📏 Form Guide

Kelty Hearts

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Kelty Hearts fans will want a repeat of their previous result, being the 1-2 League One success vs Queen Of The South.

For Kelty Hearts, goals were scored by Lewis Moore (15'), Reece Lyon (66' Own goal) and Craig Johnston (68').

At least three goals per match were recorded in 5 of the past 6 fixtures where Kelty Hearts have taken part. Their opponents scored 10 of them in these games while Kelty Hearts totted up 9.

Ahead of this clash, Kelty Hearts have not been beaten in their last 2 league matches at home.

Stirling Albion

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Following on from being defeated in their last game at the hands of Alloa Athletic in League One competition, Stirling Albion and their travelling supporters will be hoping that they can get a better result in this one.

The only name on the scoresheet from Stirling Albion was Greig Spence (65'). Conor Sammon (5'), Bobby Wales (23'), Ethan Sutherland (45'), Kurtis Roberts (70') and Taylor Steven (73') scored for Alloa Athletic.

The stats don’t lie, and Stirling Albion have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, seeing opposing sides hit 16 goals overall. Defensively, Stirling Albion have seen their frailties exposed. We shall soon find out whether or not that trend can be continued on into this next match.

🤜🤛 Head to head

If we look at their past head to head duels dating back to 30/10/2021, it’s been all-even between these two clubs with Kelty Hearts winning 2 of those games, Stirling Albion 2 and 2 being drawn after 90 minutes of play.

A sum of 14 goals were yielded between them in these games, with 6 for The Jambos and 8 netted by The Binos. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 2.33.

The previous league encounter featuring these sides was League One match day 22 on 27/01/2024 when the final score was Stirling Albion 5-0 Kelty Hearts.

The match was refereed by Daniel Graves.

📰 Team News: Kelty Hearts

The Kelty Hearts boss Michael Tidser has no fitness worries to speak of ahead of this game thanks to a completely injury-free squad to pick from.

In our view, The Jambos will probably opt for a 3-5-2 system for this game, utilising Alexander Clark, Stephen Kingsley, Frankie Kent, Kye Rowles, Dexter Lembikisa, Macaulay Tait, Jorge Grant, Cameron Devlin, Alex Cochrane, Alan Forrest and Kenneth Vargas.

ℹ️ Team News: Stirling Albion

Thanks to a completely healthy group to choose from, the Stirling Albion boss Darren Young has no fitness concerns to report coming into this game.

We are inclined to think that The Binos might begin the game with a 4-3-3 system using Shamal George, Michael Nottingham, Ayo Obileye, Michael Devlin, Sean Kelly, Jamie Brandon, Scott Pittman, Stephen Kelly, Steven Bradley, Tete Yengi and Daniel MacKay.

⚡ Prediction

We’re of the view that Stirling Albion could find themselves struggling to be putting a goal past this Kelty Hearts team who we think will likely just have the edge.

We’re therefore seeing a good battle with a 1-0 win for Kelty Hearts at the end of this game.

A close call.

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Peter Guest, 13:02 13/04/2024