National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Gretna 2008 or Dunbar United that keep their silverware dream alive.
Gretna 2008 have less rest than Dunbar United in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Football League game only four days ago. This match was also played here at Raydale Park. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Dunbar United have had more rest.
Gretna 2008 form and stats
A nice win for Gretna last time playing, versus Edinburgh University. That was also a home game and the match ended 7-2. As indicated by the result mentioned above, Gretna 2008 played a great game against Edinburgh University and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one.
Prior to that, an away loss at Berwick Rangers in the Football League.Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Celtic II are coming to town in three days.
With the first game of the season soon underway, it's time to look at the results from the Gretna 2008 friendly games in pre-season: Gretna 2008 played one friendly, won 0, drew 0 and lost 1. If you are really into statistics you might appreciate knowing that Gretna scored 2 goals and conceded 3 in these one game.
Dunbar United form and stats
Two away matches in a row for Dunbar United, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 1-2 against Lothian Hutchison in the Scottish Cup.
It's finally time to play a game of importance again as a long period of training has passed. Dunbar United have played a number of friendly games in this period, resulting in 0 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeats from one fixture.
Head 2 Head
Gretna 2008 missing players
Dunbar United missing players
| Gretna 2008 | Dunbar United | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 1 | 5 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | ||
| 21 | 10 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | ||
| 32 | 24 | Scored | S | 1 | 8 | ||
| 79 | 44 | Conceded | C | 2 | 11 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 88% | 93% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 60% | ||
| 68% | 71% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 40% | ||
| 48% | 57% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 20% | ||
| 68% | 79% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 80% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | ||
| 32% | 21% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | ||
| 4.2 | 4.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 8 | 8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.1 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 7.6 | 8.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | ||
| 3.9 | 4.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | ||
| 45% | 45% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | ||
| 16.9 | 17 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 8.5 | 8.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | ||
