National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Edinburgh City or Kelty Hearts that keep their silverware dream alive.
The visiting Kelty Hearts played their last game only four days ago, a League Cup match.
Edinburgh City form and stats
Edinburgh was eliminated in the group stage last season in the League Cup.Edinburgh City have played 18 League One games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 7-3-8 (wins-draws-losses).
The Edinburgh City crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 1-4 to Airdrieonians here at Meadowbank Stadium.
Preceding that match was a League One defeat to Airdrieonians (1-4).There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Edinburgh as they are travelling to their away game against Stranraer in the League Cup. That match is three days after this one.
The Edinburgh City fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 28 goals in 18 league matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 30 goals have been conceded.
Kelty Hearts form and stats
They also participated in League Cup last season. This ended in the group stage.There's been little loot from Kelty Hearts's travels as they have only collected 15 points from 18 away games in the League One. Kelty Hearts only have 3 wins to counter their 9 defeats and 6 draws.
This game can not go any worse than the previous one, a League Cup home defeat versus Greenock Morton with 1-3 on the scoreboard.
Prior to that match, the Kelty Hearts manager Tidser faced defeat when travelling to Queen of the South and losing 1-4.As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Kelty Hearts has managed {18 goals} and let in 36 from 18 matches.
Head 2 Head
Edinburgh City have won at least one point in the last 6 fixtures (3-3-0) against Kelty Hearts.Edinburgh City missing players
Kelty Hearts missing players
| Edinburgh City | Kelty Hearts | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Won | W | 3 | 5 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 7 | 11 | ||
| 12 | 6 | Lost | L | 3 | 9 | ||
| 39 | 21 | Scored | S | 18 | 32 | ||
| 42 | 24 | Conceded | C | 21 | 38 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 69% | 80% | ||
| 80% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 69% | 76% | ||
| 64% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 62% | 64% | ||
| 36% | 58% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 38% | 28% | ||
| 20% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 31% | 16% | ||
| 60% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 69% | 72% | ||
| 16% | 17% | Clean Sheets | C S | 31% | 24% | ||
| 28% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 31% | 24% | ||
| 4.6 | 4.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 5.1 | ||
| 4.2 | 4.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.4 | 5.8 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 2 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 8.5 | 10.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 4.9 | 6.9 | ||
| 3.7 | 4.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.3 | 3 | ||
| 42% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 60% | 43% | ||
| 12.4 | 14.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.9 | 10.5 | ||
| 5.5 | 6.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.4 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Ross County | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
| 2 | Greenock Morton | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Edinburgh City | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Kelty Hearts | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 5 | Stranraer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 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 | Dunfermline Athletic | 36 | 23 | 12 | 1 | 63 | 21 | 18 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 30 | 10 | 18 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 33 | 11 | 42 | 81 |
| 2 | Falkirk | 36 | 19 | 10 | 7 | 70 | 39 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 38 | 17 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 32 | 22 | 31 | 67 |
| 3 | Airdrieonians | 36 | 17 | 9 | 10 | 82 | 51 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 50 | 27 | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 32 | 24 | 31 | 60 |
| 4 | Alloa Athletic | 36 | 17 | 6 | 13 | 56 | 47 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 31 | 23 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 25 | 24 | 9 | 57 |
| 5 | Queen of the South | 36 | 16 | 6 | 14 | 59 | 59 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 30 | 25 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 29 | 34 | 0 | 54 |
| 6 | Edinburgh City | 36 | 15 | 6 | 15 | 60 | 55 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 28 | 30 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 32 | 25 | 5 | 51 |
| 7 | Montrose | 36 | 13 | 9 | 14 | 50 | 55 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 31 | 26 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 19 | 29 | -5 | 48 |
| 8 | Kelty Hearts | 36 | 10 | 10 | 16 | 39 | 54 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 18 | 18 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 36 | -15 | 40 |
| 9 | Clyde | 36 | 5 | 9 | 22 | 35 | 68 | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 23 | 32 | 18 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 36 | -33 | 24 |
| 10 | Peterhead | 36 | 3 | 7 | 26 | 19 | 84 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 33 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 51 | -65 | 16 |
