National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Airdrieonians or Edinburgh City that keep their silverware dream alive.
This arena has artifical turf, unlike Edinburgh City's home arena. The latest 14 games by the guests on artifical turf have resulted in 5 wins, 3 draws and 6 losses.
Not much time to rest for the home team, as they featured in a League Cup game only three days back. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Cowdenbeath.
Airdrieonians form and stats
Last season, Airdrieonians's League Cup journey ended in the group stage.Airdrieonians are returning here after visiting Cowdenbeath in a League Cup fixture and winning with a 3-0 scoreline.
Ahead of that match, Airdrieonians lost 1-2 at home to Queen's Park (after extra-time).Edinburgh City form and stats
Edinburgh's mission in League Cup last season failed in the group stage.Edinburgh City play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 1-2 to Annan Athletic.
A home win before that, celebrating 2-0 vs Annan Athletic.A new game in only four days for Edinburgh, the League Cup home match versus Arbroath. Busy days.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last two meetings: zero - zero - two (Airdrieonians wins - draws - Edinburgh City wins). As for goals, zero matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.Airdrieonians missing players
Edinburgh City missing players
| Airdrieonians | Edinburgh City | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 7 | Won | W | 4 | 10 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Drew | D | 4 | 7 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 5 | 8 | ||
| 51 | 26 | Scored | S | 13 | 31 | ||
| 24 | 14 | Conceded | C | 20 | 34 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 85% | 92% | ||
| 80% | 91% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 77% | 80% | ||
| 44% | 55% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 54% | 52% | ||
| 32% | 36% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 23% | 24% | ||
| 24% | 36% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 15% | 12% | ||
| 56% | 73% | BTTS | BTTS | 46% | 52% | ||
| 36% | 27% | Clean Sheets | C S | 31% | 32% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 38% | 24% | ||
| 5.1 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.2 | 3.5 | ||
| 4.9 | 4.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.7 | 5.7 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.4 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 3 | ||
| 11.9 | 11.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5.8 | 6.8 | ||
| 5.6 | 6.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.2 | 2.6 | ||
| 36% | 39% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 45% | 48% | ||
| 9.4 | 11 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.1 | 11.3 | ||
| 3.9 | 4.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.9 | 4.5 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Airdrieonians | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | Arbroath | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Edinburgh City | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | St. Mirren | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 5 | Cowdenbeath | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Airdrieonians | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | Arbroath | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Edinburgh City | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | St. Mirren | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 5 | Cowdenbeath | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 |
