Perhaps a welcome break from league football as East Fife & 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 Fife and Hearts.
East Fife form and stats
Fife was eliminated in the 2nd round last season in the League Cup.OK but not perfect. That could be the conclusion for East Fife's two home games in the League One so far this season, having collected 4 points here at Bayview Stadium.
The Fife supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Dumbarton in League One and win 2-1. Heartbreak before that as East Fife lost 0-2 at Falkirk's place.
The manager D. Young will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Inverness CT in only four days.
East Fife has scored 4 goals so far and conceded 3 goals from 2 home games. These are numbers from the league only.
Hearts form and stats
Hearts's mission in League Cup last season failed in the semi-finals.1-0-0 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Hearts in their Championship matches away. The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the League Cup stats, they have 3 wins, 0 draws and 0 losses both home and away.
Hearts go into this game after a win, the home game against Inverness CT that ended 2-1. That result followed a home victory 2-1 versus Hibernian (after extra-time) in the Scottish Cup.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Hearts has managed 1 goal and let in 0 from 1 match.
Head 2 Head
Last two meetings between the teams: Fife won zero, Hearts won one and one draw. one game with over 2,5 goals, one match with two goals or less.East Fife missing players
Hearts missing players
| East Fife | Hearts | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 9 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 6 | Won | W | 4 | 13 | ||
| 4 | 4 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | ||
| 11 | 3 | Lost | L | 3 | 7 | ||
| 36 | 24 | Scored | S | 10 | 40 | ||
| 39 | 19 | Conceded | C | 12 | 30 | ||
| 92% | 85% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 89% | 96% | ||
| 68% | 62% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 44% | 68% | ||
| 52% | 54% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 44% | 48% | ||
| 36% | 46% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 32% | ||
| 20% | 31% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 22% | 20% | ||
| 48% | 54% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 48% | ||
| 28% | 38% | Clean Sheets | C S | 44% | 32% | ||
| 32% | 23% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 24% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.1 | ||
| 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 232 | 126 | Total Shots | T S | 74 | 275 | ||
| 81 | 41 | Shots on Target | S O | 24 | 110 | ||
| 43% | 56% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 42% | 35% | ||
| 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 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 2 | East Fife | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Raith Rovers | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -1 | 3 |
| 4 | Inverness CT | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| 5 | Cowdenbeath | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 1 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Cove Rangers | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 12 |
| 2 | Airdrieonians | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 |
| 3 | Falkirk | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 8 |
| 4 | Montrose | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 7 |
| 5 | Dumbarton | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| 6 | Partick Thistle | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 4 |
| 7 | East Fife | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -3 | 4 |
| 8 | Peterhead | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -3 | 3 |
| 9 | Clyde | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | -7 | 3 |
| 10 | Forfar Athletic | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -4 | 2 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Raith Rovers | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 10 |
| 2 | Dunfermline Athletic | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 10 |
| 3 | Hearts | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 9 |
| 4 | Greenock Morton | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | -4 | 6 |
| 5 | Ayr United | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
| 6 | Dundee | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 9 | -3 | 5 |
| 7 | Inverness CT | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -1 | 4 |
| 8 | Alloa Athletic | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -4 | 1 |
| 9 | Queen of the South | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -5 | 1 |
| 10 | Arbroath | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -6 | 1 |