Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Kilmarnock II & East Stirlingshire face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Challenge Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Kilmarnock II form and stats
This is not the first game this season in the Challenge Cup for Kilmarnock, as the manager led his troops to eliminate Cowdenbeath, and reach the 2nd Round.Kilmarnock II's previous fixture was a Challenge Cup game also played at their home, ending 3-0 versus Cowdenbeath. The home team are looking to continue in that form.
East Stirlingshire form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated St. Mirren U21 in order to reach 2nd round of Challenge Cup.East Stirlingshire lost away at Berwick Rangers (0-3) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick.
After this away game Stirlingshire return home for a Football League game against Hearts U21. That game is only three sleeps after this.
Just as the home team, East Stirlingshire have been through a few friendly games in the intense training period that just finished. The results from these training matches are 1 East Stirlingshire win, 0 draws and 0 losses.
Head 2 Head
Kilmarnock II missing players
East Stirlingshire missing players
| Kilmarnock II | East Stirlingshire | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 1 | 1 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Won | W | 5 | 8 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 6 | 11 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | ||
| 3 | 3 | Scored | S | 23 | 43 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 13 | 31 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 85% | 88% | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 85% | 80% | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 46% | 48% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 23% | 28% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 15% | 20% | ||
| 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 54% | 60% | ||
| 100% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 38% | 28% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 23% | 24% | ||
| 6 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 4.9 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2 | 4.5 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.8 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 18 | 18 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 9.5 | ||
| 6 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.6 | ||
| 50% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 24% | ||
| 2 | 2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14 | 9.1 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2 | 4.1 | ||
