The League Two league table tells a story about these squads up until now, with Kelty Hearts leading Elgin City by 24 points. Match preview to follow:
- Kelty Hearts have the most scored goals (46) in League Two
- Kelty Hearts have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Elgin City have scored away.
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.
Kelty Hearts form and stats
27 points is a decent return from 11 League Two games here at New Central Park for Kelty Hearts. The data says 8 wins, 3 draws and 0 losses. In general it's been a long time since Kelty Hearts tasted defeat here at New Central Park, as they have taken at least one point from their last 15 home games in the league.
A nice win for Kelty Hearts last time playing, versus Stranraer. That was also a home game and the match ended 3-2 with Barjonas, Austin and O'Ware scoring for the victors.
A defeat was the result before that one, 0-2 away at Elgin City.Kelty Hearts are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found eight matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won five, drew three and lost zero.
Kelty Hearts are not conceding a lot of goals here at New Central Park in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 8 from 11 matches. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Elgin City form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Elgin City so far with only 8 points returning home. The records show 2-2-7 (win-draw-lose).
Elgin play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 1-2 to Stenhousemuir (placed 5th).
A home win before that, celebrating 2-0 vs Kelty Hearts.We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Elgin City played away with similar odds. This revealed four games. The visitors overcame the odds to win zero times, two were draws and the home team won as expected two times.
The visitors have scored 10 goals from 11 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Elgin City have conceded 20 goals in these games. Elgin City has visited these top teams two times, and 2 of 2 has ended with 2 goals or more!
Head 2 Head
Elgin City - Hearts 2-0 was the result in these contenders' latest head to head match, earlier this season. Last four meetings with these squads: Kelty Hearts won one, Elgin City triumphed in two and we saw one draw. one game with over 2,5 goals, three matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  N. Austin 15 goals | J. Cardle 10 goals |  K. Hester 9 goals |
Kelty Hearts missing players
Elgin City missing players
| Kelty Hearts | Elgin City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 11 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 11 | 22 |
| 15 | 8 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 7 | 9 |
| 46 | 22 | 9 | Scored | S | 2 | 10 | 23 |
| 21 | 8 | 2 | Conceded | C | 6 | 20 | 30 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 81% | 73% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 82% | 82% |
| 57% | 36% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 55% | 36% |
| 43% | 27% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 27% | 18% |
| 24% | 18% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 9% | 5% |
| 52% | 55% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 64% | 55% |
| 43% | 45% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 9% | 23% |
| 5% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 27% | 23% |
| 6 | 5.6 | 6.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 3.3 | 3.9 |
| 3 | 3.5 | 3.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.2 |
| 1.3 | 1.5 | 0.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.3 | 2.1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 11.7 | 10.7 | 11.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 8.1 | 10.1 |
| 5.5 | 5.2 | 5.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 2.8 | 3.5 |
| 40% | 39% | 53% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 32% | 29% |
| 6.9 | 6.1 | 7.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9 | 10.5 | 9.3 |
| 2.6 | 2.2 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 5 | 4.2 |
- Elgin City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Elgin City haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Kelty Hearts have not yet lost a game at home.
- Kelty Hearts have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Kelty Hearts have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Elgin City have scored away.
- Kelty Hearts have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Kelty Hearts have the fewest conceded goals (21) in League Two
- Kelty Hearts have the fewest conceded goals (8) at home in League Two
- Kelty Hearts have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (9) in League Two
- Kelty Hearts have the fewest matches over the total-line (5) in League Two
- Kelty Hearts have the most clean sheets (5) at home in League Two
- Kelty Hearts have the most clean sheets (9) in League Two
- Kelty Hearts have the most points (27) at home in League Two
- Kelty Hearts have the most scored goals (46) in League Two
- Kelty Hearts have the most scored goals in the first half (23) in League Two
- Kelty Hearts have the most scored goals in the second half (23) in League Two
- Kelty Hearts have the the best goal difference (+14) at home in League Two
- Kelty Hearts have the the best goal difference (+25) 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.
| 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 | 21 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 46 | 21 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 13 | 25 | 49 |
| 2 | Forfar Athletic | 22 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 42 | 26 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 16 | 39 |
| 3 | Annan Athletic | 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 38 | 26 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 12 | 38 |
| 4 | Edinburgh City | 21 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 29 | 33 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 15 | -4 | 30 |
| 5 | Stenhousemuir | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 32 | 36 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 15 | -4 | 29 |
| 6 | Stranraer | 23 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 31 | 38 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 20 | -7 | 27 |
| 7 | Stirling Albion | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 28 | 31 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 14 | -3 | 26 |
| 8 | Elgin City | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 23 | 30 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 20 | -7 | 25 |
| 9 | Albion Rovers | 21 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 25 | 35 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 20 | -10 | 22 |
| 10 | Cowdenbeath | 22 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 33 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 17 | -18 | 16 |
