National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Harthill Royal or Edinburgh University that keep their silverware dream alive.
The visiting Edinburgh University played their last game only four days ago, a Football League - Lowland League match. That game was also an away game, at Tranent Juniors. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
Harthill Royal form and stats
Last season, Harthill Royal's East of Scotland Qualifying Cup journey ended in the 1st round.The Harthill supporters got no joy from their last match, a East of Scotland League Cup duel also played here at Home Park: A 1-2 defeat against Tynecastle.
Before that, a loss in the away fixture against Coldstream in the South Challenge Cup.
Edinburgh University form and stats
Last season their East of Scotland Qualifying Cup adventure ended in the 5th round.Two away games in a row for Edinburgh University, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 2-6 versus Tranent Juniors. As you can see from the result above, the defeat against Tranent Juniors was particularly ugly (2-6). The humiliation is still top of mind.
A 3-4 loss hosting Civil Service Strollers before that.Head 2 Head
Harthill Royal missing players
Edinburgh University missing players
| Harthill Royal | Edinburgh University | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 3 | 2 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 5 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 10 | 20 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Scored | S | 11 | 27 | ||
| 7 | 5 | Conceded | C | 41 | 80 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 67% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 58% | 60% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 36% | ||
| 33% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 48% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 4% | ||
| 67% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 48% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1 | 0.8 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.2 | 2.4 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.7 | 0.6 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 3.8 | 3.5 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.2 | 1.3 | ||
| 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 95% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.5 | 7 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 3.6 | ||
