National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Brechin City or Stirling Albion that keep their silverware dream alive.
It's no vacation for neither Brechin nor Stirling Albion as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Brechin City form and stats
Brechin City have reached this Challenge Cup stage through battling and winning against Hibernian U21. Last season, Brechin City's Challenge Cup journey ended in the 1st round.The Brechin City supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Buckie Thistle and win 1-0.
In the preceding match a 3-1 victory visiting Deveronvale.Stirling Albion form and stats
They also participated in Challenge Cup last season. This ended in the 2nd round.Stirling Albion are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the League Two, having played 2 games and collected 3 points (1 win, 0 draws and 1 loss).
Two away matches in a row for Stirling, whose manager Young could celebrate last time after the win against Annan Athletic. Denholm came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Annan Athletic last time out, making the manager Young feel like a tactical genius.
Before that, Stirling Albion secured a home win against Stenhousemuir with the score 3-0.There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Stirling Albion manager Young as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic.
It's early days yet, but Stirling Albion has scored 2 and conceded 3 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's five Brechin victories, one draw and four Stirling Albion wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  D. Carrick 2 goals | R. Thomson 2 goals |  A. Cummins 1 goals |
Brechin City missing players
Stirling Albion missing players
| Brechin City | Stirling Albion | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 20 | 9 | Won | W | 3 | 8 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 5 | 7 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 5 | 10 | ||
| 58 | 28 | Scored | S | 10 | 27 | ||
| 18 | 12 | Conceded | C | 19 | 35 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 85% | 92% | ||
| 64% | 73% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 69% | 72% | ||
| 56% | 73% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 38% | 48% | ||
| 40% | 55% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 23% | 24% | ||
| 20% | 27% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 12% | ||
| 36% | 45% | BTTS | BTTS | 54% | 40% | ||
| 56% | 55% | Clean Sheets | C S | 23% | 28% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 38% | 40% | ||
| 2 | 1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.6 | 4.9 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 4 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.3 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 5 | ||
| 7 | 5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.8 | 7.8 | ||
| 1.5 | 1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.9 | 3.3 | ||
| 67% | 100% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 26% | 33% | ||
| 14.5 | 20 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.2 | 7.6 | ||
| 7 | 10 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 3.4 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Dumbarton | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 12 |
| 2 | East Fife | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| 3 | Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 4 | Stirling Albion | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| 5 | Stranraer | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -1 | 5 |
| 6 | Forfar Athletic | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -1 | 4 |
| 7 | Albion Rovers | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | -1 | 3 |
| 8 | Elgin City | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | -2 | 3 |
| 9 | Annan Athletic | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | -5 | 3 |
| 10 | Stenhousemuir | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -5 | 3 |
