National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Stirling Albion or Peterhead that keep their silverware dream alive.
Stirling have less rest than Peterhead in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a League Cup game only four days ago. This match was also played here at Forthbank Stadium. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Peterhead have had more rest.
Stirling Albion form and stats
Last season, Stirling's League Cup journey ended in the group stage.On the other hand, in the League Cup, Stirling Albion has performed like this (both home and away): 1 win, 1 draw and 1 loss.
The Stirling crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-2 to Hearts here at Forthbank Stadium in a League Cup match.
A 2-2 draw away in the League Cup before that, with Inverness CT (after extra-time, 2-3 on penalties) the opponent.Peterhead form and stats
Peterhead's mission in League Cup last season failed in the group stage.The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the League Cup stats, they have 1 win, 0 draws and 2 losses both home and away.
Peterhead are travelling after their nice 3-1 home win in the League Cup against Cove Rangers (placed 5th).
Preceding that game, the 0-2 loss visiting Inverness CT's place.Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Stirling won one game, one match ended with a draw and Peterhead has eight wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / sevenStirling Albion missing players
Peterhead missing players
| Stirling Albion | Peterhead | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 4 | Won | W | 3 | 9 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | ||
| 9 | 6 | Lost | L | 6 | 13 | ||
| 34 | 10 | Scored | S | 13 | 27 | ||
| 32 | 14 | Conceded | C | 16 | 33 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 68% | 58% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 73% | 68% | ||
| 52% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 45% | 44% | ||
| 28% | 8% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 27% | 20% | ||
| 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 18% | 8% | ||
| 52% | 42% | BTTS | BTTS | 64% | 48% | ||
| 24% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 18% | 24% | ||
| 24% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 18% | 28% | ||
| 5.1 | 6.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.4 | 4.2 | ||
| 4.5 | 4.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.7 | 4.9 | ||
| 1.9 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 2.1 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 4 | 6 | ||
| 9.5 | 9.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.3 | 8.6 | ||
| 3.8 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.4 | 3.8 | ||
| 34% | 21% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 28% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Hearts | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 9 |
| 2 | Inverness CT | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| 3 | Stirling Albion | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | -1 | 3 |
| 4 | Peterhead | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 3 |
| 5 | Cove Rangers | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -4 | 3 |