National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Rangers U21 or Ayr United 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.
Rangers U21 form and stats
Action has already taken place for U21 in Challenge Cup as they have defeated Dumbarton to reach the 2nd Round. U21 was eliminated in the semi-finals last season in the Challenge Cup.U21 has won so many consecutive home games (four in a row) that they struggle to remember the last time points were lost here at The C&G Systems Stadium. We remember; it was Civil Service Strollers.
Happy days for U21 in their previous game, a Football League match away at Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic that ended with a 5-2 victory. As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today?
Before that, U21 had a Football League home game versus Vale of Leithen which ended with a victory 9-0.Ayr United form and stats
They also participated in Challenge Cup last season. This ended in the 3rd round.It's not happening yet for Ayr United on their Championship travels, with zero points from their first 2 away games. Maybe today will be different? Ayr United seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?
Ayr United go into this game after a win, the home game against Dunfermline Athletic that ended 3-1.
The game before that, in the Championship, was lost at home, a 0-2 defeat against Raith Rovers.The schedule is very tough for Ayr now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Championship game at Hamilton Academical is waiting in only four days.
0 goals so far away for Ayr United, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 3. All from 2 league matches away.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  T. Adeloye 3 goals |
Rangers U21 missing players
Ayr United missing players
| Rangers U21 | Ayr United | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 18 | 8 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 6 | Won | W | 4 | 6 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 4 | 9 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 4 | 10 | ||
| 54 | 31 | Scored | S | 14 | 25 | ||
| 17 | 7 | Conceded | C | 14 | 30 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 83% | 88% | ||
| 89% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 68% | ||
| 67% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 42% | 36% | ||
| 39% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 42% | 28% | ||
| 33% | 38% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 50% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 32% | ||
| 50% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 42% | 28% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 52% | ||
| 5.9 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.1 | 4.8 | ||
| 4.2 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 5.4 | ||
| 0.6 | 0.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.8 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 3 | ||
| 15 | 18 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.3 | 7.4 | ||
| 7.2 | 11.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.1 | 2.9 | ||
| 38% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 35% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Inverness CT | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 15 |
| 2 | Kilmarnock | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 12 |
| 3 | Arbroath | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 10 |
| 4 | Partick Thistle | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 9 |
| 5 | Queen of the South | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | -1 | 6 |
| 6 | Raith Rovers | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | Ayr United | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 4 |
| 8 | Greenock Morton | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -4 | 4 |
| 9 | Hamilton Academical | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 9 | -6 | 4 |
| 10 | Dunfermline Athletic | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -8 | 1 |