Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Falkirk & East Kilbride 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 Falkirk nor East Kilbride 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.
This pitch has artifical turf, which is not East Kilbride's usual surface at their own ground. When playing on artifical turf East Kilbride have performed like this: Played 13 matches resulting in 7 wins, 5 draws and 1 defeat with the goal stats 18-8 (scored/conceded).
Falkirk form and stats
Last season, Falkirk's Challenge Cup journey ended in the 3rd round.1 victory, 0 draws and 0 defeats. That’s what Falkirk have to build on here at Falkirk Community Stadium in the League One.
A nice win for Falkirk last time playing, versus Peterhead. That was also a home game and the match ended 2-1 with P. Dixon and C. McGuffie scoring for the victors.
Preceding that game was the away draw at Cove Rangers that finished 1-1.There will be little rest for Falkirk after this match as they are travelling to Airdrieonians for a League One game in only three days.
Falkirk has scored 2 goals so far and conceded 1 goal from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.
East Kilbride form and stats
East Kilbride was sent out of Challenge Cup in the 1st round last season.There might be some fixture complaints from Kilbride as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous match, the Football League match against Rangers II (1-2).
A 0-1 loss hosting Civil Service Strollers before that.After this away game Kilbride return home for a Football League game against Bo'ness United. That game is only three sleeps after this.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  P. Dixon 1 goals |  A. Nesbitt 1 goals | C. McGuffie 1 goals |
Falkirk missing players
East Kilbride missing players
| Falkirk | East Kilbride | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Won | W | 4 | 11 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 13 | 4 | Lost | L | 5 | 8 | ||
| 28 | 18 | Scored | S | 20 | 49 | ||
| 42 | 16 | Conceded | C | 13 | 28 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 83% | 92% | ||
| 88% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 58% | 76% | ||
| 64% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 56% | ||
| 20% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 28% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 24% | ||
| 48% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 56% | ||
| 16% | 17% | Clean Sheets | C S | 42% | 36% | ||
| 40% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 16% | ||
| 5 | 6.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 4.6 | ||
| 4.6 | 3.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 3.9 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 1.8 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 9 | 9.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.5 | 9.3 | ||
| 3.5 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 3.2 | ||
| 33% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 34% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Dumbarton | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 2 | Montrose | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 3 | Queen's Park | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | Falkirk | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | Peterhead | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Alloa Athletic | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | East Fife | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 1 |
| 8 | Cove Rangers | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 1 |
| 9 | Airdrieonians | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -3 | 1 |
| 10 | Clyde | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -3 | 1 |