Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Kelty Hearts & St. Johnstone face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Scottish Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
The visiting St. Johnstone played their last game only four days ago, a Premiership match. That game was also an away game, at Hearts. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
Kelty Hearts form and stats
Last season their Scottish Cup adventure ended in the 2nd round.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. On the other hand, in the Scottish Cup, Kelty Hearts has performed like this (both home and away): 1 win, 2 draws and 0 losses.
Kelty Hearts drew their last game, also a home match. Edinburgh City was the opponent, 2-2 the score.
A strong away win before that one, visiting Stirling Albion and winning 3-0.Kelty Hearts have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at New Central Park with 19 goals in 10 league matches. From these home matches, Kelty Hearts have conceded only 6 goals.
St. Johnstone form and stats
Nothing but glory last season for St. Johnstone, as they won the Scottish Cup.There might be some fixture complaints from St. Johnstone as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous match, the Premiership match against Hearts (0-2).
A 1-3 loss hosting Celtic before that.The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Dundee in just four days.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  N. Austin 14 goals | J. Cardle 10 goals | J. Barjonas 4 goals |
Kelty Hearts missing players
St. Johnstone missing players
| Kelty Hearts | St. Johnstone | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 16 | 8 | Won | W | 3 | 4 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 7 | 16 | ||
| 54 | 23 | Scored | S | 7 | 17 | ||
| 24 | 7 | Conceded | C | 14 | 36 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 80% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 54% | 64% | ||
| 56% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 8% | 32% | ||
| 44% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 8% | 16% | ||
| 24% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 4% | ||
| 60% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 15% | 36% | ||
| 40% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 31% | 20% | ||
| 4% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 62% | 52% | ||
| 5.8 | 5.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.7 | 4.2 | ||
| 2.9 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.2 | 6.4 | ||
| 1.4 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.9 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 5 | ||
| 11.6 | 10.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 8.7 | ||
| 5.4 | 5.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.9 | 2.7 | ||
| 41% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 18% | 25% | ||
| 6.8 | 5.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.2 | 14.6 | ||
| 2.7 | 2.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 4.9 | ||
| 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 | 19 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 43 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 11 | 26 | 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 | Stenhousemuir | 21 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 30 | 35 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 15 | -5 | 26 |
| 6 | Stirling Albion | 21 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 28 | 31 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 14 | -3 | 25 |
| 7 | Stranraer | 21 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 28 | 35 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 17 | -7 | 24 |
| 8 | Elgin City | 20 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 20 | 28 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 18 | -8 | 22 |
| 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 | 20 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 32 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 17 | -18 | 13 |
