League Two match guide and statistics: Stirling Albion meet Kelty Hearts

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Competition: Scotland League Two
Competition: Sat 08.January
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Forthbank Stadium (3808 seats)

Kelty Hearts go to Stirling Albion and Forthbank Stadium packed with optimism, but the hosting team is no muppet. More information on the fixture here!

Insights:
  • Stirling Albion is in the worst form (1-0-5)
  • Kelty Hearts have the most scored goals (38) in League Two

Both teams have had adequate rest since their previous game. Let's trust this will be an animated game!

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Stirling Albion form and stats

3-1-5 (win-draw-lost) are the League Two numbers at home for Stirling Albion so far this season. The home stadium (Forthbank Stadium) is supposed to be a fortress, but for Stirling it's been a house of straw as the last four games here have all been lost. Can they turn things around?

Happy days for Stirling in their previous game, a League Two match away at Stenhousemuir (placed 6th) that ended with a 2-1 victory.

Preceding that match was the home game against Elgin City that was lost 0-1.

Stirling has scored 13 league goals at home this season, in 9 matches. Stirling have conceded 14 from these games.

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Kelty Hearts form and stats

Kelty Hearts have an excellent away record in the League Two so far with 6-1-1 from 8 games.

It might be tough going out on the road again for Hearts, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 1-5 versus Annan Athletic (placed 3rd). Kelty Hearts lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 1-5 beating and focus on this one.

Before that one, a nice away victory 4-0 at Stranraer.

Hearts create on average more than 2,5 goals per away game (in the league) all by themselves, having scored 21 goals in 8 travels. Kelty Hearts have conceded 11 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The last head to head match ended Kelty Hearts - Stirling 1-1, earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last two meetings: zero - one - one (Stirling Albion wins - draws - Kelty Hearts wins). As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Kelty HeartsN. Austin
N. Austin
13 goals
Kelty HeartsJ. Cardle
J. Cardle
6 goals
Stirling AlbionD. Carrick
D. Carrick
4 goals

Stirling Albion missing players

Kelty Hearts missing players

Stirling Albion Kelty Hearts
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
19 9 2 Played P 2 8 17
7 3 1 Won W 2 6 13
3 1 0 Drew D 0 1 3
9 5 1 Lost L 0 1 1
25 13 3 Scored S 7 21 38
25 14 3 Conceded C 3 11 15
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
74% 78% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 88% 76%
53% 67% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 88% 53%
32% 44% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 75% 41%
5% 11% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 100% 38% 24%
53% 67% 50% BTTS BTTS 100% 62% 53%
26% 22% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 38% 47%
21% 11% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
4.5 4.7 5 Corners for (avg) C F 4 6.9 6.5
4.2 3.8 3.5 Corners against (avg) C A 2.5 2.4 2.6
2.3 2.1 4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 0.9 1.1
4 2 1 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
10.1 9.3 9.5 Shots (avg) S ( 15 14.6 13.1
3.9 4 4.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 8 6.8 6.1
34% 36% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 44% 39% 37%
 
9.9 10.8 12 Shots against (avg) S A 7.5 8.4 6.5
4.7 5.2 6.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 3.1 2.4
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Kelty Hearts have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • 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 (15) in League Two
  • Kelty Hearts have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (7) in League Two
  • Kelty Hearts have the fewest matches over the total-line (5) in League Two
  • Kelty Hearts have the most clean sheets (8) in League Two
  • Kelty Hearts have the most scored goals (21) away in League Two
  • Kelty Hearts have the most scored goals (38) in League Two
  • Kelty Hearts have the most scored goals in the first half (19) in League Two
  • Kelty Hearts have the the best goal difference (+10) away in League Two
  • Kelty Hearts have the the best goal difference (+23) 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 (5-0-1) in League Two
  • Stirling Albion have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Stirling Albion haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Stirling Albion is in the worst form (1-0-5)

  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 17 13 3 1 38 15 9 7 2 0 17 4 8 6 1 1 21 11 23 42
2 Forfar Athletic 19 10 5 4 35 19 9 6 2 1 20 9 10 4 3 3 15 10 16 35
3 Annan Athletic 19 10 3 6 33 23 9 4 2 3 18 13 10 6 1 3 15 10 10 33
4 Edinburgh City 18 7 4 7 22 27 9 3 2 4 11 16 9 4 2 3 11 11 -5 25
5 Stirling Albion 19 7 3 9 25 25 9 3 1 5 13 14 10 4 2 4 12 11 0 24
6 Stenhousemuir 19 6 5 8 28 32 10 2 3 5 13 18 9 4 2 3 15 14 -4 23
7 Stranraer 19 6 5 8 23 29 10 4 1 5 9 15 9 2 4 3 14 14 -6 23
8 Albion Rovers 18 6 3 9 23 31 9 5 1 3 14 12 9 1 2 6 9 19 -8 21
9 Elgin City 18 5 5 8 17 25 9 3 4 2 10 9 9 2 1 6 7 16 -8 20
10 Cowdenbeath 18 2 4 12 11 29 9 2 2 5 8 12 9 0 2 7 3 17 -18 10

Read more about League Two

The Scottish League Two is the fourth level of football in Scotland. It holds ten teams who play each other four times for a total of 36 fixtures in a season from August to May. The top team in the league table is promoted, the bottom team relegated. There are also playoffs to promote and relegate.