National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's East Fife or Elgin City that keep their silverware dream alive.
It's no vacation for neither East Fife nor Elgin City 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.
East Fife form and stats
Last season their League Cup adventure ended in the group stage.Overall League Two results at home this season for East Fife are 7-3-8 (wins-draws-losses).
The home regulars saw a 0-0 draw against Queen's Park in the League Cup last time out and are looking for a win here.
Before that, Fife played out a Playoffs 3/4 draw 1-1 when visiting Clyde (after extra-time).A decent goal production from East Fife in their home games so far, with 28 goals from 18 league matches. East Fife's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 24 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Elgin City form and stats
They also participated in League Cup last season. This ended in the group stage.The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Elgin City so far with only 18 points returning home. The records show 5-3-10 (win-draw-lose).
This match can not go any worse than the previous one, a League Cup home defeat versus Motherwell with 0-2 on the scoreboard.
A 0-3 defeat away at Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic before that.A new game in only four days for Elgin City, the League Cup home match versus Queen of the South. Busy days.
Elgin are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 23 away goals from 18 games (in the league). The Elgin City manager Draper has some worries about the defense as 38 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
East Fife have won every one of the 4 latest games against this side. Something to take note of?East Fife missing players
Elgin City missing players
| East Fife | Elgin City | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 6 | Won | W | 1 | 5 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Lost | L | 12 | 17 | ||
| 34 | 22 | Scored | S | 8 | 22 | ||
| 31 | 16 | Conceded | C | 35 | 50 | ||
| 96% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 76% | 79% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 84% | ||
| 44% | 43% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 69% | 52% | ||
| 20% | 21% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 38% | 28% | ||
| 12% | 14% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 31% | 20% | ||
| 44% | 43% | BTTS | BTTS | 46% | 48% | ||
| 24% | 29% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 8% | ||
| 36% | 36% | Failed to Score | F T | 54% | 44% | ||
| 4.1 | 3.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.1 | 2.3 | ||
| 5 | 5.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.4 | 3.5 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.4 | ||
| 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 7.8 | 8.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.1 | 8 | ||
| 3.2 | 3.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.3 | 3.2 | ||
| 43% | 47% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 28% | ||
| 9 | 9.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.6 | 9.5 | ||
| 3.2 | 3.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.1 | 4.4 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Motherwell | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | East Fife | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Queen's Park | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Queen of the South | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Elgin City | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 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 | Stirling Albion | 36 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 67 | 37 | 18 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 42 | 18 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 25 | 19 | 30 | 73 |
| 2 | Dumbarton | 36 | 18 | 8 | 10 | 49 | 39 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 16 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 23 | 10 | 62 |
| 3 | Annan Athletic | 36 | 14 | 9 | 13 | 61 | 51 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 36 | 21 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 25 | 30 | 10 | 51 |
| 4 | East Fife | 36 | 14 | 8 | 14 | 54 | 50 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 28 | 24 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 26 | 26 | 4 | 50 |
| 5 | Forfar Athletic | 36 | 13 | 9 | 14 | 37 | 43 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 23 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 20 | -6 | 48 |
| 6 | Stenhousemuir | 36 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 51 | 55 | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 26 | 24 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 25 | 31 | -4 | 47 |
| 7 | Stranraer | 36 | 12 | 9 | 15 | 43 | 57 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 28 | 23 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 34 | -14 | 45 |
| 8 | Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic | 36 | 11 | 9 | 16 | 36 | 47 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 22 | 29 | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 18 | -11 | 42 |
| 9 | Elgin City | 36 | 11 | 7 | 18 | 44 | 62 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 21 | 24 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 23 | 38 | -18 | 40 |
| 10 | Albion Rovers | 36 | 11 | 6 | 19 | 47 | 48 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 27 | 29 | -1 | 39 |
