Annan Athletic vs Kelty Hearts — League #182 2026
Match Prediction
Statistical Prediction
Based on goals from last 3+ matches
Annan Athletic50%
Kelty Hearts30%✓ Correct in 50 of 100 matches — 5 more than always backing the home side
The model picks a winner (home or away) for each finished match using only pre-kickoff data, then checks it against the real result: 50.2% correct across 585,598 matches, vs 44.5% for always backing the home side.
Home picks 50.5% correct · Away picks 49.3% correct
Football matches only. Past performance is not indicative of future results.
Expected goals in this match
What is xG?
Every shot is scored 0–1 by how likely it is to be a goal from that spot — a chance in the middle of the box ≈ 0.4, a long shot from a tight angle ≈ 0.03, a penalty ≈ 0.76. Add them up over a match and that is the xG.
The scoreline can lie: you can win 1-0 on a fluke while creating half the chances. xG shows who was really closer to scoring — and over a season it predicts results better than goals alone.
Annan Athletic creates 30% more chances
Season form · 3 home / 5 away
creates per match
allows per match
finishing
Total goals
- Over77
- Under23
3+ goals likely
Both teams score
- Yes75
- No25
Both teams likely to score
Score probability
Probability of each scoreline, %
Annan Athletic ↓
Most likely 2–1 (8%) · grid covers 90% of scorelines
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Winning margin
Team goals
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Combos
Model probabilities, not odds. For information only.
How is this calculated?
Every number below comes from this match — nothing is made up.
Recent form of each side
Annan Athletic at home — creates 3.00, concedes 1.33 · 3 matches
Kelty Hearts away — creates 2.20, concedes 1.60 · 5 matches
⚑ Home and away form are counted separately — the home-field edge is already baked into these numbers.
Expected goals for this match
Annan Athletic attack 3.00 + Kelty Hearts defence 1.60 → ÷2 → 2.30
Kelty Hearts attack 2.20 + Annan Athletic defence 1.33 → ÷2 → 1.77
Each side's attack is blended with the other's defence, then averaged.
Chance of every scoreline
From those two numbers a Poisson distribution gives the probability of each exact score — the grid shown above.
The answer to "why 50%?"
Annan Athletic at 50% is simply the biggest of the three — that is the pick.
What the model can't see
It reads only the stats of recent matches. It knows nothing about:
- injuries & suspensions
- the matchday lineup
- motivation — cup, relegation, a title race
- weather & pitch condition
- in-game coaching decisions
So 50% does not mean "Annan Athletic will win" — it means "on the available stats, this is the most likely result."
Statistical model based on expected goals (xG). For informational purposes only.
Head to Head
5 previous meetings
Inverness CT
Montrose
Raith Rovers
Stranraer
Airdrie United
Queen's ParkKelty Hearts
Elgin City
Edinburgh City
Queen of the South
Cove Rangers
Alloa Athletic
East KilbrideAnnan Athletic
Ayr Utd
Arbroath
Peterhead
Dumbarton
Forfar Athletic
St. Mirren U21
Stenhousemuir
Hamilton Academical
Clyde
East Fife
Spartans
Stirling Albion
Dundee United II
ST Johnstone
Dunfermline
Celtic II
Kilmarnock II
Dundee IIIf points are equal: 1. Goal difference 2. Goals scored 3. Head-to-head
P = Played · W = Won · D = Drawn · L = Lost · GF = Goals for · GA = Goals against · GD = Goal difference · Pts = Points
Annan Athletic host Kelty Hearts on Friday, 23 September 2022 at 18:45. The match is part of the League #182 2026/2027 season.
League #182: Annan Athletic 1–2 Kelty Hearts
Kelty Hearts beat Annan Athletic 2-1 in League #182 on September 23, 2022.
Goals: N. Low (58' pen), T. Goss (63' pen), J. Barjonas (90+3').
The match was played at Galabank in Annan.