Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Elgin City & 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 contenders have had enough days rest since their previous game. Let's trust this will be an animated fixture!
Elgin City form and stats
This is not the first game this season in the Challenge Cup for Elgin City, as the manager G. Price led his troops to eliminate Hibernian U21, and reach the 2nd Round. Last season their Challenge Cup adventure ended in the quarter-finals.Elgin City have secured 5 points from their first three home games in the League Two. A decent catch, still with room for improvement.
In their previous game, the manager G. Price led his Elgin to a defeat in the League Two match away at Edinburgh City. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Borough Briggs.
Preceding that game was the home draw versus Forfar Athletic that ended 1-1.Elgin City have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Borough Briggs with 5 goals in 3 league matches. From these home matches, Elgin City have conceded only 2 goals.
Dunfermline Athletic form and stats
Last season their Challenge Cup adventure ended in the 3rd round.As the visiting team in Championship matches, Dunfermline Athletic have produced an overall stat of 0-1-0 so far. The loyal fans travelling with their beloved Dunfermline have enjoyed the stadium food more than the matches as the visitors have gone 14 consecutive matches without winning on the road. The last time three points were secured away was the Alloa Athletic game.
The attacking players of Dunfermline Athletic have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 196 minutes.
Home advantage was not enough for Dunfermline in their previous game, as they lost their Championship-match, hosting Arbroath, 0-3.
Prior to that match, the Dunfermline manager P. Grant faced defeat when travelling to Rangers and losing 0-5.Dunfermline Athletic have the goal stats of 2-2 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last two matches): Elgin City zero wins, zero draws and Dunfermline Athletic two victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), zero games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  K. Hester 3 goals | D. McHardy 2 goals | C. O’Keefe 1 goals |
Elgin City missing players
Dunfermline Athletic missing players
| Elgin City | Dunfermline Athletic | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Won | W | 1 | 7 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 4 | 7 | ||
| 11 | 5 | Lost | L | 8 | 11 | ||
| 37 | 19 | Scored | S | 12 | 31 | ||
| 44 | 21 | Conceded | C | 27 | 41 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 84% | ||
| 84% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 69% | 64% | ||
| 64% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 46% | 52% | ||
| 40% | 42% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 46% | 40% | ||
| 24% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 31% | 28% | ||
| 56% | 58% | BTTS | BTTS | 46% | 44% | ||
| 16% | 17% | Clean Sheets | C S | 8% | 20% | ||
| 32% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 54% | 52% | ||
| 5.1 | 4.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.7 | 5.4 | ||
| 5 | 4.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.9 | 5.8 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.4 | 1.3 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 9 | 9.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.9 | 10.1 | ||
| 3.6 | 3.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3.8 | ||
| 40% | 41% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 32% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Kelty Hearts | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 13 |
| 2 | Annan Athletic | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 12 |
| 3 | Forfar Athletic | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 4 | Stirling Albion | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 9 |
| 5 | Edinburgh City | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | -2 | 6 |
| 6 | Elgin City | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -1 | 5 |
| 7 | Cowdenbeath | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 4 |
| 8 | Albion Rovers | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -3 | 4 |
| 9 | Stenhousemuir | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -5 | 2 |
| 10 | Stranraer | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -6 | 2 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Inverness CT | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 12 |
| 2 | Partick Thistle | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 9 |
| 3 | Kilmarnock | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 4 | Arbroath | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 5 | Hamilton Academical | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 5 | -2 | 4 |
| 6 | Greenock Morton | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -3 | 4 |
| 7 | Queen of the South | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | -2 | 3 |
| 8 | Raith Rovers | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| 9 | Ayr United | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 1 |
| 10 | Dunfermline Athletic | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -6 | 1 |