Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Auchinleck Talbot & Hearts face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Scottish Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Premiership game only four days ago.
Auchinleck Talbot form and stats
Auchinleck Talbot participated in Scottish Cup the last season, where they reached the 3rd round replays.This match is a Scottish Cup match, and the hometeam has the total statistics 3 wins, 0 draws and 0 losses in this competition.
Auchinleck Talbot's previous game was a Scottish Cup match also played at home, ending 1-0 versus Hamilton Academical. The home side are looking to build on that result.
A strong away win before that one, visiting Preston Athletic and winning 2-0.Despite playing at their own arena the home team are massive underdogs in this game. The home fans will enjoy their drinks and snacks knowing that the chances of a positive outcome are very slim. When Auchinleck Talbot have been in this position before, they have won one, drawn zero and lost zero from one game. zero defeats by at least two goals.
Hearts form and stats
Hearts was sent out of Scottish Cup in the 2nd round last season.Hearts are travelling after their nice 2-0 home win in the Premiership against St. Johnstone. Attacker McKay got a player rating of 9.0 in the game. "Man of the match" McKay signed up for two assists, hit five key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 29 successful passes (of 36 total).
Prior to that match, a home win 2-1 against Ross County in the Premiership.As mentioned earlier, Hearts will not be satisfied unless they get a comfortable victory in this game. Performing as huge favourites away from home has earlier resulted in five wins (three by two or more goals winning margin), zero draws and one surprising defeat.
A new game in only four days for Hearts, the Premiership home match versus Celtic. Busy days.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the previous two meetings involving these two teams are: zero wins for Auchinleck Talbot, zero draws and two wins for Hearts. Over 2,5 goals: one time; under 2,5 goals: one game.Auchinleck Talbot missing players
Hearts missing players
| Auchinleck Talbot | Hearts | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 16 | 9 | Won | W | 5 | 13 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 4 | 6 | ||
| 59 | 35 | Scored | S | 15 | 36 | ||
| 27 | 9 | Conceded | C | 13 | 23 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 84% | 73% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 80% | ||
| 64% | 64% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 32% | ||
| 44% | 45% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 12% | ||
| 16% | 36% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 8% | ||
| 44% | 45% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 44% | ||
| 40% | 45% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 40% | ||
| 16% | 9% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 20% | ||
| 2.9 | 2.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.2 | 5.7 | ||
| 6.6 | 6.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.5 | 5.4 | ||
| 1.5 | 0.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.9 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 6.5 | 5.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.2 | 12.6 | ||
| 2.8 | 2.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 4.4 | ||
| 45% | 44% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 42% | 34% | ||
| 13.8 | 14.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.1 | 12.9 | ||
| 5.6 | 4.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.6 | 4.5 | ||
