Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Spartans & Rangers U21 face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Challenge Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
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.
Spartans form and stats
Last season, Spartans's Challenge Cup journey ended in the 1st round.Spartans's last game was hosting Gala Fairydean Rovers and winning 4-1.
A Football League defeat was the result before that one, 0-3 away at Rangers U21.The manager Samuel will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Edinburgh University in only three days.
With the first game of the season soon underway, it's time to look at the results from the Spartans friendly games in pre-season: Spartans played two friendlies, won 1, drew 0 and lost 1. If you are really into statistics you might appreciate knowing that Spartans scored 2 goals and conceded 2 in these two games.
Rangers U21 form and stats
Rangers U21's mission in Challenge Cup last season failed in the quarter-finals.U21 had fun at their own home (Ainslie Park Stadium) last time out, beating Cowdenbeath 3-2.
That result followed a home victory 3-0 versus Spartans in the Football League.There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Rangers U21 manager Murty as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Edusport Academy.
It's finally time to play a game of importance again as a long period of training has passed. U21 have played a number of friendly games in this period, resulting in 1 win, 0 draws and 1 defeats from two fixtures.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head data (for the last three meetings): Spartans won zero games, zero matches ended in a draw and Rangers U21 have three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / one
Spartans missing players
Rangers U21 missing players
| Spartans | Rangers U21 | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 15 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 9 | Won | W | 8 | 16 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Lost | L | 6 | 8 | ||
| 46 | 33 | Scored | S | 37 | 76 | ||
| 37 | 17 | Conceded | C | 30 | 45 | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 76% | 79% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 87% | 92% | ||
| 68% | 71% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 73% | 80% | ||
| 32% | 36% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 60% | 60% | ||
| 24% | 29% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 40% | 48% | ||
| 64% | 64% | BTTS | BTTS | 53% | 60% | ||
| 20% | 14% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 28% | ||
| 24% | 21% | Failed to Score | F T | 13% | 12% | ||
| 5.7 | 8.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 5.6 | ||
| 2.2 | 2.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.2 | 4 | ||
| 2.2 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.8 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 10.3 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 10.9 | ||
| 5.3 | 7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 5.4 | ||
| 38% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 47% | ||
| 8 | 9.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.8 | 10.9 | ||
| 3.2 | 3.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 7.2 | 6.5 | ||
