National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Fraserburgh or Cowdenbeath that keep their silverware dream alive.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Fraserburgh form and stats
Fraserburgh participated in Challenge Cup the last season, where they reached the 1st round.Ever since the Brora Rangers game Fraserburgh has been unbeatable here at Bellslea Park producing four straight wins.
A nice win for Fraserburgh last time playing, versus Brora Rangers. That was also a home game and the match ended 6-2. As mentioned above, Fraserburgh "killed" Brora Rangers in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency.
In the preceding match a 4-0 victory visiting Fort William.There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Fraserburgh as they are travelling to their away game against Nairn County in the Football League. That match is three days after this one.
Cowdenbeath form and stats
Last season their Challenge Cup adventure ended in the 2nd round.0 wins, 0 draws and 1 loss. That’s the product of Cowdenbeath playing as the away team in the League Two this season.
The supporters enjoyed Cowdenbeath's previous game versus Elgin City, a League Two 3-1 win played at home.
It was a League Two defeat before that one as the away game against Kelty Hearts wasn't a success with a 0-2 loss.A new game in only four days for Cowdenbeath, the League Two home match versus Stranraer. Busy days.
It's early days yet, but Cowdenbeath has scored 0 and conceded 2 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  L. Buchanan 2 goals | L. Mahady 1 goals |
Fraserburgh missing players
Cowdenbeath missing players
| Fraserburgh | Cowdenbeath | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 15 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 19 | 10 | Won | W | 2 | 8 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 4 | 5 | ||
| 4 | 4 | Lost | L | 6 | 12 | ||
| 81 | 57 | Scored | S | 5 | 21 | ||
| 22 | 18 | Conceded | C | 14 | 33 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 88% | ||
| 88% | 93% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 64% | ||
| 72% | 87% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 32% | ||
| 56% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 8% | 20% | ||
| 32% | 47% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | ||
| 48% | 60% | BTTS | BTTS | 17% | 28% | ||
| 48% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 42% | 36% | ||
| 4% | 7% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 48% | ||
| 7 | 7.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.2 | 4.4 | ||
| 3.4 | 3.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.2 | 6.5 | ||
| 0.9 | 0.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 1.7 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 12 | 12.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.3 | 7.2 | ||
| 6.3 | 6.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.2 | 2.7 | ||
| 32% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 19% | 30% | ||
| 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 |