League Cup betting previews: Predictions and stats for the Hearts - Kilmarnock game

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Competition: Scotland League Cup
Competition: Wed 31.August
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Tynecastle Park (20099 seats)

National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Hearts or Kilmarnock that keep their silverware dream alive.

One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on grass and that the visiting Kilmarnock have a different surface at their stadium (artifical turf). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on grass is 9-4-18 (win-draw-loss) from 31 matches.

It's no vacation for neither Hearts nor Kilmarnock as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Hearts form and stats

Action has already taken place for Hearts in League Cup as they have defeated Kilmarnock to reach the 2nd Round. Last season their League Cup adventure ended in the 2nd round.

34 points is a decent return from 14 League Cup games here at Tynecastle Park for Hearts. The data says 11 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses.

The Hearts club members got no joy from their last game, a League Cup duel also played here at Tynecastle Park: A 0-1 defeat against Kilmarnock.

Previous to that game, a Premiership home match hosting St. Johnstone in a game that was won 3-2.

It's goals goals goals for Hearts who have scored 44 goals from 14 league home games. On the other hand, Hearts have conceded 16 goals.

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Kilmarnock form and stats

The traveling awayteam has defeated Hearts, Fraserburgh, Partick Thistle, Stenhousemuir and Montrose in order to reach 2nd round of League Cup. They also participated in League Cup last season. This ended in the 2nd round.

8 wins, 6 draws and 4 losses. That’s the product of Kilmarnock playing as the away team in the Championship this season.

Two trips in a row for Kilmarnock, whose boss McInnes could celebrate last time after the League Cup win against Hearts.

Prior to that match, a home win 2-1 against Motherwell in the Premiership.

Kilmarnock have scored 22 goals on their travels this season, from 18 away games in the league. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (13 so far). There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Kilmarnock have won all of the 4 latest fixtures versus this side. Can they do it again?

Top Goalscorers

HeartsL. Shankland
L. Shankland
3 goals
HeartsB. McKay
B. McKay
2 goals
KilmarnockA. Taylor
A. Taylor
2 goals

Hearts missing players

Kilmarnock missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Hearts Kilmarnock
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 12   Played P   12 25
12 7   Won W   6 14
4 2   Drew D   3 6
9 3   Lost L   3 5
48 21   Scored S   18 40
33 14   Conceded C   10 26
96% 92%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   92% 96%
88% 75%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   67% 80%
68% 67%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   42% 52%
40% 42%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   25% 24%
24% 17%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   8% 12%
64% 67%   BTTS BTTS   50% 60%
20% 17%   Clean Sheets C S   33% 28%
20% 25%   Failed to Score F T   25% 16%
 
4.7 4.4   Corners for (avg) C F   4.3 4.8
4 2.7   Corners against (avg) C A   4.5 4.4
1.6 1   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.8 1.6
3 1   Red cards R C   0 0
 
11.6 13.6   Shots (avg) S (   9.6 12.4
3.8 4.4   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.6 4.4
37% 39%   Goal Efficiency G E   36% 34%
 
10.8 8.9   Shots against (avg) S A   9.5 8.2
3.9 3.3   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3.4 3.5

  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
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Kilmarnock 36 20 7 9 50 27 18 12 1 5 28 14 18 8 6 4 22 13 23 67
2 Arbroath 36 17 14 5 54 28 18 9 8 1 32 14 18 8 6 4 22 14 26 65
3 Inverness CT 36 16 11 9 53 34 18 10 3 5 30 17 18 6 8 4 23 17 19 59
4 Partick Thistle 36 14 10 12 46 40 18 9 4 5 17 13 18 5 6 7 29 27 6 52
5 Raith Rovers 36 12 14 10 44 44 18 5 8 5 23 26 18 7 6 5 21 18 0 50
6 Hamilton Academical 36 10 12 14 38 53 18 5 5 8 16 28 18 5 7 6 22 25 -15 42
7 Greenock Morton 36 9 13 14 36 47 18 3 9 6 23 27 18 6 4 8 13 20 -11 40
8 Ayr United 36 9 12 15 39 52 18 5 7 6 21 25 18 4 5 9 18 27 -13 39
9 Dunfermline Athletic 36 7 14 15 36 53 18 5 8 5 22 24 18 2 6 10 14 29 -17 35
10 Queen of the South 36 8 9 19 36 54 18 4 5 9 13 19 18 4 4 10 23 35 -18 33

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Kilmarnock 36 20 7 9 50 27 18 12 1 5 28 14 18 8 6 4 22 13 23 67
2 Arbroath 36 17 14 5 54 28 18 9 8 1 32 14 18 8 6 4 22 14 26 65
3 Inverness CT 36 16 11 9 53 34 18 10 3 5 30 17 18 6 8 4 23 17 19 59
4 Partick Thistle 36 14 10 12 46 40 18 9 4 5 17 13 18 5 6 7 29 27 6 52
5 Raith Rovers 36 12 14 10 44 44 18 5 8 5 23 26 18 7 6 5 21 18 0 50
6 Hamilton Academical 36 10 12 14 38 53 18 5 5 8 16 28 18 5 7 6 22 25 -15 42
7 Greenock Morton 36 9 13 14 36 47 18 3 9 6 23 27 18 6 4 8 13 20 -11 40
8 Ayr United 36 9 12 15 39 52 18 5 7 6 21 25 18 4 5 9 18 27 -13 39
9 Dunfermline Athletic 36 7 14 15 36 53 18 5 8 5 22 24 18 2 6 10 14 29 -17 35
10 Queen of the South 36 8 9 19 36 54 18 4 5 9 13 19 18 4 4 10 23 35 -18 33

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