The Kelty Hearts & Annan Athletic managers K. Thomson and P. Murphy are both dreading and eagerly anticipating this important match in the top part of the League Two positions.
- Kelty Hearts have the most scored goals (17) in League Two
- Annan Athletic have the most points (12) away in League Two
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Kelty Hearts form and stats
3 victories, 1 draw and 0 defeats. That’s what Kelty Hearts have to build on here at New Central Park in the League Two. Hearts haven’t lost a league-game in 17 attempts regardless of arena, a great achievement. Their last loss was the fixture versus East Kilbride, 328 days ago.
The Hearts goalkeeper Darren Jamieson is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 240 minutes without conceding a goal in the League Two.
Kelty Hearts's last game was hosting Stranraer (placed 7th) and winning 1-0.
In the game before, an away victory match versus Albion Rovers with a 3-0 scoreline.The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Kelty Hearts home games with this odds we find five games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in three wins, two draws and zero defeats. Looking at the victories, one match were won by at least two goals.
The Kelty Hearts fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 5 in 4 matches. As for guarding their own goal, Kelty Hearts have only let in 1 goal at home.
Annan Athletic form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their League Two travels is 4 wins, 0 draws and 0 defeats. A great winning streak in away games for Annan Athletic as they have managed to win four matches in a row as the visitors. Not since the Stranraer have they travelled home without three points.
This game can not go any worse than the last one, a League Two home defeat versus Edinburgh City with 1-3 on the scoreboard.
Prior to that result Annan won their away game at Elgin City. The scoreline was 2-0.You'll want to know how Annan Athletic managed when outsiders such as today. Our database found three similar matches resulting in zero away wins, two draws and one home win.
The Annan manager P. Murphy has got the team scoring on the road, with 9 away goals in 4 league matches. Annan's manager P. Murphy has created a great defensive setup working very nicely in away games with only 1 conceded goal. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  N. Austin 6 goals | J. Cardle 3 goals |  I. Anderson 3 goals |
Kelty Hearts missing players
Annan Athletic missing players
| Kelty Hearts | Annan Athletic | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 8 | 4 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 17 | 5 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 9 | 14 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 75% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 75% | 88% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 62% |
| 38% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 38% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 25% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 25% | 50% |
| 50% | 75% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 75% | 38% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 6.6 | 6.2 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 4.8 | 5.6 |
| 3.2 | 3.5 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 4.2 | 3.9 |
| 0.9 | 1.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2.5 | 2.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13.5 | 11.5 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 9 | 11.4 |
| 6.4 | 5.5 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 5.5 | 6.1 |
| 33% | 23% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 41% | 29% |
- Annan Athletic have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
- Annan Athletic have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Annan Athletic have the fewest conceded goals (1) away in League Two
- Annan Athletic have the most clean sheets (3) away in League Two
- Annan Athletic have the most points (12) away in League Two
- Annan Athletic have won all their away games so far.
- Annan Athletic haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Kelty Hearts have not yet lost a game.
- Kelty Hearts have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Kelty Hearts have scored in all their matches so far.
- Kelty Hearts have the fewest conceded goals (1) at home in League Two
- Kelty Hearts have the fewest conceded goals (5) in League Two
- Kelty Hearts have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (1) in League Two
- Kelty Hearts have the most clean sheets (3) at home in League Two
- Kelty Hearts have the most points (10) at home in League Two
- Kelty Hearts have the most scored goals (17) in League Two
- Kelty Hearts have the most scored goals in the first half (9) in League Two
- Kelty Hearts have the the best goal difference (+12) in League Two
- Kelty Hearts have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Kelty Hearts haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Kelty Hearts is in the best form (4-2-0)
| 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 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 12 | 20 |
| 2 | Stirling Albion | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 16 |
| 3 | Annan Athletic | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 15 |
| 4 | Forfar Athletic | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 13 |
| 5 | Edinburgh City | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 13 |
| 6 | Elgin City | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -2 | 9 |
| 7 | Stranraer | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | -5 | 8 |
| 8 | Albion Rovers | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | -7 | 7 |
| 9 | Stenhousemuir | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -7 | 5 |
| 10 | Cowdenbeath | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | -8 | 5 |