National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Falkirk or Peterhead that keep their silverware dream alive.
Falkirk's stadium, Falkirk Community Stadium, has a artifical turf surface. Peterhead have grass on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Peterhead when playing on artifical turf; 3 wins, 5 draws and 17 losses from 25 matches. They have scored {23 goals} in these games and conceded 58.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Falkirk and Peterhead.
Falkirk form and stats
Falkirk participated in League Cup the last season, where they reached the 2nd round.When playing at home in the League One, Falkirk have managed 10 wins, 5 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 18 games.
Falkirk's previous fixture was also a home event, the loss 0-1 vs Dundee United (in League Cup).
In the match before, 2-2 away to Partick Thistle (after extra-time, 6-8 on penalties) (League Cup).
With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (38 in 18 games), Falkirk's attacking play is working. Falkirk are not conceding a lot of goals here at Falkirk Community Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 17 from 18 matches.
Peterhead form and stats
Peterhead's mission in League Cup last season failed in the group stage.There's been little loot from Peterhead's travels as they have only collected 3 points from 18 away games in the League One. Peterhead only have 0 wins to counter their 15 defeats and 3 draws.
This match can not go any worse than the previous one, a League Cup home defeat versus Spartans with 1-2 on the scoreboard.
A loss, in the League Cup away at Dundee United, earlier. With the hosts given a victory probability of approximately 80% by the bookmakers, any beneficial result for the visiting team would be unexpected. Inspecting historical matches with similar odds and Peterhead as the visiting side, we found 5 results. The numbers from these were 0 away wins, 1 draw and 4 defeats. The outsiders lost 3 of these fixtures by at least two goals.
Goals are few and far between in Peterhead's away league games. Only {9 goals} from 18 travels. The opposition has been scoring high and low on Peterhead's goalkeeper in away games this season, as they have let in 51 goals in 18 travels.
Head 2 Head
The 4 most recent fixtures involving these opponents have all ended as Falkirk victories. More of the same or streak broken?The matches between these sides have sometimes been rough and physical, having seen 5 red cards from the last ten encounters.
Falkirk missing players
Peterhead missing players
| Falkirk | Peterhead | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 3 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Lost | L | 10 | 16 | ||
| 43 | 14 | Scored | S | 11 | 19 | ||
| 33 | 14 | Conceded | C | 31 | 49 | ||
| 92% | 91% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 76% | 64% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 85% | 80% | ||
| 68% | 64% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 69% | 52% | ||
| 36% | 27% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 31% | 24% | ||
| 16% | 9% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 23% | 12% | ||
| 60% | 45% | BTTS | BTTS | 38% | 44% | ||
| 20% | 27% | Clean Sheets | C S | 15% | 20% | ||
| 28% | 36% | Failed to Score | F T | 46% | 40% | ||
| 6.4 | 7.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.2 | 3 | ||
| 4 | 3.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.7 | 5.6 | ||
| 1.5 | 0.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 2.1 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 9.8 | 10.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 6.7 | ||
| 4.3 | 4.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.4 | 3 | ||
| 39% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 25% | ||
| 7.5 | 6.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.3 | 11.2 | ||
| 2.9 | 2.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.8 | 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 | Dundee United | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 2 | Spartans | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 3 | Falkirk | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | Partick Thistle | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | Peterhead | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -4 | 2 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Dunfermline Athletic | 36 | 23 | 12 | 1 | 63 | 21 | 18 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 30 | 10 | 18 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 33 | 11 | 42 | 81 |
| 2 | Falkirk | 36 | 19 | 10 | 7 | 70 | 39 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 38 | 17 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 32 | 22 | 31 | 67 |
| 3 | Airdrieonians | 36 | 17 | 9 | 10 | 82 | 51 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 50 | 27 | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 32 | 24 | 31 | 60 |
| 4 | Alloa Athletic | 36 | 17 | 6 | 13 | 56 | 47 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 31 | 23 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 25 | 24 | 9 | 57 |
| 5 | Queen of the South | 36 | 16 | 6 | 14 | 59 | 59 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 30 | 25 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 29 | 34 | 0 | 54 |
| 6 | Edinburgh City | 36 | 15 | 6 | 15 | 60 | 55 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 28 | 30 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 32 | 25 | 5 | 51 |
| 7 | Montrose | 36 | 13 | 9 | 14 | 50 | 55 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 31 | 26 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 19 | 29 | -5 | 48 |
| 8 | Kelty Hearts | 36 | 10 | 10 | 16 | 39 | 54 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 18 | 18 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 36 | -15 | 40 |
| 9 | Clyde | 36 | 5 | 9 | 22 | 35 | 68 | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 23 | 32 | 18 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 36 | -33 | 24 |
| 10 | Peterhead | 36 | 3 | 7 | 26 | 19 | 84 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 33 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 51 | -65 | 16 |
