National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Brechin City or Kelty Hearts that keep their silverware dream alive.
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the League Cup.
Brechin City form and stats
Brechin was eliminated in the group stage last season in the League Cup.Two League Two home games so far for Brechin City, who are yet to win here at Glebe Park. Only 0 points so far. On the other hand, in the League Cup, Brechin City has performed like this (both home and away): 0 wins, 0 draws and 3 losses. Brechin City are slowly digging their own grave here at Glebe Park with the depressing streak of not having won a home league game in seven attempts. The last victory here came in the Cowdenbeath match.
The Brechin crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-5 to Stirling Albion here at Glebe Park in a League Two match. In the preceding match a 2-0 victory visiting Albion Rovers.
Brechin City were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Brechin City at home in the league. 1 on target and 10 scored by the opposition; from 2 matches.
Kelty Hearts form and stats
When we have look at the League Cup statistics, we find 0W-1D-2L. This is 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 twelve away matches in a row.
Kelty Hearts's last game was the home draw against Peterhead (after extra-time, 3-5 on penalties) (1-1). The game before that, in the Football League, was lost at home, a 0-1 defeat against East Kilbride.
Head 2 Head
Brechin City missing players
Kelty Hearts missing players
| Brechin City | Kelty Hearts | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 10 | Played | P | 10 | 25 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Won | W | 9 | 18 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | ||
| 16 | 7 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | ||
| 29 | 8 | Scored | S | 19 | 64 | ||
| 69 | 28 | Conceded | C | 7 | 21 | ||
| 88% | 80% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 88% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 72% | ||
| 76% | 70% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 60% | ||
| 56% | 40% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 40% | 48% | ||
| 44% | 40% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 24% | ||
| 64% | 60% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 52% | ||
| 16% | 20% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 40% | ||
| 32% | 40% | Failed to Score | F T | 10% | 8% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.1 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.9 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 176 | 92 | Total Shots | T S | 12 | 161 | ||
| 77 | 40 | Shots on Target | S O | 5 | 71 | ||
| 32% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 60% | 42% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | St. Johnstone | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 |
| 2 | Dundee United | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 3 | Peterhead | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 4 | Kelty Hearts | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 1 |
| 5 | Brechin City | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 10 | -13 | 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 | Queen's Park | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 10 |
| 2 | Stirling Albion | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| 3 | Stenhousemuir | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 4 | Elgin City | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 5 | Edinburgh City | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| 6 | Annan Athletic | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | Stranraer | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 4 |
| 8 | Cowdenbeath | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -4 | 4 |
| 9 | Albion Rovers | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -5 | 3 |
| 10 | Brechin City | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -10 | 3 |