National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Stenhousemuir or Partick Thistle that keep their silverware dream alive.
There haven't been much time to rest for the hosts, as they played a League Cup match only four days ago. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Dumbarton.
Stenhousemuir's stadium, Ochilview Park, has a artifical turf surface. Partick Thistle 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 Partick Thistle when playing on artifical turf; 8 wins, 8 draws and 4 losses from 20 matches. They have scored 30 goals in these games and conceded 18.
Stenhousemuir form and stats
Last season their League Cup adventure ended in the group stage.Two defeats in a row at home hurts for Stenhousemuir, their manager S. Swift and the supporters. There are certain expectations for improvement.
Stenhousemuir enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Dumbarton's place. The match ended 2-1 with J. Lyon and R. Thomson scoring.
Preceding that match was a League Two defeat to Albion Rovers (0-1).Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as St. Mirren are coming to town in three days.
It's been an intense period of training leading up to this game for Stenhousemuir, who have participated in one training match. Stenhousemuir have won 1 of these, drawn 0 and were beaten in 0 games.
Partick Thistle form and stats
Partick's mission in League Cup last season failed in the group stage.Partick's previous game was their home loss versus Dunfermline Athletic (2-4). As you can tell from the result, the match against Dunfermline Athletic was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 6 goals, will the fun continue today?
A 2-3 defeat away at Montrose before that.The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Dumbarton in just three days.
It's finally time to play a game of importance again as a long period of training has passed. Partick have played a number of friendly games in this period, resulting in 2 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeats from three fixtures.
Head 2 Head
Stenhousemuir-Partick Thistle H2H statistics last four meetings regardless of arena: Stenhousemuir zero wins, Partick Thistle four wins, zero draws. three of these four matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Stenhousemuir missing players
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| Stenhousemuir | Partick Thistle | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Won | W | 7 | 13 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 3 | 7 | ||
| 13 | 6 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | ||
| 31 | 15 | Scored | S | 24 | 47 | ||
| 46 | 20 | Conceded | C | 14 | 23 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 88% | ||
| 80% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 72% | ||
| 56% | 58% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 52% | ||
| 44% | 42% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 42% | 36% | ||
| 16% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 24% | ||
| 52% | 42% | BTTS | BTTS | 58% | 40% | ||
| 20% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 42% | 52% | ||
| 28% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 8% | 20% | ||
| 4.3 | 4.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.6 | 5.5 | ||
| 5.6 | 5.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.9 | 4.1 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.6 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 9.7 | 9.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.2 | 12.1 | ||
| 3.5 | 3.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.6 | 5.4 | ||
| 28% | 28% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 37% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | St. Mirren | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 2 | Dunfermline Athletic | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Stenhousemuir | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Partick Thistle | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 5 | Dumbarton | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 0 |