National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Forfar Athletic or Formartine United that keep their silverware dream alive.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Forfar and Formartine United.
This pitch has artifical turf, which is not Formartine United's usual surface at their own ground. When playing on artifical turf Formartine United have performed like this: Played three matches resulting in 0 wins, 0 draws and 3 defeats with the goal stats 1-10 (scored/conceded).
Forfar Athletic form and stats
Forfar Athletic was eliminated in the 2nd round last season in the Challenge Cup.1 victory, 0 draws and 0 defeats. That’s what Forfar Athletic have to build on here at Station Park in the League Two.
A nice win for Forfar last time playing, versus Edinburgh City. That was also a home game and the match ended 2-0 with M. Aitken scoring for the victors.
In the game before, an away victory in the League Two match versus Annan Athletic with a 2-0 scoreline.There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Forfar Athletic, as the League Two home game vs Kelty Hearts is only four days away.
Forfar Athletic has scored 2 goals so far and conceded 0 goals from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.
Formartine United form and stats
Formartine was sent out of Challenge Cup in the 3rd round last season.Impressive finishing secured the home win 3-0 against Fort William in their previous game.
That result followed a home victory 4-1 versus Forres Mechanics in the Football League.The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The Football League trip to Brora Rangers.
Head 2 Head
Forfar-Formartine United H2H statistics last two meetings regardless of arena: Forfar Athletic one win, Formartine United one win, zero draws. one of these two matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  S. Shepherd 1 goals |  M. Gallagher 1 goals | S. McCluskey 1 goals |
Forfar Athletic missing players
Formartine United missing players
| Forfar Athletic | Formartine United | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 9 | 25 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Won | W | 5 | 14 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | ||
| 13 | 8 | Lost | L | 3 | 8 | ||
| 26 | 15 | Scored | S | 19 | 57 | ||
| 39 | 22 | Conceded | C | 12 | 37 | ||
| 92% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 72% | 79% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 48% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 78% | 88% | ||
| 28% | 29% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 22% | 40% | ||
| 12% | 14% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 22% | 32% | ||
| 44% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 44% | 60% | ||
| 24% | 14% | Clean Sheets | C S | 22% | 20% | ||
| 40% | 43% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 20% | ||
| 4 | 3.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 5.4 | ||
| 5.8 | 5.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 2.2 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 0.6 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 7.6 | 7.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 10.2 | ||
| 2.8 | 2.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 4.6 | ||
| 37% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 18% | 48% | ||
| 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 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 2 | Forfar Athletic | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 3 | Albion Rovers | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | Annan Athletic | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Cowdenbeath | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | Stirling Albion | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| 7 | Stenhousemuir | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| 8 | Elgin City | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 1 |
| 9 | Stranraer | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -3 | 1 |
| 10 | Edinburgh City | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | -4 | 0 |