Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Alloa Athletic & Hearts face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the League Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Alloa and Hearts.
Hearts play their home games on grass, while this game is played on artifical turf. Recent stats for Hearts when playing on artifical turf are 3 wins, 0 draws and 3 defeats from six matches. They have scored 5 goals and conceded 7 times in these games.
Alloa Athletic form and stats
Action has already taken place for Alloa in League Cup as they have defeated Edinburgh City, Livingston, Stenhousemuir and Airdrieonians to reach the 2nd Round. Alloa participated in League Cup the last season, where they reached the group stage.Alloa Athletic have less points than they have played home games in the Championship so far. Their two previous attempts here have produced 1 point. On the other hand, in the League Cup, Alloa Athletic has performed like this (both home and away): 3 wins, 0 draws and 1 loss.
Alloa are anxiously hoping for a goal as it's been 207 minutes since the last one in league fixtures. (Scored by A. Trouten).
Alloa Athletic lost their last game at Hearts after a 0-3 scoreline. A Championship defeat was the result before that one, 0-2 away at Queen of the South.
Alloa lost the game against Hearts in the first half with a 0-3 deficit and could never come back from that.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Alloa Athletic at home in the league. 4 on target and 7 scored by the opposition; from 2 matches.
Hearts form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Inverness CT, East Fife, Cowdenbeath and Raith Rovers in order to reach 2nd Round of League Cup. Hearts's mission in League Cup last season failed in the semi-finals.Hearts are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Championship, having played 2 games and collected 3 points (1 win, 0 draws and 1 loss). Total League Cup statistics for Hearts: 4 wins, 0 draws and 0 losses.
Impressive finishing from A. Halliday, P. Haring and M. Smith secured the home win 3-0 against Alloa Athletic in their previous game. Prior to that match, the Hearts manager R. Neilson faced defeat when travelling to Dunfermline Athletic and losing 1-2.
Hearts delivered their win in the match against Alloa Athletic already in the first half, and could slow the play down in the final 45 minutes to ensure the glorious victory. A solid performance!
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Hearts has managed 2 goals and let in 2 from 2 matches.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last six meetings between these two teams are: zero wins for Alloa Athletic, zero draws and six wins for Hearts. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: two games.Top Goalscorers
  K. Cawley 2 goals |   M. Smith 2 goals |  L. Boyce 2 goals |
Alloa Athletic missing players
Hearts missing players
| Alloa Athletic | Hearts | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 10 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Won | W | 5 | 15 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | ||
| 11 | 5 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | ||
| 36 | 20 | Scored | S | 13 | 46 | ||
| 41 | 21 | Conceded | C | 14 | 29 | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 90% | 96% | ||
| 88% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 72% | ||
| 52% | 46% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 56% | ||
| 32% | 38% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 40% | 36% | ||
| 24% | 31% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 30% | 24% | ||
| 56% | 54% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 52% | ||
| 20% | 23% | Clean Sheets | C S | 40% | 36% | ||
| 32% | 31% | Failed to Score | F T | 30% | 16% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.1 | 0.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.8 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 197 | 129 | Total Shots | T S | 69 | 261 | ||
| 94 | 59 | Shots on Target | S O | 29 | 111 | ||
| 38% | 34% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 41% | 39% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Dunfermline Athletic | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 13 |
| 2 | Hearts | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 12 |
| 3 | Raith Rovers | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 10 |
| 4 | Ayr United | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 8 |
| 5 | Inverness CT | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 7 |
| 6 | Greenock Morton | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | -4 | 7 |
| 7 | Dundee | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 11 | -5 | 5 |
| 8 | Queen of the South | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -3 | 4 |
| 9 | Arbroath | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -6 | 2 |
| 10 | Alloa Athletic | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | -9 | 1 |