Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Arbroath & Dunfermline Athletic face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Challenge Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
Both squads have had enough rest since their last exertion in an official match. Let's hope for an in-your-face fixture!
Arbroath form and stats
Arbroath participated in Challenge Cup the last season, where they reached the 2nd round.Arbroath's results here at Gayfield Park in the Championship have been very modest with 1 victory, 4 draws and 4 defeats.
The spoils were shared in Arbroath's previous game, also at home. Visiting Greenock Morton travelled back with a draw after a 1-1 scoreline.
Before that, a nice away win at Fraserburgh. A Scottish Cup match. This is expected to be a close game, with Arbroath perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Arbroath as a small favourite), we find 8 games. Arbroath has won 5 of these, drawn 2 and lost 1.
Arbroath have scored {5 league goals} here from 9 matches, not a lot. On the other hand, Arbroath have conceded 10 goals.
Dunfermline Athletic form and stats
Dunfermline Athletic was sent out of Challenge Cup in the 2nd round last season.Dunfermline Athletic have an excellent away record in the League One so far with 6-1-1 from 8 games.
Dunfermline Athletic played 1-1 against Queen of the South in their previous match. The draw against Queen of the South came from a losing position. The Dunfermline manager McPake brought on Todorov as a substitute and the player scored to make the scores level.
A home victory as anticipated against Forfar Athletic before that, in the Scottish Cup. As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 12 similar matches played by Dunfermline Athletic in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for Dunfermline Athletic, 4 draws and 6 defeats.
Dunfermline Athletic has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 13 goals from 8 games. Dunfermline are tight as a drum on their travels, having allowed the opposition only {2 goals} away.
Head 2 Head
Arbroath have won every one of the 4 most recent duels versus this opponent. Can they do it again?Top Goalscorers
  N. Todorov 6 goals | M. Todd 4 goals |  C. Wighton 4 goals |
Arbroath missing players
Dunfermline Athletic missing players
| Arbroath | Dunfermline Athletic | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Won | W | 7 | 14 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Drew | D | 1 | 7 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Lost | L | 3 | 4 | ||
| 26 | 14 | Scored | S | 16 | 40 | ||
| 28 | 13 | Conceded | C | 7 | 18 | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 91% | 96% | ||
| 72% | 77% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 73% | 72% | ||
| 36% | 38% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 27% | 36% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 9% | 20% | ||
| 4% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 9% | 8% | ||
| 44% | 46% | BTTS | BTTS | 9% | 36% | ||
| 28% | 31% | Clean Sheets | C S | 73% | 52% | ||
| 36% | 31% | Failed to Score | F T | 27% | 16% | ||
| 5.6 | 5.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.3 | 6.2 | ||
| 4.5 | 3.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.6 | 3.9 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.7 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 9.5 | 11.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.2 | 10.7 | ||
| 3.6 | 4.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.4 | 4.3 | ||
| 29% | 23% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 34% | 40% | ||
| 9 | 8.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 4 | 5.2 | ||
| 3.3 | 3.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 1.7 | 1.9 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Ayr United | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 36 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 13 | 14 | 32 |
| 2 | Dundee | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 28 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 31 |
| 3 | Queen's Park | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 32 | 26 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 30 |
| 4 | Greenock Morton | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 25 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 29 |
| 5 | Partick Thistle | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 32 | 30 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 2 | 24 |
| 6 | Inverness CT | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 21 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 12 | -2 | 23 |
| 7 | Raith Rovers | 17 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 21 | 23 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 11 | -2 | 22 |
| 8 | Cove Rangers | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 25 | 28 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 19 | -3 | 18 |
| 9 | Arbroath | 17 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 23 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 13 | -12 | 13 |
| 10 | Hamilton Academical | 17 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 35 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 19 | -19 | 11 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Dunfermline Athletic | 17 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 25 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 15 | 36 |
| 2 | Edinburgh City | 17 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 31 | 24 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 7 | 31 |
| 3 | Falkirk | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 31 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 29 |
| 4 | Montrose | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 25 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 28 |
| 5 | Alloa Athletic | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 33 | 25 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 8 | 27 |
| 6 | Airdrieonians | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 29 | 23 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 26 |
| 7 | Queen of the South | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 29 | 27 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 2 | 23 |
| 8 | Kelty Hearts | 17 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 17 | 25 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 18 | -8 | 20 |
| 9 | Clyde | 17 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 21 | 37 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 19 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 18 | -16 | 9 |
| 10 | Peterhead | 17 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 41 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 23 | -31 | 7 |
