National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Nairn County or Elgin City that keep their silverware dream alive.
It's no vacation for neither County nor Elgin City 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.
Nairn County form and stats
Nairn County participated in North of Scotland Cup the last season, where they reached the 1st round.County drew their last game, 1-1 away at Banks O Dee FC.
Previous to that game, a Football League - Highland League home match hosting Turriff United in a game that was won 5-3.Elgin City form and stats
Elgin City's mission in North of Scotland Cup last season failed in the quarter-finals.The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Elgin City so far with only 13 points returning home. The records show 3-4-11 (win-draw-lose).
This fixture can not go any worse than the last one, a League Cup home defeat versus Queen of the South with 0-2 on the scoreboard.
aweayteam Hara magic won.
The visitors have scored 13 goals from 18 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Elgin City have conceded 30 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
County-Elgin City H2H statistics last two meetings regardless of arena: Nairn County zero wins, Elgin City two wins, zero draws. two of these two matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Nairn County missing players
Elgin City missing players
| Nairn County | Elgin City | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 3 | Won | W | 4 | 8 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | ||
| 12 | 6 | Lost | L | 7 | 14 | ||
| 46 | 18 | Scored | S | 17 | 34 | ||
| 51 | 22 | Conceded | C | 19 | 40 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 85% | 88% | ||
| 88% | 82% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 85% | 88% | ||
| 72% | 73% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 62% | 56% | ||
| 56% | 55% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 31% | 36% | ||
| 40% | 27% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 15% | 20% | ||
| 60% | 64% | BTTS | BTTS | 15% | 24% | ||
| 16% | 9% | Clean Sheets | C S | 46% | 40% | ||
| 24% | 27% | Failed to Score | F T | 54% | 48% | ||
| 4.5 | 4.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.8 | 4.5 | ||
| 6.5 | 5.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.1 | 4.1 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.9 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 9.5 | 11.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.6 | 9.3 | ||
| 3.8 | 4.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 4 | ||
| 26% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 27% | ||
| 13.7 | 11.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.9 | 8.7 | ||
| 5.8 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 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 | Kelty Hearts | 36 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 68 | 28 | 18 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 36 | 12 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 32 | 16 | 40 | 81 |
| 2 | Forfar Athletic | 36 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 57 | 36 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 34 | 17 | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 23 | 19 | 21 | 60 |
| 3 | Annan Athletic | 36 | 18 | 5 | 13 | 64 | 51 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 33 | 29 | 18 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 31 | 22 | 13 | 59 |
| 4 | Edinburgh City | 36 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 43 | 49 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 23 | 25 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 24 | -6 | 52 |
| 5 | Stenhousemuir | 36 | 13 | 10 | 13 | 47 | 46 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 22 | 27 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 25 | 19 | 1 | 49 |
| 6 | Stranraer | 36 | 13 | 8 | 15 | 50 | 54 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 26 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 32 | 28 | -4 | 47 |
| 7 | Stirling Albion | 36 | 11 | 9 | 16 | 41 | 46 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 22 | 26 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 19 | 20 | -5 | 42 |
| 8 | Albion Rovers | 36 | 10 | 9 | 17 | 37 | 58 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 26 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 20 | 32 | -21 | 39 |
| 9 | Elgin City | 36 | 9 | 10 | 17 | 33 | 51 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 20 | 21 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 30 | -18 | 37 |
| 10 | Cowdenbeath | 36 | 7 | 8 | 21 | 28 | 49 | 18 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 21 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 15 | 28 | -21 | 29 |
