Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Arbroath & Kelty Hearts face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the League Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
Kelty Hearts could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a League Cup game only four sleeps ago. That game was also an away game, at Elgin City. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
Arbroath form and stats
Arbroath was eliminated in the 2nd round last season in the League Cup.5 victories, 6 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what Arbroath have to build on here at Gayfield Park in the Championship. This match is a League Cup match, and the hometeam has the total statistics 2 wins, 0 draws and 1 loss in this competition.
In their previous game, the manager D. Campbell led his Arbroath to a defeat in the League Cup match away at Dundee United. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Gayfield Park.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Dundee United (0-1).Arbroath are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 16 goals in 14 games. Arbroath have only conceded 11 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Kelty Hearts form and stats
They also participated in League Cup last season. This ended in the group stage.The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the League Cup stats, they have 2 wins, 0 draws and 1 loss both home and away. The away team travel with confidence. Not since the Cumbernauld Colts game have they lost an away game, meaning Hearts has taken points from 17 away matches in a row.
Hearts play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 3-1 victory visiting Elgin City.
A home win before that, celebrating 3-0 vs East Fife.Head 2 Head
Arbroath missing players
Kelty Hearts missing players
| Arbroath | Kelty Hearts | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 10 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Won | W | 9 | 18 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | ||
| 9 | 3 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | ||
| 30 | 17 | Scored | S | 23 | 62 | ||
| 34 | 13 | Conceded | C | 5 | 17 | ||
| 92% | 83% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 68% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 84% | ||
| 40% | 42% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 56% | ||
| 32% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 40% | 44% | ||
| 12% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 10% | 24% | ||
| 48% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 30% | 36% | ||
| 36% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 60% | 52% | ||
| 24% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 10% | 12% | ||
| 5.6 | 5.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.2 | 4.7 | ||
| 3.7 | 3.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.8 | 4.1 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 1.3 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 7.9 | 8.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.8 | 11.1 | ||
| 2.8 | 2.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 5 | ||
| 45% | 49% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 37% | 37% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Dundee United | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 12 |
| 2 | Kelty Hearts | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 3 | Arbroath | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | East Fife | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | -6 | 0 |
| 5 | Elgin City | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | -8 | 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 | Hearts | 27 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 63 | 24 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 44 | 16 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 8 | 39 | 57 |
| 2 | Dundee | 27 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 49 | 40 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 17 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 24 | 23 | 9 | 45 |
| 3 | Raith Rovers | 27 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 45 | 36 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 18 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 18 | 9 | 43 |
| 4 | Dunfermline Athletic | 27 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 38 | 34 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 21 | 4 | 39 |
| 5 | Inverness CT | 27 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 36 | 31 | 13 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 18 | 5 | 36 |
| 6 | Queen of the South | 27 | 9 | 5 | 13 | 38 | 51 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 24 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 21 | 27 | -13 | 32 |
| 7 | Arbroath | 27 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 28 | 34 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 23 | -6 | 30 |
| 8 | Ayr United | 27 | 6 | 11 | 10 | 31 | 37 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 25 | -6 | 29 |
| 9 | Greenock Morton | 27 | 6 | 11 | 10 | 22 | 33 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 15 | -11 | 29 |
| 10 | Alloa Athletic | 27 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 30 | 60 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 29 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 31 | -30 | 22 |