Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Montrose & Kelty Hearts 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!
Montrose form and stats
Last season their Scottish Cup adventure ended in the 4th round.2-3-2 (win-draw-lost) are the League One numbers at home for Montrose so far this season.
Montrose manager S. Petrie and his team return home after a 0-0 draw away versus Kelty Hearts in the Scottish Cup.
In the game before, an away victory in the League One match versus Falkirk with a 1-0 scoreline.Montrose are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 10 goals in 7 games. Montrose have conceded 9 in these home matches.
Kelty Hearts form and stats
Last season their Scottish Cup adventure ended in the 2nd round.Rock solid. That's the only way to describe the travels of Kelty Hearts so far, with 5-1-0 (wins-draws-losses) so far. Those are League Two statistics. Things are running smoothly for Kelty Hearts who hasn't tasted defeat in their last 23 matches, regardless of venue and tournament. Their last defeat was against East Kilbride.
Hearts have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Darren Jamieson. It's been 295 minutes since they last conceded in League Two.
Hearts played 0-0 against Montrose in their previous match.
Prior to that match, a home win 2-0 against Stenhousemuir in the League Two.Today's guests are confident travelers having scored 16 goals in 6 league games away this season. Hearts have conceded 6 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The sides have played each other already this season, with the result Kelty Hearts - Montrose 0-0 entered in the official records. Montrose-Kelty Hearts H2H statistics last two meetings regardless of arena: Montrose zero wins, Kelty Hearts zero wins, two draws. zero of these two matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  G. Webster 9 goals |  N. Austin 8 goals | J. Cardle 6 goals |
Montrose missing players
Kelty Hearts missing players
| Montrose | Kelty Hearts | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 10 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Won | W | 7 | 16 | ||
| 11 | 4 | Drew | D | 2 | 6 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | ||
| 34 | 16 | Scored | S | 24 | 49 | ||
| 24 | 12 | Conceded | C | 11 | 21 | ||
| 80% | 83% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 68% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 90% | 76% | ||
| 44% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 70% | 48% | ||
| 28% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 60% | 36% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 30% | 24% | ||
| 44% | 42% | BTTS | BTTS | 70% | 56% | ||
| 48% | 42% | Clean Sheets | C S | 30% | 40% | ||
| 28% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 8% | ||
| 5.7 | 5.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 5 | ||
| 4.2 | 4.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.2 | 3 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.3 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 8.7 | 9.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14 | 11.9 | ||
| 3.6 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6.4 | 5.3 | ||
| 38% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 38% | ||
| 8.9 | 9.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.1 | 6.2 | ||
| 3.3 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.9 | 2.4 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Cove Rangers | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 29 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 28 |
| 2 | Airdrieonians | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 24 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 26 |
| 3 | Montrose | 15 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 25 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 12 | 25 |
| 4 | Queen's Park | 15 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 25 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 23 |
| 5 | Falkirk | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 22 |
| 6 | Alloa Athletic | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 11 | -1 | 19 |
| 7 | Dumbarton | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 22 | 29 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 16 | -7 | 18 |
| 8 | Peterhead | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 22 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 17 | -2 | 17 |
| 9 | Clyde | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 30 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 14 | -12 | 16 |
| 10 | East Fife | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 17 | 35 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 26 | -18 | 11 |
| 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 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 27 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 18 | 36 |
| 2 | Forfar Athletic | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 23 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 26 |
| 3 | Stirling Albion | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 21 |
| 4 | Edinburgh City | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | -1 | 21 |
| 5 | Annan Athletic | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 20 |
| 6 | Stenhousemuir | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | -1 | 18 |
| 7 | Albion Rovers | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 20 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 13 | -3 | 17 |
| 8 | Stranraer | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 10 | -6 | 16 |
| 9 | Elgin City | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 12 | -7 | 13 |
| 10 | Cowdenbeath | 14 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 25 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 15 | -16 | 6 |