Kelty Hearts have played really well this season, sitting at 1st position in the table. Stranraer can look both ways from the 5th spot.
- Kelty Hearts have the most scored goals (43) in League Two
- Stranraer have the most dropped points from leading position (17) in League Two
These are hustling days for the team playing at home, as they played only four days ago in the League Two. That game was an away game at Elgin City, so at least Kelty Hearts are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Kelty Hearts form and stats
24 points is a decent return from 10 League Two games here at New Central Park for Kelty Hearts. The data says 7 wins, 3 draws and 0 losses. The Kelty Hearts fans aren't used to losing league-games here at New Central Park and will expect new points from this game. Hearts has played 14 games in a row here without a defeat.
In their previous game, the manager Thomson led his Kelty Hearts to a defeat away at Elgin City. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at New Central Park.
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 eight games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in five wins, three draws and zero defeats. Looking at the victories, three matches were won by at least two goals.
The Kelty Hearts fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 19 goals in 10 league matches. It's worth mentioning that 10 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. From these home matches, Kelty Hearts have conceded only 6 goals. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Stranraer form and stats
Playing away, Stranraer have won 3 games, drawn 4 and suffered 4 defeats in the League Two this season.
It's the second away game in a row for Stranraer, but there's smiles all around after the 1-0 victory versus Cowdenbeath (placed 10th) last time out.
Ahead of that game was the 3-3 draw at home against Stirling Albion.We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Stranraer played away with similar odds. This revealed four games. The visitors overcame the odds to win zero times, one were draw and the home team won as expected three times.
The travelling fans enjoy Stranraer's attacking play in away games, having scored 17 goals in 11 league matches away. In the opposite end, Stranraer have conceded 17 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
Stranraer - Kelty Hearts 0-4 was the result in these sides' previous head to head fixture, earlier this season. Kelty Hearts-Stranraer H2H statistics last three meetings regardless of arena: Kelty Hearts two wins, Stranraer one win, zero draws. two of these three matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  N. Austin 14 goals | J. Cardle 10 goals |  M. Yates 6 goals |
Kelty Hearts missing players
Stranraer missing players
| Kelty Hearts | Stranraer | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 10 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 11 | 22 |
| 14 | 7 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 43 | 19 | 5 | Scored | S | 5 | 17 | 29 |
| 19 | 6 | 2 | Conceded | C | 6 | 17 | 35 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 80% | 70% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 82% | 77% |
| 55% | 30% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 55% | 50% |
| 40% | 20% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 45% | 36% |
| 20% | 10% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 27% | 23% |
| 50% | 50% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 82% | 55% |
| 45% | 50% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 9% | 23% |
| 5% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 9% | 23% |
| 6.2 | 5.9 | 5.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.7 | 4.5 | 4.2 |
| 2.6 | 2.9 | 2.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.3 | 4.7 | 4.7 |
| 1.3 | 1.6 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 1.8 | 1.8 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 12 | 11.3 | 10 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.3 | 9.8 | 10.1 |
| 5.6 | 5.3 | 4.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 4.5 | 4.6 |
| 38% | 36% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 45% | 35% | 29% |
| 6.6 | 5.5 | 6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 16 | 11.1 | 10.4 |
| 2.5 | 2.1 | 2.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.9 | 4.2 |
- 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 in all their home matches so far.
- Kelty Hearts have the fewest conceded goals (19) in League Two
- Kelty Hearts have the fewest conceded goals (6) at home 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 (24) at home in League Two
- Kelty Hearts have the most scored goals (43) in League Two
- Kelty Hearts have the most scored goals in the first half (21) in League Two
- Kelty Hearts have the the best goal difference (+13) at home in League Two
- Kelty Hearts have the the best goal difference (+24) 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.
- Stranraer have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Stranraer have the most dropped points from leading position (17) in League Two
- Stranraer 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 | 20 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 43 | 19 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 13 | 24 | 46 |
| 2 | Forfar Athletic | 21 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 40 | 23 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 17 | 39 |
| 3 | Annan Athletic | 21 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 38 | 26 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 12 | 37 |
| 4 | Edinburgh City | 20 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 26 | 31 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 13 | -5 | 27 |
| 5 | Stranraer | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 29 | 35 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 17 | -6 | 27 |
| 6 | Stenhousemuir | 21 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 30 | 35 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 15 | -5 | 26 |
| 7 | Stirling Albion | 21 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 28 | 31 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 14 | -3 | 25 |
| 8 | Elgin City | 21 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 22 | 28 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 18 | -6 | 25 |
| 9 | Albion Rovers | 20 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 25 | 34 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 20 | -9 | 22 |
| 10 | Cowdenbeath | 21 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 33 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 17 | -19 | 13 |
