National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Aberdeen or Edinburgh City that keep their silverware dream alive.
Not a lot of time to rest for the team playing at home, as they performed in a Premiership fixture only four days ago. Thankfully the previous game, versus Rangers, was also a home game here at Pittodrie Stadium. The away team is better rested.
Aberdeen form and stats
Last season, Aberdeen's Scottish Cup journey ended in the quarter-finals.A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Aberdeen, who played 1-1 against Rangers. That match was also played at this venue (Pittodrie Stadium). McCrorie was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.21 out of 10. The defender McCrorie won 7 of 9 duels.
Ahead of that match, Aberdeen won a home game hosting Dundee (2-1).It would be a shock if the hosts fail to win this game. Let's see how Aberdeen have performed as huge favourites like they are today: four games found in the database showing two Aberdeen wins, two draws and zero defeats.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Aberdeen as they are travelling to their away game against St. Mirren in the Premiership. That match is three days after this one.
Edinburgh City form and stats
Edinburgh was sent out of Scottish Cup in the 3rd round last season.The visitors are W4-D3-L3 on the road this term. That's in the League Two.
Edinburgh City are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 2-2 draw at Kelty Hearts.
Ahead of that game was the 2-2 draw at home against Elgin City in the League Two.Edinburgh City have scored 13 goals on their travels this season, from 10 away games in the league. Edinburgh City have conceded 13 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  C. Ramírez 8 goals |   J. Robertson 6 goals |  L. Ferguson 5 goals |
Aberdeen missing players
Edinburgh City missing players
| Aberdeen | Edinburgh City | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 6 | Won | W | 5 | 10 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 4 | 7 | ||
| 12 | 4 | Lost | L | 3 | 8 | ||
| 31 | 17 | Scored | S | 16 | 34 | ||
| 34 | 14 | Conceded | C | 15 | 35 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 76% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 80% | ||
| 52% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 56% | ||
| 20% | 17% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 36% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 4% | ||
| 64% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 56% | ||
| 12% | 17% | Clean Sheets | C S | 8% | 16% | ||
| 24% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 28% | ||
| 4.8 | 6.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.1 | 2.8 | ||
| 4.9 | 4.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.4 | 5 | ||
| 2.2 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.4 | 1.5 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 12.8 | 15.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.2 | 8.1 | ||
| 5 | 5.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 3.4 | ||
| 25% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 40% | ||
| 8.6 | 6.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14 | 11.5 | ||
| 2.8 | 2.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.1 | 4.7 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Kelty Hearts | 19 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 43 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 11 | 26 | 46 |
| 2 | Forfar Athletic | 21 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 40 | 23 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 17 | 39 |
| 3 | Annan Athletic | 21 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 38 | 26 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 12 | 37 |
| 4 | Edinburgh City | 20 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 26 | 31 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 13 | -5 | 27 |
| 5 | Stenhousemuir | 21 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 30 | 35 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 15 | -5 | 26 |
| 6 | Stirling Albion | 21 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 28 | 31 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 14 | -3 | 25 |
| 7 | Stranraer | 21 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 28 | 35 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 17 | -7 | 24 |
| 8 | Elgin City | 20 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 20 | 28 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 18 | -8 | 22 |
| 9 | Albion Rovers | 20 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 25 | 34 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 20 | -9 | 22 |
| 10 | Cowdenbeath | 20 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 32 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 17 | -18 | 13 |
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