📏 Form Guide

Falkirk

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Falkirk, who won their previous game, will hope for a similar result following the 0-2 League One success against Hamilton Academical.

For Falkirk, the scorers were Ross MacIver (50') and Aidan Nesbitt (86').

Falkirk have not been the best at stopping their opponents of late, but they have also done enough to hit the back of the net themselves. Analysis of their previous 6 games shows that Falkirk have been punished defensively in 5 of them while also scoring in 6 of those games. In any event, we’ll just have to find out if that trend might persist in this upcoming match.

Kelty Hearts

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Kelty Hearts will come into the meeting after a 1-0 League One win versus Stirling Albion in their previous match.

The only player to score from Kelty Hearts was Stefan McCluskey (33').

The numbers tell their own story, and Kelty Hearts have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, seeing opposing sides hit 7 goals in total. In defence, Kelty Hearts just haven’t been too solid at all.

Going into this one, Kelty Hearts have not beaten Falkirk when having played them away from home in the previous 2 league matches.

🤜🤛 Head to head

A look at their most recent head-to-head meetings stretching back to 22/10/2022 shows that Falkirk have won 4 of these games and Kelty Hearts 1, with the number of drawn games standing at 1.

A combined total of 18 goals were shared by the two clubs during those clashes, with 12 from The Bairns and 6 netted by The Jambos. That’s an average goals per game of 3.

The previous league encounter featuring the two was League One match day 26 on 24/02/2024 when it finished Kelty Hearts 0-1 Falkirk.

The referee was Peter Stuart.

📰 Team News: Falkirk

The Falkirk manager John McGlynn has no fitness worries at all ahead of this match with a completely healthy squad available for selection.

📋 Team News: Kelty Hearts

Thanks to a fully injury-free squad to pick from, the Kelty Hearts boss Michael Tidser does not have any fitness worries to report coming into this game.

💭 Prediction

Our thinking is that Falkirk will probably dominate on the ball and be rewarded with decent chances.

At the same time, Kelty Hearts are also probably going to find it difficult to find the back of the net although we do see them converting at least once here.

We reckon that it will be a pretty comfortable 3-1 winning score for Falkirk at the end of the 90 minutes.

Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Lucas Pereira, 13:07 20/04/2024