Heart of Midlothian vs Stenhousemuir
The Scotland League Cup advanced match from Group A will present a match between Heart against Stenhousemuir. Heart benefited from playing as a host at Tynecastle Park. Interestingly, the two teams have not met since the first meeting in 2014, when they also met at the same event and Stenhousemuir who played at home was humiliated with a score of 1-2.
Interestingly in the match all goals were created in the first half only, G. Oliver and K. McHattie scored in minutes 5 and 31. Then the entertainment goal for Stenhousemuir was printed by K. Millar in the 38th minute. Stenhousemuir’s turn was not met for the past 5 years. playing as a guest team, unfortunately they remain unseeded in this match other than because of the match 5 years ago but also Stenhousemuir played poorly in the previous 2 match days.
Stenhousemuir lost to Dundee United 1-2 in the inaugural match then fell again 2-0 against East Fife. As a result Stenhousemuir became the team’s top scorer. While the stronghold of their Heart the first match can beat Dundee United through drama penalties after a 1-1 draw in normal time then in the second match win over Cowdenbeath with 2 goals without reply.
Heart itself is currently in the top 3 of the standings with 5 points, their chances for the second big are still wide open because they are only 2 points adrift of rivals Dundee United. Fighting Stenhousemuir is a great opportunity to cut the distance, because Stenhousemuir is not seeded because of disappointing results in the previous 2 games. Most likely Heart won the match.
Our Prediction: 1
Odds: 1.15