Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Rothes & Elgin City face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the North of Scotland Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
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 Rothes and Elgin City.
Rothes form and stats
Rothes shared the glory with Huntly in their last match, an away game that ended all square 1-1.
Preceding that match was the home Football League - Highland League game against Inverurie Loco Works that was lost 0-5.Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Football League - Highland League game versus Brora Rangers in only four days. This game is also played here at MacKessack Park.
Elgin City form and stats
Elgin was sent out of North of Scotland Cup in the quarter-finals last season.Elgin City are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the League Two, having played 2 games and collected 2 points (0 wins, 2 draws and 0 losses).
Elgin City has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Forfar Athletic for a 2-2 draw. Hester has scored for this side three fixtures in a row. The flair!
A quick return to home after this game, as Elgin City are hosting Stranraer in the League Two only four days away.
4 goals so far away for Elgin City, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 4. All from 2 league matches away.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  R. Dingwall 2 goals | K. Hester 2 goals | D. McHardy 1 goals |
Rothes missing players
Elgin City missing players
| Rothes | Elgin City | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 5 | Won | W | 4 | 9 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 4 | 5 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Lost | L | 5 | 11 | ||
| 45 | 17 | Scored | S | 17 | 35 | ||
| 28 | 15 | Conceded | C | 18 | 38 | ||
| 96% | 91% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 85% | 88% | ||
| 76% | 73% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 85% | 84% | ||
| 60% | 64% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 62% | 56% | ||
| 36% | 45% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 31% | 40% | ||
| 16% | 18% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 16% | ||
| 48% | 36% | BTTS | BTTS | 31% | 32% | ||
| 40% | 45% | Clean Sheets | C S | 38% | 40% | ||
| 16% | 27% | Failed to Score | F T | 46% | 40% | ||
| 6.5 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.2 | 4.3 | ||
| 3.8 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.7 | 4.7 | ||
| 0.8 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 1.8 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 4 | ||
| 13.5 | 8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 8.9 | ||
| 7.5 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.5 | ||
| 43% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 31% | ||
| 11 | 10 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.9 | 9.1 | ||
| 4.5 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.9 | 4.3 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Dumbarton | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 9 |
| 2 | Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 3 | East Fife | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 4 | Stirling Albion | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | Forfar Athletic | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | Stranraer | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 4 |
| 7 | Stenhousemuir | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -3 | 3 |
| 8 | Annan Athletic | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | -4 | 3 |
| 9 | Elgin City | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | -2 | 2 |
| 10 | Albion Rovers | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -3 | 0 |
