National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Brora Rangers or Forfar Athletic that keep their silverware dream alive.
It's no vacation for neither Brora nor Forfar Athletic as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
6 - 5 - 11 with 25-35. What does this mean? Well, these are the statistics for Forfar Athletic when playing on grass like they will do today. Wins - draws- losses and goals scored-conceded. Forfar Athletic play their home games on artifical turf so that's why we provide these numbers.
Brora Rangers form and stats
Last season their League Cup adventure ended in the group stage.Brora faced defeat in their previous match, away at Dundee (0-4). As you see from the result above, Brora suffered greatly in their last game. Thankfully the team has a new chance to prove themselves in this one.
Prior to that, an away loss at Montrose in the League Cup.Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the League Cup game versus Ross County in only four days. This game is also played here at Dudgeon Park.
Forfar Athletic form and stats
Forfar's mission in League Cup last season failed in the group stage.Forfar Athletic played 0-0 against Montrose (after extra-time, 5-4 on penalties) in their previous match.
Before that one, a nice away victory 2-1 at Peterhead.It's finally time to play a game of importance again as a long period of training has passed. Forfar 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
As for the last three games between these two teams, there's zero Brora victories, one draw and two Forfar Athletic wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, zero matches with two goals or less.Brora Rangers missing players
Forfar Athletic missing players
| Brora Rangers | Forfar Athletic | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 10 | 25 | ||
| 16 | 8 | Won | W | 3 | 5 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 6 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Lost | L | 5 | 14 | ||
| 73 | 31 | Scored | S | 7 | 24 | ||
| 35 | 15 | Conceded | C | 13 | 41 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 90% | 92% | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 68% | ||
| 84% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 52% | ||
| 68% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 32% | ||
| 40% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | ||
| 52% | 58% | BTTS | BTTS | 30% | 48% | ||
| 32% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 30% | 16% | ||
| 16% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 44% | ||
| 4.4 | 4.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.4 | 3.8 | ||
| 6.7 | 6.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.3 | 6.1 | ||
| 1.4 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | ||
| 6.7 | 5.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.7 | 7.4 | ||
| 3.3 | 2.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 2.9 | ||
| 33% | 42% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 33% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Montrose | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 2 | Dundee | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| 3 | Forfar Athletic | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | Ross County | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 0 |
| 5 | Brora Rangers | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | -7 | 0 |