National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's The New Saints or Dundee that keep their silverware dream alive.
This football field uses artifical turf, unlike Dundee's home ground. The last six games by the away team on artifical turf have generated 5 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses.
The New Saints and Dundee should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
The New Saints form and stats
A strong away win for Saints against Cardiff MU the last match, as McManus (2), Astles (2), Cieślewicz and Brobbel were on target. As mentioned above, The New Saints "killed" Cardiff MU in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency. What a game it was for Cieślewicz when beating Cardiff MU, applying the finishing touch to three goals!
Before that match, a Premier League win away at Pontypridd Town AFC.Dundee form and stats
Dundee are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Championship, having played 3 games and collected 4 points (1 win, 1 draw and 1 loss).
Dundee might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Inverness CT proved too strong as Dundee slumped to a 2-3 defeat in front of their own fans at Kilmac Stadium at Dens Park.
That result followed a home victory 3-0 versus Queen's Park in the Championship.The attacking power of Dundee when travelling is not overwhelming with 2 goals scored from 3 league matches away.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  D. McManus 5 goals | R. Brobbel 3 goals | A. Cieślewicz 3 goals |
The New Saints missing players
Dundee missing players
| The New Saints | Dundee | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 16 | 9 | Won | W | 4 | 10 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 4 | 9 | ||
| 50 | 27 | Scored | S | 15 | 45 | ||
| 20 | 9 | Conceded | C | 12 | 32 | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 91% | 96% | ||
| 76% | 58% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 73% | 84% | ||
| 44% | 58% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 55% | 68% | ||
| 24% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 27% | 36% | ||
| 20% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 16% | ||
| 40% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 45% | 56% | ||
| 44% | 42% | Clean Sheets | C S | 36% | 28% | ||
| 24% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 27% | 20% | ||
| 6.3 | 6.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.5 | 6.1 | ||
| 3.5 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.2 | 5.3 | ||
| 1.2 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.5 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 14.7 | 16.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.9 | 11.2 | ||
| 6 | 6.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 4.6 | ||
| 31% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 28% | 39% | ||
| 7.5 | 7.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.2 | 11.6 | ||
| 3 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.4 | 3.8 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Partick Thistle | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 14 |
| 2 | Ayr United | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 14 |
| 3 | Queen's Park | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 13 |
| 4 | Inverness CT | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 11 |
| 5 | Dundee | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 |
| 6 | Raith Rovers | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 9 |
| 7 | Greenock Morton | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -1 | 8 |
| 8 | Hamilton Academical | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 5 | -3 | 7 |
| 9 | Cove Rangers | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -4 | 5 |
| 10 | Arbroath | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -5 | 5 |
