Peterhead v Kelty Hearts preview: Visitors can prove cut above

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Competition: Scotland League One
Competition: Sat 25.February
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Balmoor Stadium (4000 seats)

Peterhead - Kelty Hearts: League One dungeon occupants desperate for points and praise. Here are all the interesting stats and facts before the match!

Insights:
  • Peterhead have the fewest scored goals (12) in League One
  • Kelty Hearts have scored more than double the goals of Peterhead.

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.

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Peterhead form and stats

With 2 League One wins, 2 draws and 8 defeats from their home games, Peterhead are certainly not brimming with confidence. With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Peterhead to get some points in this home game.

Peterhead haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 225 minutes ago. Shanks scored that one.

Peterhead are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-1 away versus Clyde.

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Alloa Athletic (0-1).

It should be considered that a look at the 10 most recent league games reveals that 9 of them qualified as a both teams not to score result (only one or none of the sides scored a goal).

Peterhead have scored {6 league goals} here from 12 matches, not a lot.

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Kelty Hearts form and stats

There's been little loot from Kelty Hearts's travels as they have only collected 11 points from 12 away games in the League One. Kelty Hearts only have 3 wins to counter their 7 defeats and 2 draws. When Kelty Hearts is visiting a side on the bottom half, they have won 2 of 3 matches. Queen of the South, Clyde and Kelty Hearts is teams we like to compare Peterhead with.

Kelty Hearts are travelling after their nice 3-0 home win in the match against Queen of the South (placed 7th). That win felt nice as this side had gone three league fixtures without victory. Which player has beaten the opponent goalie three matches in a row for the away side? The answer is Higginbotham and that is quite the feat!

The game before that, was lost at home, a 1-2 defeat against Falkirk.

Kelty Hearts have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 12 league away games 13 goals have been scored. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Kelty Hearts have conceded 23 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above. When Hearts is visiting a side on the bottom half, 3 of 3 matches have ended with three or more goals. These are matches against Queen of the South, Clyde and Kelty Hearts.

Head 2 Head

This happened when the contenders met previously this campaign; Kelty Hearts - Peterhead 3-0. The ref brandished his red card when these clubs last faced each other, and the recipient was Mcdonald (Peterhead). Peterhead-Kelty Hearts H2H statistics last four meetings regardless of arena: Peterhead two wins, Kelty Hearts one win, one draw. three of these four matches had three or more goals (over 2,5). The games between these clubs sometimes lean towards being a bit rough, having seen 2 sending-offs from the last four duels.

Top Goalscorers

Kelty HeartsA. Agyeman
A. Agyeman
8 goals
Kelty HeartsK. Higginbotham
K. Higginbotham
5 goals
Kelty HeartsJ. Barjonas
J. Barjonas
4 goals

Peterhead missing players

Kelty Hearts missing players

Peterhead Kelty Hearts
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
25 12 3 Played P 3 12 25
2 2 1 Won W 2 3 9
5 2 0 Drew D 0 2 5
18 8 2 Lost L 1 7 11
12 6 3 Scored S 4 13 30
57 24 7 Conceded C 5 23 35
96% 92% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 92% 92%
84% 83% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 83% 80%
52% 42% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 75% 60%
36% 25% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 25% 16%
8% 8% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 17% 8%
32% 33% 67% BTTS BTTS 67% 58% 52%
8% 17% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 8% 28%
64% 58% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 42% 28%
 
3.6 3.8 3 Corners for (avg) C F 6.3 5.8 5.2
6.8 6.5 5.7 Corners against (avg) C A 5.3 5.2 5
2.1 2.2 1.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.7 2.2 2.2
5 2 0 Red cards R C 1 1 1
 
6.4 6.8 7 Shots (avg) S ( 7.7 5.6 7.4
2.5 2.6 2.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.3 2.3 2.9
19% 19% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 40% 46% 41%
 
12 10.3 14.3 Shots against (avg) S A 10.7 7.7 7.9
5.8 4.7 4.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 4 4
Key stats in League One this season:
  • Kelty Hearts have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Kelty Hearts have scored more than double the goals of Peterhead.
  • Peterhead have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Peterhead have the fewest points (8) at home in League One
  • Peterhead have the fewest points from losing position (2) in League One
  • Peterhead have the fewest scored goals (12) in League One
  • Peterhead have the fewest scored goals (6) at home in League One
  • Peterhead have the fewest scored goals in the first half (7) in League One
  • Peterhead have the fewest scored goals in the second half (5) in League One
  • Peterhead have the most conceded goals (57) in League One
  • Peterhead have the most conceded goals in the second half (38) in League One
  • Peterhead have the the worst goal difference (-18) at home in League One
  • Peterhead have the the worst goal difference (-45) in League One
  • Peterhead is in the worst form (1-0-5)

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Dunfermline Athletic 24 15 8 1 40 16 12 6 6 0 19 9 12 9 2 1 21 7 24 53
2 Falkirk 24 14 6 4 48 26 13 9 2 2 28 11 11 5 4 2 20 15 22 48
3 Airdrieonians 25 11 7 7 49 36 12 7 2 3 31 19 13 4 5 4 18 17 13 40
4 Edinburgh City 25 12 3 10 47 38 12 6 1 5 20 18 13 6 2 5 27 20 9 39
5 Alloa Athletic 25 11 6 8 41 35 12 8 2 2 25 13 13 3 4 6 16 22 6 39
6 Montrose 25 9 8 8 37 35 13 6 5 2 25 16 12 3 3 6 12 19 2 35
7 Queen of the South 25 9 5 11 38 41 12 5 2 5 18 16 13 4 3 6 20 25 -3 32
8 Kelty Hearts 25 9 5 11 30 35 13 6 3 4 17 12 12 3 2 7 13 23 -5 32
9 Clyde 25 3 5 17 26 49 13 2 4 7 17 24 12 1 1 10 9 25 -23 14
10 Peterhead 25 2 5 18 12 57 12 2 2 8 6 24 13 0 3 10 6 33 -45 11

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.