Kelty Hearts vs Airdrieonians: Match guide and preview

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Competition: Scotland League One
Competition: Sat 14.January
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: New Central Park (11480 seats)

Kelty Hearts - Airdrieonians in League One: Statistics, team sheets, tables, the latest developments and news. Read our comprehensive guide!

Insights:
  • Airdrieonians haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

The hosts Kelty Hearts saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Challenge Cup. That game was an away game at Queen of the South, so at least Kelty Hearts are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!

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Kelty Hearts form and stats

When playing at home in the League One, Kelty Hearts have managed 5 wins, 2 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 10 games.

The Hearts manager Potter and his players return home after a 0-0 draw away versus Queen of the South in the Challenge Cup.

A strong away win before that one, visiting Clyde and winning 2-1.

The Kelty Hearts fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 12 in 10 matches. Hearts are not conceding a lot of goals here at New Central Park in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 9 from 10 matches. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Airdrieonians form and stats

The visitors are W4-D3-L4 on the road this term. That's in the League One. It could be a hat trick of victories away for Airdrieonians, as they have won on their previous two travels.

Airdrieonians play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 3-0 victory visiting Peterhead (placed 10th).

A loss against Edinburgh City was the result prior to that, in a home game.

Airdrieonians find the net regularly in their away games. 16 goals from 11 away fixtures in the league. It's worth mentioning that 8 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Airdrieonians have conceded 15 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The last head-to-head match ended Airdrieonians - Hearts 1-0, played this season. Numbers for the prior three meetings between these two participants are: one win for Kelty Hearts, one draw and one win for Airdrieonians. Over 2,5 goals: zero times; under 2,5 goals: three games.

Top Goalscorers

AirdrieoniansC. Gallagher
C. Gallagher
9 goals
AirdrieoniansC. Smith
C. Smith
8 goals
AirdrieoniansL. Jamieson
L. Jamieson
8 goals

Kelty Hearts missing players

Airdrieonians missing players

Kelty Hearts Airdrieonians
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
21 10 2 Played P 4 11 20
8 5 0 Won W 3 4 9
3 2 1 Drew D 1 3 5
10 3 1 Lost L 0 4 6
22 12 2 Scored S 7 16 39
29 9 4 Conceded C 1 15 30
90% 90% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
76% 70% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 82% 85%
57% 40% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 36% 50%
14% 10% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 27% 45%
5% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 18% 30%
48% 40% 100% BTTS BTTS 25% 55% 45%
29% 50% 0% Clean Sheets C S 75% 27% 40%
33% 20% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 18% 15%
 
5.1 4.3 2.5 Corners for (avg) C F 6.2 6.4 6.2
4.9 4.4 5.5 Corners against (avg) C A 4.2 4.5 4.2
2 1.9 0.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.5 0.6 1.1
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 3
 
7.1 9.3 10.5 Shots (avg) S ( 10.8 10.6 11.3
2.9 3.6 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.5 4.8 5.4
37% 33% 20% Goal Efficiency G E 32% 30% 36%
 
7.6 7.8 11 Shots against (avg) S A 8.5 9.7 9.2
4 3.8 6.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 1.8 3.7 3.9
Key stats in League One this season:
  • Airdrieonians haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 19 12 6 1 28 11 9 4 5 0 12 8 10 8 1 1 16 3 17 42
2 Edinburgh City 21 12 2 7 42 30 11 6 1 4 19 16 10 6 1 3 23 14 12 38
3 Falkirk 19 10 5 4 38 23 11 7 2 2 23 11 8 3 3 2 15 12 15 35
4 Airdrieonians 20 9 5 6 39 30 9 5 2 2 23 15 11 4 3 4 16 15 9 32
5 Alloa Athletic 20 9 5 6 37 28 9 6 1 2 21 11 11 3 4 4 16 17 9 32
6 Montrose 21 8 6 7 30 27 10 5 3 2 18 10 11 3 3 5 12 17 3 30
7 Kelty Hearts 21 8 3 10 22 29 10 5 2 3 12 9 11 3 1 7 10 20 -7 27
8 Queen of the South 21 7 5 9 34 36 11 4 2 5 17 16 10 3 3 4 17 20 -2 26
9 Clyde 20 2 4 14 24 42 11 1 3 7 15 23 9 1 1 7 9 19 -18 10
10 Peterhead 20 1 5 14 10 48 10 1 2 7 4 21 10 0 3 7 6 27 -38 8

Read more about League One

The Scottish League One is the third division in the Scottish football league pyramid. It holds ten teams who play each other four times for a total of 36 fixtures in a season from August to May. The top team in the league table is promoted, the bottom team relegated. There are also playoffs to promote and relegate.