A new League One adventure is about to unfold and this is the first proper match for Montrose and Kelty Hearts. Let's start!
This looks to be an interesting match with lots of fun and energy as both sides are well revitalized since they last ran out on the pitch. Game on!
Montrose form and stats
The season before, Montrose's league stats were 13 wins, 9 draws and 14 losses, producing 7th position in the League One. In these 36 matches they scored {50 goals} and gave away 55. Appearing at their own stadium in the former season Montrose delivered 8-5-5 (win-draw-lost) with {31 goals} and 26 conceded.
This is expected to be a close game, with Montrose perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Montrose as a small favourite), we find 13 games. Montrose has won 5 of these, drawn 6 and lost 2.
Montrose have spent many days and weeks preparing for this match, with countless hours on the training pitches and four practice matches played. These training games have ended with 2 wins, 0 draws and 2 defeats. Some might be interested in the goal production stats for these matches; Montrose scored {10 goals} and let in {9 goals} during these four games.
Kelty Hearts form and stats
Let's have a look at how Kelty Hearts performed last season in the League One: They landed a 8th position in the league table after playing out 10 victories, 10 draws and 16 defeats. In total they scored 39 and conceded {54 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 3 - drew 6 and lost 9 with 18/36 goals scored/conceded.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Hearts playing away and similar expectations, we found 6 relevant matches. Results were 1 Kelty Hearts win, 3 draws and 2 defeats.
It's finally time to play a game of importance again as a long period of training has passed. Kelty Hearts have played a number of friendly games in this period, resulting in 1 win, 2 draws and 1 defeats from four fixtures.
Head 2 Head
Montrose have not lost in the last 6 matches (3-3-0) against Kelty Hearts.Montrose missing players
Kelty Hearts missing players
| Montrose | Kelty Hearts | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Montrose | Last season | Kelty Hearts | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 36 | 18 | Played | P | 18 | 36 | ||
| 13 | 8 | Won | W | 3 | 10 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Drew | D | 6 | 10 | ||
| 14 | 5 | Lost | L | 9 | 16 | ||
| 50 | 31 | Scored | S | 18 | 39 | ||
| 55 | 26 | Conceded | C | 36 | 54 | ||
| 89% | 89% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 83% | 86% | ||
| 81% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 78% | 75% | ||
| 64% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 58% | ||
| 33% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 19% | ||
| 14% | 22% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 22% | 11% | ||
| 53% | 56% | BTTS | BTTS | 61% | 56% | ||
| 28% | 39% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 28% | ||
| 31% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 39% | 31% | ||
| 5.6 | 5.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.3 | 5.2 | ||
| 4.8 | 5.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.8 | 5.5 | ||
| 2 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.1 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 9.5 | 10.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5.7 | 7.6 | ||
| 3.8 | 4.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.6 | 3.2 | ||
| 37% | 42% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 34% | ||
| 10.1 | 10.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.7 | 9.2 | ||
| 4.2 | 4.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.6 | 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 | Alloa Athletic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Annan Athletic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Cove Rangers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Edinburgh City | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Falkirk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Hamilton Academical | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Kelty Hearts | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Montrose | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Queen of the South | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Stirling Albion | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Last season | 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 |