Match preview Reserve League: Ross County Res. - Hearts Res.

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Competition: Scotland Reserve League
Competition: Mon 23.March
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)

A key match in Reserve League as both teams are battling for the top positions. With Ross County Res. in 2nd position and Hearts Res. placed 3rd, this promises to be an exciting meeting. Read on to find out more!

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

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Ross County Res. form and stats

Ross County Res., who have the the best goal difference (+16) in Reserve League, have been outstanding at home so far in the Reserve League with 5 wins, 0 draws and only 1 loss. It’s been three wins in a row for Ross County Res. here, hoping to make this one the fourth consecutive victory.

A nice win for Ross County Res. last time playing, versus Hamilton Academical Res.. That was also a home game and the match ended 5-0. In the preceding match a 3-1 victory visiting Dunfermline Res..

As mentioned above, Ross County Res. "killed" Hamilton Academical Res. in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency.

Ross County Res. are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here in their league games, having scored an impressive 17 goals in 6 matches. 6 goals have been conceded.

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Hearts Res. form and stats

The visitors are W3-D3-L1 on the road this term. That's in the Reserve League. Hearts Res. love their trips these days, as their two previous away games have resulted in victories.

Two travels in a row for Hearts Res., whose manager could celebrate last time after the Reserve League win against Dunfermline Res.. Before that one, a nice away victory 3-2 at St. Mirren Res..

Hearts Res. have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 14 goals from 7 away matches. 10 goals have been conceded by Hearts Res. in these games.

Head 2 Head

The most recent history between these sides is the Hearts Res. - Ross County Res. 2-1 played earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last two meetings: zero - one - one (Ross County Res. wins - draws - Hearts Res. wins). As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one had two or less.

Ross County Res. missing players

Hearts Res. missing players

Ross County Res. Hearts Res.
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
13 6 1 Played P 1 7 12
8 5 1 Won W 0 3 7
1 0 0 Drew D 0 3 3
4 1 0 Lost L 1 1 2
31 17 5 Scored S 2 14 26
15 6 0 Conceded C 3 10 18
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 100%
92% 100% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 57% 75%
38% 50% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 57% 58%
23% 33% 100% Over 4.5 O 4.5 100% 29% 33%
62% 33% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 86% 92%
31% 50% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 14% 8%
8% 17% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
5.9 6.7 2 Corners for (avg) C F 11 6.7 6.5
3.5 4.3 7 Corners against (avg) C A 3 2.9 3.5
1.5 1.3 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1 1.2
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
146 79 16 Total Shots T S 9 78 132
70 39 9 Shots on Target S O 5 38 63
44% 44% 56% Goal Efficiency G E 40% 37% 37%
Key stats in Reserve League this season:
  • All of Hearts Res.'s matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • All of Ross County Res.'s home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
  • Hearts Res. have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Hearts Res. have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded away.
  • Hearts Res. haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Ross County Res. has the fewest conceded goals (15)
  • Ross County Res. has the fewest conceded goals (6) at home
  • Ross County Res. has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (7)
  • Ross County Res. has the fewest matches under the total-line (1)
  • Ross County Res. has the most clean sheets (3) at home
  • Ross County Res. has the most scored goals in the first half (20)
  • Ross County Res. has the the best goal difference (+16)
  • Ross County Res. have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Ross County Res. have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Ross County Res. 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 Hamilton Academical Res. 13 8 3 2 35 24 7 4 2 1 17 14 6 4 1 1 18 10 11 27
2 Ross County Res. 13 8 1 4 31 15 6 5 0 1 17 6 7 3 1 3 14 9 16 25
3 Hearts Res. 12 7 3 2 26 18 5 4 0 1 12 8 7 3 3 1 14 10 8 24
4 Dundee United Res. 12 7 2 3 33 20 7 5 1 1 26 8 5 2 1 2 7 12 13 23
5 St. Mirren Res. 15 7 1 7 29 29 7 5 0 2 19 10 8 2 1 5 10 19 0 22
6 Kilmarnock Res. 13 6 2 5 30 25 7 4 2 1 15 9 6 2 0 4 15 16 5 20
7 Greenock Morton Res. 15 5 3 7 30 29 8 3 2 3 23 16 7 2 1 4 7 13 1 18
8 Motherwell Res. 14 5 3 6 27 30 7 3 3 1 16 10 7 2 0 5 11 20 -3 18
9 Dunfermline Res. 13 3 0 10 16 32 6 2 0 4 8 13 7 1 0 6 8 19 -16 9
10 Queen of the South Res. 14 1 2 11 14 49 7 1 0 6 5 19 7 0 2 5 9 30 -35 5

Read more about Reserve League

The SPFL Reserve League is the reserve team league in Scottish football. It began in 2018, to replace the Development League, and includes 27 clubs divided in two divisions. These hold the reserve teams of the biggest teams in Scotland.