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Annan Athletic take on visiting team Kelty Hearts at Galabank in this League One clash on Saturday.
Our full set of predictions, statistics and match poll for Annan Athletic v Kelty Hearts can be seen below - as well as the best betting odds.
📏 Form Guide
Annan Athletic
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Annan Athletic will play in this match following a 1-1 League One drawn match against Montrose.
The only player to score from Annan Athletic was Lewis Hunter (38'). Ali Shrive (90') was the scorer for Montrose.
It’s not been often in recent times where Annan Athletic haven’t conceded. In fact, Annan Athletic have seen their defence breached in 6 of their previous 6 clashes, giving up 8 goals along the way.
Kelty Hearts
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Kelty Hearts go into this game following a 2-1 League One win to defeat Alloa Athletic in their previous match.
For Kelty Hearts, the goals were scored by Joe McGlynn (73') and Thomas O'Ware (81'). Cameron O'Donnell (56') was the scorer for Alloa Athletic.
The stats don’t lie, and Kelty Hearts have been scored against in 6 of their last 6 matches, letting opponents get 16 goals overall. Defensively, Kelty Hearts could really do with shoring things up. We shall soon find out if that trend can be continued on here.
Taking a look at their past results, Kelty Hearts:
- haven't been beaten by Annan Athletic in away games against them for the last 2 league games.
- have not won away from home in their last 2 league matches.
↔️ Head to head
A look at their most recent head to head meetings stretching back to 26/02/2022 tells us that Annan Athletic have won 0 of these games & Kelty Hearts 3, with the tally of drawn matches standing at 3.
An aggregate of 18 goals were scored between them during those clashes, with 7 of them for Galabankies and 11 netted by The Jambos. The average goals per game has been 3.
The last league encounter between these clubs was League One match day 21 on 13/01/2024 when the final score was Kelty Hearts 1-1 Annan Athletic.
The match was refereed by Calum Scott.
📰 Team News: Annan Athletic
The Annan Athletic manager Peter Murphy will be grateful not to have any fitness concerns at all before this match thanks to a completely injury-free group to choose from.
ℹ️ Team News: Kelty Hearts
With a fully injury-free group ready to go, the Kelty Hearts boss Michael Tidser has zero fitness concerns to speak of before this game.
💡 Prediction
We’re inclined to think that Kelty Hearts and Annan Athletic could both end up scoring at least one each in what appears to be a good match-up, with little separating the two teams.
A close call, and we think a draw is quite likely - as are goals. We’re therefore tipping a very competitive game with a 2-2 at the end of the 90 minutes.
Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Lucas Pereira, 14:02 23/03/2024
🏟️ Team Focus:
Annan Athletic
Formed: 1942
Stadium: Galabank (2,504)
Captain: Steven Swinglehurst
Chairman: Philip Jones
Manager: Peter Murphy
Competitions: League One position 9
🔑 Key Man: Dominic Docherty
Mostly taking up the Centre Midfield position, Dominic Docherty was born in Scotland. After having made a senior debut playing for Queen's Park in the 2016 - 2017 season, the accomplished Midfielder has managed to score 6 league goals in the League One 2023 - 2024 season to date in a total of 23 appearances.
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | +/- | Pts | Form |
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29 | 23 | 6 | 0 | 53 | 75 | WDWWW |
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29 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 38 | 58 | LDWWW |
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29 | 14 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 47 | WLWWL |
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29 | 13 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 46 | LWWWD |
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29 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 43 | WWLLW |
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29 | 9 | 7 | 13 | -13 | 34 | LLLLW |
7 |
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29 | 8 | 7 | 14 | -15 | 31 | WDDLL |
8 |
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29 | 8 | 6 | 15 | -11 | 30 | DLDLL |
9 |
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29 | 6 | 9 | 14 | -15 | 27 | WLDWD |
10 |
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29 | 2 | 5 | 22 | -49 | 5 | DLLLL |
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Cove Rangers |
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Hamilton Academical |
Alloa Athletic |
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Montrose |
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Queen Of The South |
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Stirling Albion |
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Edinburgh City |
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Alloa Athletic |
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Cove Rangers |
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Queen Of The South |
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Stirling Albion |
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Alloa Athletic |
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Edinburgh City |
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Montrose |
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Falkirk |
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Edinburgh City |
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Cove Rangers |
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Hamilton Academical |
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Goals scored | 1.6 |
Goals conceded | 1.7 |
Time first goal scored | 27 |
Time first goal conceded | 27 |
Yellow cards | 1.7 |
Red cards | 0 |
Subs used | 2.6 |
Biggest victory | 3-0 |
Biggest defeat | 3-0 |
Goals scored | 1.6 |
Goals conceded | 1.9 |
Time first goal scored | 42 |
Time first goal conceded | 38 |
Yellow cards | 1.7 |
Red cards | 0.1 |
Subs used | 2.6 |
Biggest victory | 4-1 |
Biggest defeat | 5-0 |
Tommy Goss | 10 |
Aidan Smith | 9 |
Dominic Docherty | 6 |
Michael Garrity | 4 |
Matty Douglas | 3 |
Alfie Bavidge | 9 |
Craig Johnston | 7 |
Lewis Moore | 5 |
Ross Cunningham | 4 |
Reece Lyon | 4 |
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Falkirk |
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Montrose |
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