National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Aberdeen U21 or Peterhead that keep their silverware dream alive.
Peterhead could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a League Two game only three sleeps ago.
Aberdeen U21 form and stats
Aberdeen U21 have not come this way in the Challenge Cup without some hard work on the way, more precisely defeating Brora Rangers. Last season their Challenge Cup adventure ended in the 1st round.The Aberdeen U21 coach Robson and his side return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Brora Rangers in the Challenge Cup.
Before that game, a defeat in the away fixture against Buckie Thistle in the Aberdeenshire Shield.
Peterhead form and stats
They also participated in Challenge Cup last season. This ended in the 3rd round.The story so far for the visiting team on their League Two travels is 1 win, 0 draws and 0 defeats.
There were no winners in Peterhead's previous match, the home game that ended 0-0 vs Stenhousemuir.
Prior to that result Peterhead won their away game at East Fife in the League Two. The scoreline was 3-0.The schedule is very tough for Peterhead now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A League Two game at Clyde is waiting in only four days.
Peterhead have the goal stats of 3-0 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  C. O’Keefe 2 goals | J. Brown 1 goals |
Aberdeen U21 missing players
Peterhead missing players
| Aberdeen U21 | Peterhead | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 9 | 1 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Won | W | 3 | 5 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | ||
| 5 | 0 | Lost | L | 10 | 15 | ||
| 8 | 1 | Scored | S | 15 | 23 | ||
| 20 | 1 | Conceded | C | 31 | 46 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 89% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 86% | 80% | ||
| 44% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 71% | 52% | ||
| 44% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 29% | 24% | ||
| 22% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 29% | 16% | ||
| 56% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 43% | 48% | ||
| 11% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 21% | 24% | ||
| 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 36% | 32% | ||
| 2.2 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.4 | 3.2 | ||
| 10 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.9 | 5.6 | ||
| 1.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 2 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 5.8 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.8 | 7.2 | ||
| 1.5 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.1 | ||
| 17% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 30% | ||
| 16.2 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.4 | 11.4 | ||
| 6.5 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.9 | 4.8 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Peterhead | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 2 | Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | Stranraer | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | Spartans | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | Dumbarton | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | Forfar Athletic | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | Stenhousemuir | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | Elgin City | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| 9 | Clyde | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 1 |
| 10 | East Fife | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -3 | 1 |
