This has all the signs of yet another appealing clash at New Central Park in the League Two. Kelty Hearts is in 1st place and welcome Edinburgh City in 8th position. Read all about the match here!
- Kelty Hearts have the most scored goals (7) in League Two
- Edinburgh City have the fewest scored goals in the second half (0) in League Two
Edinburgh City could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Challenge Cup game only four sleeps ago.
Kelty Hearts form and stats
Kelty Hearts have only played one League Two game here so far, a win. Last season their home statistics were 6 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat from 7 matches. Kelty Hearts has a nice streak going on as they have played twelve consecutive leaguegames without losing (regardless of home/away). They are keen to extend their tally, a streak that began after the East Kilbride defeat 286 days ago.
Hearts manager K. Thomson and his team return home after a 2-2 draw away versus Forfar Athletic (placed 2nd) in the League Two. No victory last time out for Kelty Hearts, but the draw 2-2 felt nice for N. Austin who came on as a substitute in the 15th minute and scored two goals.
Before that, Hearts played out a Challenge Cup draw 1-1 when visiting St. Mirren U21 (after extra-time, 3-0 on penalties).Kelty Hearts has scored 2 goals so far and conceded 0 goals from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.
Edinburgh City form and stats
No League Two points yet away for Edinburgh City, from their first 2 matches. Edinburgh has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.
The manager G. Naysmith was unhappy after their last game, a Challenge Cup match played at their home ground Ainslie Park Stadium. Edinburgh suffered a 0-1 loss to Hearts U21.
A home win before that, celebrating 1-0 vs Stenhousemuir.It's early days yet, but Edinburgh City has scored 0 and conceded 4 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  N. Austin 2 goals | J. Cardle 2 goals | R. Philp 1 goals |
Kelty Hearts missing players
Edinburgh City missing players
| Kelty Hearts | Edinburgh City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 4 | 4 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 67% |
| 67% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 67% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 67% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 33% | 100% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 100% | 67% |
| 5.3 | 4 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 3 | 2.7 |
| 3.3 | 5 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 4.5 | 7 |
| 0.3 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.5 | 1.7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14.7 | 13 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 10.5 | 10.7 |
| 6 | 5 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 2 | 2.3 |
| 39% | 40% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 14% |
- Edinburgh City have the fewest matches over the total-line (0) in League Two
- Edinburgh City have the fewest scored goals in the second half (0) in League Two
- Edinburgh City have the most conceded goals (4) away in League Two
- Edinburgh City have the most matches under the total-line (3) in League Two
- Edinburgh City have the the worst goal difference (-4) away in League Two
- Kelty Hearts have the most scored goals (7) in League Two
| Kelty Hearts | Last season | Edinburgh City | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 15 | 8 | Played | P | 2 | 4 | ||
| 14 | 7 | Won | W | 2 | 2 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | ||
| 46 | 28 | Scored | S | 2 | 5 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Conceded | C | 0 | 5 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 87% | 88% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 50% | ||
| 60% | 62% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | ||
| 53% | 62% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | ||
| 27% | 38% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 20% | 12% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | ||
| 73% | 75% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 50% | ||
| 7% | 12% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | ||
| 5.5 | 6.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 3.7 | ||
| 3.3 | 2.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 4.3 | ||
| 1.3 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 13.7 | 13.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.5 | 7.7 | ||
| 6.5 | 6.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 2 | ||
| 36% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 50% | ||
| 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 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 2 | Forfar Athletic | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 3 | Annan Athletic | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 4 | Elgin City | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | Albion Rovers | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -1 | 4 |
| 6 | Cowdenbeath | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | Stirling Albion | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -3 | 3 |
| 8 | Edinburgh City | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | -3 | 3 |
| 9 | Stenhousemuir | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -2 | 1 |
| 10 | Stranraer | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -3 | 1 |
| 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 |