National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Peterhead or East Fife that keep their silverware dream alive.
Both crews have had sufficient rest since their previous match. Let's look for an enthusiastic match!
Peterhead form and stats
Action has already taken place for Peterhead in Challenge Cup as they have defeated Dundee U21 to reach the 2nd Round. Peterhead participated in Challenge Cup the last season, where they reached the 2nd round.Only two League One home games for Peterhead so far, yet both highs and lows with 1 win, 0 draws and 1 defeat. It's trouble wherever Peterhead are playing these days as they have suffered four straight defeats now, regardless of arena. They really need to get back to winning ways.
Peterhead lost their last game at East Fife after a 0-3 scoreline.
Ahead of that match, Peterhead lost 2-3 at home to Airdrieonians.It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Peterhead at home in the league. 4 on target and 3 scored by the opposition; from 2 matches.
East Fife form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated St. Johnstone U21 in order to reach 2nd round of Challenge Cup. Fife was sent out of Challenge Cup in the 2nd round last season.No League One points yet away for East Fife, from their first 2 matches. Three consecutive losses in away matches means Fife are growing more and more desperate for a good performance on the road.
K. Smith, C. McManus and D. Denholm scored in Fife's previous match, the home game against Peterhead that ended 3-0.
A 0-2 loss hosting Montrose before that.It's early days yet, but East Fife has scored 3 and conceded 8 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings involving these teams: Peterhead won five, East Fife triumphed in four and we saw one draw. six games with over 2,5 goals, four matches with less than 2,5 goals.Top Goalscorers
  R. McLean 2 goals |  K. Smith 2 goals | C. McManus 2 goals |
Peterhead missing players
East Fife missing players
| Peterhead | East Fife | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Won | W | 3 | 9 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | ||
| 14 | 6 | Lost | L | 8 | 13 | ||
| 27 | 14 | Scored | S | 13 | 34 | ||
| 35 | 15 | Conceded | C | 26 | 43 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 72% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 84% | ||
| 48% | 42% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 82% | 68% | ||
| 20% | 17% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 36% | 32% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 18% | 16% | ||
| 44% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 64% | 60% | ||
| 24% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 16% | ||
| 32% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 36% | 28% | ||
| 4.2 | 4.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.4 | 4.8 | ||
| 5.1 | 3.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.7 | 4.6 | ||
| 1.9 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.7 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 9.4 | 9.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.7 | 9.5 | ||
| 4.2 | 3.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.1 | 3.8 | ||
| 26% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 36% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Queen's Park | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 |
| 2 | Montrose | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 10 |
| 3 | Falkirk | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 |
| 4 | Cove Rangers | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 5 | Dumbarton | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | -1 | 7 |
| 6 | Clyde | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | -4 | 7 |
| 7 | Alloa Athletic | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -1 | 4 |
| 8 | Airdrieonians | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | -3 | 4 |
| 9 | East Fife | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | -4 | 4 |
| 10 | Peterhead | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | -4 | 3 |