Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Brora Rangers & Aberdeen U21 face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Challenge Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
Brora have less rest than Aberdeen U21 in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Football League - Highland League game only three days ago. That game was an away game at Clachnacuddin, so at least Brora Rangers are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Brora Rangers form and stats
Brora Rangers was eliminated in the 1st round last season in the Challenge Cup.A strong away win for Brora against Clachnacuddin the last match. As indicated by the result mentioned above, Brora Rangers played a great game against Clachnacuddin and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one.
Ahead of that match, Brora Rangers won a home game hosting Turriff United (2-1).There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Brora Rangers, as the Football League - Highland League home game vs Banks O Dee FC is only four days away.
With the first game of the season soon underway, it's time to look at the results from the Brora friendly games in pre-season: Brora Rangers played two friendlies, won 0, drew 0 and lost 2. If you are really into statistics you might appreciate knowing that Brora Rangers scored 1 goal and conceded 5 in these two games.
Aberdeen U21 form and stats
They also participated in Challenge Cup last season. This ended in the 3rd round.Two away games in a row for Aberdeen U21, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-2 against Hamilton Academical in the Challenge Cup.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last two matches): Brora Rangers one win, zero draws and Aberdeen U21 one victory. As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one game had two or less.
Brora Rangers missing players
Aberdeen U21 missing players
| Brora Rangers | Aberdeen U21 | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 4 | 5 | ||
| 17 | 8 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Lost | L | 3 | 3 | ||
| 79 | 32 | Scored | S | 2 | 3 | ||
| 29 | 13 | Conceded | C | 11 | 12 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 92% | 85% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 80% | ||
| 84% | 69% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 40% | ||
| 56% | 46% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 40% | ||
| 36% | 23% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 20% | ||
| 44% | 31% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 40% | ||
| 40% | 46% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 20% | ||
| 16% | 23% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 40% | ||
| 6.7 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 2 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 11 | 11 | ||
| 1.7 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.5 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 20.7 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6 | 6 | ||
| 10.7 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1 | 1 | ||
| 47% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | ||
| 6.3 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15 | 15 | ||
| 2.3 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 8.5 | 8.5 | ||
