Yet another intriguing fixture in the League Two. Forfar Athletic is in the 2nd spot after playing two fixtures. They greet Kelty Hearts who are placed 1st after two matches.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Forfar and Kelty Hearts.
Forfar Athletic form and stats
The hosts won their first League Two game here at Station Park, lifting spirits. Home statistics for Forfar Athletic last season were 1 win, 2 draws and 8 losses from 11 games.
Forfar are confident in defense, having played 180 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
The Forfar supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Formartine United in Challenge Cup and win 1-0.
Ahead of that match, Forfar won a home game hosting Edinburgh City (2-0).It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Forfar Athletic at home in the league. 2 on target and 0 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.
Kelty Hearts form and stats
Only one away game in the League Two so far for Kelty Hearts and it resulted in three points. Last season the statistics for their away games were 6 victories, 0 draws and 0 losses from 6 travels. Things are running smoothly for Hearts who hasn't tasted defeat in their last eleven matches, regardless of venue and tournament. Their last defeat was against East Kilbride.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to St. Mirren U21 (after extra-time, 3-0 on penalties) in their previous outing. The Challenge Cup match ended in a draw 1-1. A comeback secured a 90 minute draw in the match against St. Mirren U21 (after extra-time, 3-0 on penalties). Hearts were trailing 0-3 but refused to surrender and clawed their way back to 1-1, with M. Tidser scoring the equalizer.
Preceding that game was the away League Two victory against Stirling Albion with the score of 3-1.Kelty Hearts have the goal stats of 3-1 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  J. Cardle 2 goals |  S. Shepherd 1 goals |  M. Gallagher 1 goals |
Forfar Athletic missing players
Kelty Hearts missing players
| Forfar Athletic | Kelty Hearts | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 4.5 | 6 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 8 | 6 |
| 4.5 | 5 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 1.5 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1 | 0.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | 15 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 13 | 13 |
| 3.5 | 2 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 6 | 5.5 |
| 57% | 100% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 50% | 45% |
| Forfar Athletic | Last season | Kelty Hearts | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 22 | 11 | Played | P | 7 | 15 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Won | W | 7 | 14 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | ||
| 13 | 8 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | ||
| 18 | 10 | Scored | S | 18 | 46 | ||
| 37 | 21 | Conceded | C | 3 | 5 | ||
| 91% | 91% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 73% | 82% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 86% | 87% | ||
| 50% | 55% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 57% | 60% | ||
| 27% | 36% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 43% | 53% | ||
| 9% | 18% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 14% | 27% | ||
| 50% | 64% | BTTS | BTTS | 29% | 20% | ||
| 18% | 9% | Clean Sheets | C S | 71% | 73% | ||
| 41% | 36% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 7% | ||
| 3.7 | 3.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 5.5 | ||
| 5.6 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 3.3 | ||
| 2 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.3 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 6.7 | 6.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13 | 13.7 | ||
| 2.6 | 2.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6 | 6.5 | ||
| 32% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 36% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Kelty Hearts | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 2 | Forfar Athletic | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 3 | Albion Rovers | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | Annan Athletic | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Cowdenbeath | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | Stirling Albion | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| 7 | Stenhousemuir | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| 8 | Elgin City | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 1 |
| 9 | Stranraer | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -3 | 1 |
| 10 | Edinburgh City | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | -4 | 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 | East Fife | 22 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 30 | 33 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 12 | 22 | -3 | 33 |
| 2 | Peterhead | 22 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 24 | 27 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 15 | -3 | 29 |
| 3 | Clyde | 22 | 8 | 2 | 12 | 27 | 38 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 21 | -11 | 26 |
| 4 | Dumbarton | 22 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 24 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 13 | -10 | 25 |
| 5 | Forfar Athletic | 22 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 37 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 21 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 16 | -19 | 17 |
| 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 | Kelty Hearts | 13 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 40 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 36 | 36 |
| 2 | BSC Glasgow | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 38 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 10 | 22 | 30 |
| 3 | East Kilbride | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 32 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 3 | 26 | 29 |
| 4 | Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 29 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 23 | 29 |
| 5 | East Stirlingshire | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 30 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 6 | 18 | 26 |
| 6 | Stirling University | 15 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 31 | 25 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 22 |
| 7 | Gala Fairydean Rovers | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 22 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 22 |
| 8 | Bo'ness United | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 18 |
| 9 | Spartans | 12 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 27 | 22 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 5 | 18 |
| 10 | Civil Service Strollers | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 12 | -2 | 17 |
| 11 | Berwick Rangers | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | -4 | 16 |
| 12 | Edusport Academy | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 22 | 28 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 15 | -6 | 13 |
| 13 | Cumbernauld Colts | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 17 | 30 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 14 | -13 | 11 |
| 14 | Gretna 2008 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 15 | 25 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 20 | -10 | 10 |
| 15 | Dalbeattie Star | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 12 | -12 | 5 |
| 16 | Edinburgh University | 15 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 54 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 29 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 25 | -47 | 5 |
| 17 | Vale of Leithen | 12 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 58 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 38 | -53 | 0 |