Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Airdrieonians & Edinburgh City face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Scottish Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
This pitch has artifical turf, which is not Edinburgh City's usual surface at their own ground. When playing on artifical turf Edinburgh City have performed like this: Played 14 matches resulting in 7 wins, 0 draws and 7 defeats with the goal stats 19-23 (scored/conceded).
Airdrieonians form and stats
Airdrieonians was eliminated in the 4th round last season in the Scottish Cup.Airdrieonians have played 5 League One games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 2-1-2 (wins-draws-losses).
A strong away win for Airdrieonians against Clyde the last match, as J. Kerr, T. Robert and D. Carrick (2) were on target. In the game before, an away victory in the League One match versus Falkirk with a 1-0 scoreline.
As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today?
The Airdrieonians fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 8 goals in 5 league matches. Airdrieonians are not conceding a lot of goals here at Penny Cars Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 4 from 5 matches.
Edinburgh City form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Edusport Academy in order to reach 2nd Round of Scottish Cup. Edinburgh was sent out of Scottish Cup in the 4th round last season.As the visiting team in League Two matches, Edinburgh City have produced an overall stat of 2-1-1 so far.
A 2-3 loss hosting Stirling Albion before that.
The Edinburgh manager J. McDonaugh has seen his team go crazy on the road this season, having scored 12 goals in 4 league matches away. As for defending, Edinburgh rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 6 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  D. Carrick 7 goals |  L. Henderson 4 goals | J. Campbell 4 goals |
Airdrieonians missing players
Edinburgh City missing players
| Airdrieonians | Edinburgh City | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 6 | Won | W | 5 | 11 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Lost | L | 4 | 10 | ||
| 31 | 16 | Scored | S | 19 | 42 | ||
| 24 | 11 | Conceded | C | 17 | 35 | ||
| 92% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 64% | 57% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 82% | 72% | ||
| 24% | 14% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 64% | 60% | ||
| 20% | 14% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 36% | 36% | ||
| 16% | 14% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 27% | 24% | ||
| 32% | 21% | BTTS | BTTS | 55% | 48% | ||
| 40% | 43% | Clean Sheets | C S | 27% | 32% | ||
| 36% | 43% | Failed to Score | F T | 18% | 24% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.4 | 1.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.7 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 9.6 | 10.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.6 | 9.3 | ||
| 3.5 | 4.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 4 | ||
| 35% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 40% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Falkirk | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 11 | 21 |
| 2 | Montrose | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 17 |
| 3 | Airdrieonians | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 16 |
| 4 | Cove Rangers | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 16 |
| 5 | Partick Thistle | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 15 |
| 6 | Peterhead | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | -2 | 13 |
| 7 | Dumbarton | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -5 | 11 |
| 8 | East Fife | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 9 | -2 | 10 |
| 9 | Clyde | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | -10 | 9 |
| 10 | Forfar Athletic | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -10 | 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 | Queen's Park | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 13 | 23 |
| 2 | Elgin City | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 18 |
| 3 | Stirling Albion | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 8 | 18 |
| 4 | Stranraer | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 15 |
| 5 | Edinburgh City | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 13 |
| 6 | Stenhousemuir | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 12 |
| 7 | Annan Athletic | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | -4 | 8 |
| 8 | Cowdenbeath | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -9 | 7 |
| 9 | Albion Rovers | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 13 | -11 | 6 |
| 10 | Brechin City | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 10 | -19 | 4 |