National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Brechin City or Hearts U21 that keep their silverware dream alive.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Brechin City and Hearts U21.
Brechin City form and stats
Brechin participated in Challenge Cup the last season, where they reached the 3rd round.The Brechin City followers enjoyed the previous game, watching their team host Formartine United and win 1-0.
Before that game, a nice away win at Clyde. A League Cup game.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Brechin City as they are travelling to their away game against Huntly in the Football League - Highland League. That match is four days after this one.
Brechin have prepared for this season with two friendly games versus mixed opposition. Results from training matches should always be treated with caution, but the takeaways from these two matches are 0 victories, 1 draws and 1 losses. In these games, Brechin City have scored {2 goals} and conceded 6 times.
Hearts U21 form and stats
Hearts U21's mission in Challenge Cup last season failed in the 1st round.It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Gala Fairydean Rovers in their previous outing. The match ended in a draw 1-1.
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Civil Service Strollers at their stadium, the result 3-2.Hearts U21 have another match away from home in just four nights, a Football League fixture vs Albion Rovers. A rough fixture list for the visiting team!
Head 2 Head
Brechin City missing players
Hearts U21 missing players
| Brechin City | Hearts U21 | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 8 | Won | W | 4 | 13 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 4 | 5 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Lost | L | 4 | 7 | ||
| 53 | 40 | Scored | S | 23 | 61 | ||
| 23 | 14 | Conceded | C | 19 | 34 | ||
| 88% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 72% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 52% | 83% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 68% | ||
| 32% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 52% | ||
| 28% | 58% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 40% | ||
| 28% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 58% | 52% | ||
| 52% | 58% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 40% | ||
| 32% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 16% | ||
| 1.3 | 0.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.3 | 4.4 | ||
| 1.9 | 1.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 3.2 | ||
| 0.5 | 0.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 1.3 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 2.4 | 1.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5.3 | 6.8 | ||
| 0.8 | 0.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.4 | 4.1 | ||
| 244% | 850% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 59% | 65% | ||
| 3.4 | 3.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.8 | 7.1 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.6 | 3.1 | ||
