National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's St. Mirren U21 or East Stirlingshire that keep their silverware dream alive.
The visiting East Stirlingshire played their last game only three days ago, a Football League match.
St. Mirren U21 form and stats
St. Mirren U21 was eliminated in the 2nd round last season in the Challenge Cup.The followers are hoping that St. Mirren U21 will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-6 away defeat in the Challenge Cup fixture against Albion Rovers.
East Stirlingshire form and stats
East Stirlingshire's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Edusport Academy that finished 1-1.
A 2-3 loss hosting Cumbernauld Colts before that.There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Stirlingshire manager Ure as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Berwick Rangers.
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
St. Mirren U21 missing players
East Stirlingshire missing players
| St. Mirren U21 | East Stirlingshire | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 9 | 5 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Won | W | 5 | 9 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 5 | 10 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 6 | ||
| 12 | 8 | Scored | S | 23 | 45 | ||
| 18 | 7 | Conceded | C | 10 | 31 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 91% | 92% | ||
| 67% | 60% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 91% | 84% | ||
| 56% | 40% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 45% | 48% | ||
| 44% | 40% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 27% | 28% | ||
| 44% | 40% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 18% | 20% | ||
| 56% | 60% | BTTS | BTTS | 64% | 60% | ||
| 33% | 40% | Clean Sheets | C S | 36% | 28% | ||
| 11% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 9% | 20% | ||
| 2.2 | 2.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 4.6 | ||
| 6.5 | 6.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 4.9 | ||
| 1.2 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2.5 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 5.7 | 8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 9.4 | ||
| 2.3 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 4.8 | ||
| 43% | 44% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 24% | ||
| 14 | 15.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 8.4 | ||
| 5.7 | 6.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 4.5 | ||
