie Star 11 3 1 7 14 33 5 1 0 4 2 10 6 2 1 3 12 23 -19 10
12 Gala Fairydean Rovers 10 2 2 6 11 21 5 0 1 4 2 13 5 2 1 2 9 8 -10 8
13 Berwick Rangers 8 1 2 5 12 18 5 0 1 4 7 13 3 1 1 1 5 5 -6 5
14 Edinburgh University 11 1 2 8 6 29 7 1 2 4 6 17 4 0 0 4 0 12 -23 5
15 Vale of Leithen 11 1 1 9 8 43 5 0 1 4 3 20 6 1 0 5 5 23 -35 4
16 Gretna 2008 9 0 2 7 7 33 4 0 1 3 3 9 5 0 1 4 4 24 -26 2

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