National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Dundee United or Kelty Hearts that keep their silverware dream alive.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Dundee United form and stats
Last season, Dundee's League Cup journey ended in the group stage.Dundee's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-1 versus Peterhead (placed 3rd). Before that match, a League Cup win away at Brechin City.
Dundee United are huge favourites in this match and it would be a big surprise if they fail to leave Tannadice Park with a victory. The home side has been in this situation before, with huge expectations of a win. ten earlier games are comparable to this one, and Dundee United has won three times, drawn four and lost three. Sports bettors who like handicap betting will like to know that Dundee United has won by at least two goals two times when in this position.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Premiership game versus Aberdeen in only four days. This game is also played here at Tannadice Park.
It's been an intense period of training leading up to this game for Dundee, who have participated in one training match. Dundee United have won 0 of these, drawn 0 and were beaten in 1 game.
Kelty Hearts form and stats
Things are running smoothly for Hearts who hasn't tasted defeat in their last 22 matches, regardless of venue and tournament. Their last defeat was against Cumbernauld Colts. Kelty Hearts are enjoying a nice run from their away games now, having played ten in a row without losing.
Preceding that, the 1-2 home loss versus St. Johnstone.
As mentioned above, Hearts was the only team on the pitch versus Edinburgh University in their previous game, winning 4-0. This could be a tougher task.
Nobody expects Hearts to collect anything from a game like this. The team has been David versus Goliath 26 times before, with the overall statistics of won 17, draw two and lost seven. When defeated, two matches have been lost by two or more goals.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Football League trip to Civil Service Strollers.
It's finally time to play a game of importance again as a long period of training has passed. Hearts have played a number of friendly games in this period, resulting in 0 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats from one fixture.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  N. Clark 3 goals |  M. Reynolds 1 goals |  A. Sporle 1 goals |
Dundee United missing players
Kelty Hearts missing players
| Dundee United | Kelty Hearts | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 9 | 25 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Won | W | 9 | 19 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | ||
| 10 | 6 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | ||
| 28 | 11 | Scored | S | 20 | 77 | ||
| 34 | 15 | Conceded | C | 5 | 21 | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 64% | 62% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 56% | 80% | ||
| 40% | 31% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 56% | 72% | ||
| 24% | 8% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 44% | 52% | ||
| 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 22% | 32% | ||
| 52% | 62% | BTTS | BTTS | 44% | 52% | ||
| 16% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 56% | 44% | ||
| 40% | 38% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 4% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.4 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 2 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 252 | 129 | Total Shots | T S | 14 | 143 | ||
| 76 | 37 | Shots on Target | S O | 7 | 58 | ||
| 37% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 57% | ||
| 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 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 |
| 2 | Dundee United | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | Peterhead | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Kelty Hearts | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 5 | Brechin City | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | -11 | 0 |