Struggling Gretna 2008 will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Kelty Hearts in the upcoming league round. It’s 14th vs 1st and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
Gretna 2008 and Kelty Hearts should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Gretna 2008 form and stats
Gretna 2008's struggle is real here at Raydale Park with only 5 points collected from 8 Football League games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 1-2-5. It's trouble wherever Gretna 2008 are playing these days as they have suffered four straight defeats now, regardless of arena. They really need to get back to winning ways. We have seen two home losses in a row now for Gretna 2008, who are hoping that the phrase “third time lucky” applies to them.
The Gretna 2008 fans got no joy from their last match, a Football League game also here at Raydale Park: A 1-5 defeat against Edusport Academy (placed 7th). Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Berwick Rangers (1-2).
Gretna 2008 were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.
Gretna 2008 are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 10 goals in 8 games. Goals are flowing in at the wrong end for Gretna 2008 with 19 goals conceded in these matches.
Kelty Hearts form and stats
The strength of Kelty Hearts, who have the most scored goals (69) in Football League, on their travels this season is incredible with 18 points collected from 7 Football League away games. Kelty Hearts has 6-0-1 on the road, with 19 goals scored and 4 conceded. Things are running smoothly for Kelty Hearts who hasn't tasted defeat in their last eleven matches, regardless of venue and tournament. Their last defeat was against Cumbernauld Colts. Long winning streaks away are a rare occurrence in football, which only makes Kelty Hearts's record of five away victories in a row even more impressive. They last lost points away in the Cumbernauld Colts game.
180 minutes! That's how long the Kelty Hearts goalkeeper and his defense have shut out their league opponents.
Kelty Hearts won their last game, 11-0 versus Vale of Leithen played at home. That result followed a home victory 1-0 versus East Kilbride.
As mentioned above, Kelty Hearts was the only team on the pitch versus Vale of Leithen in their previous game, winning 11-0. This could be a tougher task.
Today's guests are confident travelers having scored 19 goals in 7 league games away this season. It's not easy to score on Kelty Hearts as they have only conceded 4 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Kelty Hearts - Gretna 2008 10-0. Head-2-head stats last three meetings: 0 - 0 - 3 (Gretna 2008 wins - draws - Kelty Hearts wins). As for goals, 3 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 0 had two or less.Gretna 2008 missing players
Kelty Hearts missing players
| Gretna 2008 | Kelty Hearts | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 15 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 6 | 14 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 16 | 10 | 1 | Scored | S | 8 | 19 | 69 |
| 51 | 19 | 5 | Conceded | C | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| 94% | 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 88% | 88% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 57% | 73% |
| 69% | 75% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 57% | 73% |
| 44% | 38% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 43% | 60% |
| 44% | 38% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 43% | 60% |
| 62% | 62% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 43% | 27% |
| 12% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 57% | 73% |
| 31% | 25% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 1.2 | 0.5 | 0 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 5 | 5 | 5.3 |
| 10.4 | 9 | 0 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 1.8 | 2.5 | 0 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | 21 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 14 | 20 | 86 |
| 10 | 7 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 10 | 14 | 46 |
| 30% | 14% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 70% | 79% | 70% |
- Gretna 2008 have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
- Gretna 2008 have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Gretna 2008 have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Gretna 2008 have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- Kelty Hearts has the fewest conceded goals (5)
- Kelty Hearts has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (0)
- Kelty Hearts has the most scored goals (69)
- Kelty Hearts has the most scored goals in the second half (21)
- Kelty Hearts has the the best goal difference (+64)
- Kelty Hearts have created more than twice as many corners as Gretna 2008.
- 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 scored more than double the goals of Gretna 2008.
- Kelty Hearts have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Kelty Hearts haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Kelty Hearts is in the best form (6-0-0)
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Kelty Hearts | 15 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 69 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 4 | 64 | 42 |
| 2 | Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic | 15 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 43 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 7 | 31 | 40 |
| 3 | East Stirlingshire | 17 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 51 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 29 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 7 | 34 | 37 |
| 4 | BSC Glasgow | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 41 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 31 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 32 | 35 |
| 5 | Civil Service Strollers | 17 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 33 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 15 | 10 | 32 |
| 6 | Spartans | 15 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 30 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 30 |
| 7 | Edusport Academy | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 38 | 34 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 22 | 17 | 4 | 27 |
| 8 | Cumbernauld Colts | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 35 | 31 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 17 | 4 | 26 |
| 9 | East Kilbride | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 20 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 20 |
| 10 | Stirling University | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 20 | 32 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 17 | -12 | 20 |
| 11 | Gala Fairydean Rovers | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 30 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 17 | -11 | 16 |
| 12 | Berwick Rangers | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 24 | 27 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 12 | -3 | 15 |
| 13 | Dalbeattie Star | 16 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 16 | 49 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 33 | -33 | 10 |
| 14 | Gretna 2008 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 16 | 51 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 19 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 32 | -35 | 6 |
| 15 | Edinburgh University | 16 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 48 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 23 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 25 | -37 | 5 |
| 16 | Vale of Leithen | 17 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 11 | 71 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 31 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 40 | -60 | 4 |