Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Kelty Hearts & Stranraer face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Scottish Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Kelty Hearts form and stats
Hearts have not come this way in the Scottish Cup without some hard work on the way, more precisely defeating Jeanfield Swifts. Last season, Hearts's Scottish Cup journey ended in the 1st round.The team is able to perform also as the away side, as they are nurturing a very healthy winning streak of seven straight victories regardless of arena. Kelty Hearts are on a three game winning streak in their home games.
Before that, Hearts had a Football League home game versus Stirling University which ended with a victory 2-0.
Stranraer form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Spartans in order to reach 2nd Round of Scottish Cup. Stranraer's mission in Scottish Cup last season failed in the 4th round.As the visiting team in League Two matches, Stranraer have produced an overall stat of 2-2-0 so far.
Stranraer had fun at their own home (New Central Park) last time out, beating Annan Athletic 2-0. R. Paton and T. Orr scored. Before that, Stranraer secured a home win against Spartans with the score 5-0.
With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Stranraer are regular goalscorers on their travels. Stranraer have conceded 4 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  T. Orr 5 goals | D. Duffy 4 goals | R. Paton 4 goals |
Kelty Hearts missing players
Stranraer missing players
| Kelty Hearts | Stranraer | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 19 | 9 | Won | W | 2 | 7 | ||
| 3 | 3 | Drew | D | 6 | 10 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 5 | 8 | ||
| 64 | 38 | Scored | S | 17 | 39 | ||
| 17 | 11 | Conceded | C | 23 | 36 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 84% | 93% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 85% | 84% | ||
| 60% | 64% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 46% | 48% | ||
| 48% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 46% | 44% | ||
| 24% | 29% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 31% | 24% | ||
| 40% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 77% | 64% | ||
| 52% | 43% | Clean Sheets | C S | 15% | 24% | ||
| 8% | 7% | Failed to Score | F T | 15% | 16% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.3 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.7 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 11.6 | 13 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.6 | 9 | ||
| 5.2 | 5.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 4.1 | ||
| 39% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 34% | 34% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Queen's Park | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 13 | 23 |
| 2 | Elgin City | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 18 |
| 3 | Stranraer | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 18 |
| 4 | Stirling Albion | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 8 | 18 |
| 5 | Edinburgh City | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 13 |
| 6 | Stenhousemuir | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 12 |
| 7 | Annan Athletic | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | -6 | 8 |
| 8 | Cowdenbeath | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -9 | 7 |
| 9 | Albion Rovers | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 13 | -11 | 6 |
| 10 | Brechin City | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 10 | -19 | 4 |