Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Falkirk & Partick Thistle face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Challenge Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
8-6-5 (wins/draws/losses). These are the numbers for Partick Thistle when playing away games on artifical turf, which is not the surface they have on their own home stadium (which has grass). Their goal statistics from those 19 matches are 27-19 (scored/conceded).
Both participants have had plentiful rest since their previous exertion in an official match. Let's hope for an animated game!
Falkirk form and stats
Falkirk participated in Challenge Cup the last season, where they reached the 2nd round.Falkirk have collected seven points from their first three League One games here at Falkirk Community Stadium, a promising start.
An away draw last time out for Falkirk, facing Dunfermline Athletic in a game that ended 1-1.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Kelty Hearts (0-2).From these home matches, Falkirk have conceded only 2 goals.
Partick Thistle form and stats
Last season their Challenge Cup adventure ended in the 3rd round.Partick Thistle have six points from their first three away games in the Championship, meaning two victories and a loss.
Partick's last game was the home draw against Cove Rangers (2-2). It looked so good for Partick Thistle vs Cove Rangers, but the job was not completed and victory was lost as a 2-0 lead was turned into a 2-2 draw.
Preceding that game was the away Championship victory against Arbroath with the score of 2-0.The Partick Thistle manager McCall has got the team scoring on the road, with 7 away goals in 3 league matches. Partick Thistle have conceded 5 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Partick Thistle have put together a sequence of 7 consecutive matches without defeat (2-5-0) when playing Falkirk.Top Goalscorers
  C. Morrison 4 goals |   B. Graham 3 goals |  S. Lawless 3 goals |
Falkirk missing players
Partick Thistle missing players
| Falkirk | Partick Thistle | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 6 | Won | W | 6 | 12 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Lost | L | 6 | 9 | ||
| 28 | 16 | Scored | S | 19 | 37 | ||
| 34 | 19 | Conceded | C | 20 | 34 | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 76% | 69% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 77% | 72% | ||
| 44% | 54% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 62% | 56% | ||
| 28% | 38% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 38% | 36% | ||
| 8% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 23% | 20% | ||
| 48% | 54% | BTTS | BTTS | 69% | 60% | ||
| 28% | 31% | Clean Sheets | C S | 23% | 28% | ||
| 32% | 23% | Failed to Score | F T | 8% | 16% | ||
| 5.2 | 6.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.8 | 5.3 | ||
| 3.8 | 3.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.2 | 3.9 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1.2 | ||
| 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 9.3 | 9.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.7 | 10.3 | ||
| 3.9 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 4.5 | ||
| 29% | 28% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 39% | 33% | ||
| 9.4 | 10.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.8 | 8.3 | ||
| 3.7 | 4.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3 | ||
| 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 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 15 |
| 2 | Airdrieonians | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 14 |
| 3 | Alloa Athletic | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 12 |
| 4 | Edinburgh City | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 12 |
| 5 | Montrose | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 |
| 6 | Falkirk | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 11 |
| 7 | Queen of the South | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | -1 | 8 |
| 8 | Clyde | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -4 | 7 |
| 9 | Kelty Hearts | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 11 | -9 | 4 |
| 10 | Peterhead | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | -13 | 4 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Partick Thistle | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 14 |
| 2 | Ayr United | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 14 |
| 3 | Queen's Park | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 13 |
| 4 | Inverness CT | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 11 |
| 5 | Dundee | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 |
| 6 | Raith Rovers | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 9 |
| 7 | Greenock Morton | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -1 | 8 |
| 8 | Hamilton Academical | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 5 | -3 | 7 |
| 9 | Cove Rangers | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -4 | 5 |
| 10 | Arbroath | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -5 | 5 |
