Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Kelty Hearts & East Fife face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the League Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only three days ago in the League Cup. That game, against Arbroath, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for East Fife.
Kelty Hearts form and stats
Last season, Hearts's League Cup journey ended in the group stage.The team is doing great wherever they are playing as Hearts has won nine games in a row. The East Kilbride match was the last time out without a victory.
Hearts's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-1 versus Dundee United (placed 1st).
Ahead of that match, Hearts won a home game hosting Brora Rangers (4-1).The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Hearts handle that role? We have found one game in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are one win, zero draws and zero defeats.
There will be little rest for Hearts after this match as they are travelling to Elgin City for a League Cup game in only three days.
Hearts have spent many days and weeks preparing for this match, with countless hours on the training pitches and two practice matches played. These training games have ended with 0 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat. Some might be interested in the goal production stats for these matches; Kelty Hearts scored 3 goals and let in 4 goals during these two games.
East Fife form and stats
Last season their League Cup adventure ended in the group stage.There might be some fixture complaints from East Fife as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous match, the League Cup match against Arbroath (0-2).
Before that one, a nice away victory 3-2 at Forfar Athletic.We have checked recent matches where Fife have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those seven games were zero victories, one draw and six defeats.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Dundee United in just three days.
It's a day of discovery for East Fife as they finally learn what impact all the hours of pre-season training, along with the changes in personnel, have had on their performance in an official game. It's never easy knowing what to expect based on friendly games, of which East Fife have played one with the results W0-D1-L0 (win-draw-lost). In these games East Fife has scored 1 goal and conceded 1 time.
Head 2 Head
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| Kelty Hearts | East Fife | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 16 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 16 | 8 | Won | W | 3 | 11 | ||
| 3 | 3 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | ||
| 6 | 5 | Lost | L | 8 | 11 | ||
| 58 | 38 | Scored | S | 11 | 36 | ||
| 19 | 15 | Conceded | C | 20 | 36 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 84% | 88% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 91% | 88% | ||
| 52% | 56% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 64% | 64% | ||
| 40% | 44% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 18% | 24% | ||
| 24% | 31% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 9% | 12% | ||
| 40% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 55% | 64% | ||
| 48% | 38% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 16% | ||
| 12% | 12% | Failed to Score | F T | 45% | 24% | ||
| 4.9 | 4.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.4 | 5.5 | ||
| 4.5 | 3.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.4 | 4.7 | ||
| 1.3 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.6 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 10.4 | 10.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.1 | 10.1 | ||
| 4.7 | 4.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.4 | 3.4 | ||
| 35% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 42% | 42% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Dundee United | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 2 | Arbroath | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | Kelty Hearts | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 4 | East Fife | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 5 | Elgin City | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | -6 | 0 |