Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Hearts & Inverness CT face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the League Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Hearts form and stats
Last season their League Cup adventure ended in the 2nd round.34 points is a decent return from 14 Championship games here at Tynecastle Park for Hearts. The data says 11 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses. This match is a League Cup match, and the hometeam has the total statistics 3 wins, 0 draws and 0 losses in this competition. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Tynecastle Park.
Nothing to worry about in defence for Hearts, as their goalkeeper Craig Gordon has completely shut out the opponents for 458 minutes in the Championship.
A strong away win for Hearts against Stirling Albion the last match, as L. Boyce and F. Pollock were on target.
A strong away win before that one, visiting Peterhead and winning 2-0.It's goals goals goals for Hearts who have scored 44 goals from 14 league home games. Hearts have conceded 16 in these home matches.
Inverness CT form and stats
Inverness was sent out of League Cup in the group stage last season.5 wins, 4 draws and 5 losses. That’s the product of Inverness CT playing as the away team in the Championship this season. Total League Cup statistics for Inverness CT: 1 win, 1 draw and 1 loss.
Inverness CT play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 1-3 to Cove Rangers.
Preceding that match was the 2-2 draw at home vs Stirling Albion (after extra-time, 2-3 on penalties).Inverness are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 20 away goals from 14 games (in the league). 18 goals have been conceded by Inverness CT in these games.
Head 2 Head
Hearts-Inverness CT H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Hearts six wins, Inverness CT zero wins, four draws. six of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Hearts missing players
Inverness CT missing players
| Hearts | Inverness CT | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 15 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 8 | Won | W | 7 | 9 | ||
| 6 | 1 | Drew | D | 4 | 10 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Lost | L | 4 | 6 | ||
| 49 | 29 | Scored | S | 26 | 37 | ||
| 19 | 11 | Conceded | C | 18 | 28 | ||
| 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 80% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 87% | 76% | ||
| 52% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 53% | 44% | ||
| 36% | 42% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 32% | ||
| 12% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 12% | ||
| 40% | 42% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 60% | ||
| 56% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 27% | 28% | ||
| 16% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 7% | 16% | ||
| 7.3 | 7.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.6 | 4.2 | ||
| 3.3 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 5.2 | ||
| 1.2 | 0.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1.5 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | ||
| 12.2 | 12.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.6 | 9.3 | ||
| 5.3 | 5.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.4 | 4.3 | ||
| 37% | 44% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 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 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 9 |
| 2 | Inverness CT | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| 3 | Stirling Albion | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | -1 | 3 |
| 4 | Peterhead | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 3 |
| 5 | Cove Rangers | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -4 | 3 |
| 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 |