Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Dundee & Dunfermline Athletic face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Challenge Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
It's no vacation for neither Dundee nor Dunfermline Athletic 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.
Dundee form and stats
When playing at home in the Championship, Dundee have managed 5 wins, 1 draw and suffered 3 defeats from 9 games.
The Dundee manager Bowyer and his crew return home after a 0-0 draw away versus St. Mirren in the Scottish Cup.
A 1-1 draw away in the Championship before that, with Raith Rovers the opponent.The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Dundee's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played 4 games, won 2 matches, drawn 0 and lost 2.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Championship game versus Queen's Park in only four days. This game is also played here at Kilmac Stadium at Dens Park.
On the other hand, Dundee have conceded 13 goals.
Dunfermline Athletic form and stats
Dunfermline was sent out of Challenge Cup in the 2nd round last season.The strength of Dunfermline Athletic on their travels this season is incredible with 25 points collected from 10 League One away games. Dunfermline Athletic has 8-1-1 on the road, with 16 goals scored and 3 conceded.
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Dunfermline Athletic goalkeeper Deniz Mehmet is eager to challenge this, with his 210 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
It's another away fixture for the visitors, as they travelled to Partick Thistle in their previous outing. The Scottish Cup fixture ended 1-1.
Before that, Dunfermline secured a home win against Peterhead with the score 4-0.Dunfermline Athletic have another game that requires travelling in just four days, a League One game against Clyde. A grim diary for the visitors!
Dunfermline Athletic has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 16 goals from 10 games. The Dunfermline defense is a tough nut to crack, having conceded less than half a goal per away game on average ({3 goals} in 10 games).
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head numbers (for the former ten meetings): Dundee won two games, five matches ended with a tie and Dunfermline Athletic got three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / five.
Top Goalscorers
  P. McMullan 6 goals |   N. Todorov 6 goals |  C. Wighton 6 goals |
Dundee missing players
Dunfermline Athletic missing players
| Dundee | Dunfermline Athletic | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 10 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 7 | Won | W | 9 | 16 | ||
| 6 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 8 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | ||
| 46 | 25 | Scored | S | 22 | 45 | ||
| 25 | 12 | Conceded | C | 5 | 15 | ||
| 88% | 90% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 72% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 76% | ||
| 52% | 70% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 40% | ||
| 32% | 40% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 8% | 20% | ||
| 20% | 40% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 4% | ||
| 44% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 44% | ||
| 52% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 52% | ||
| 16% | 10% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 8% | ||
| 6 | 7.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.4 | 6 | ||
| 5.4 | 5.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.5 | 4 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.7 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 10.1 | 11.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.8 | 10.7 | ||
| 4.4 | 5.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 4.4 | ||
| 41% | 44% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 41% | ||
| 7.8 | 6.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 4.6 | 5.3 | ||
| 3.2 | 3.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 1.8 | 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 | Queen's Park | 21 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 44 | 27 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 15 | 17 | 40 |
| 2 | Ayr United | 21 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 41 | 29 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 22 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 16 | 12 | 36 |
| 3 | Dundee | 20 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 33 | 25 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 8 | 35 |
| 4 | Partick Thistle | 21 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 42 | 36 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 29 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 6 | 33 |
| 5 | Greenock Morton | 20 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 28 | 22 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 6 | 30 |
| 6 | Inverness CT | 21 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 30 | 28 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 2 | 30 |
| 7 | Raith Rovers | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 28 | 29 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 13 | -1 | 29 |
| 8 | Cove Rangers | 21 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 30 | 42 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 25 | -12 | 22 |
| 9 | Arbroath | 22 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 20 | 36 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 18 | -16 | 18 |
| 10 | Hamilton Academical | 21 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 39 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 22 | -22 | 14 |
| 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 | 20 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 32 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 3 | 21 | 45 |
| 2 | Falkirk | 20 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 42 | 23 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 27 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 19 | 38 |
| 3 | Edinburgh City | 22 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 43 | 32 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 24 | 16 | 11 | 38 |
| 4 | Alloa Athletic | 21 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 39 | 29 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 17 | 10 | 35 |
| 5 | Airdrieonians | 21 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 40 | 31 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 15 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 9 | 33 |
| 6 | Montrose | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 31 | 27 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 4 | 33 |
| 7 | Kelty Hearts | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 23 | 30 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 20 | -7 | 28 |
| 8 | Queen of the South | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 34 | 37 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 21 | -3 | 26 |
| 9 | Peterhead | 22 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 11 | 52 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 21 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 31 | -41 | 11 |
| 10 | Clyde | 22 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 24 | 47 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 23 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 24 | -23 | 10 |
