Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Alloa Athletic & Cove Rangers 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.
Alloa Athletic form and stats
Last season, Alloa's Scottish Cup journey ended in the 4th round.1 victory, 1 draw and 3 defeats. That’s what Alloa Athletic have to build on here at Indodrill Stadium in the Championship.
A Championship defeat was the result before that one, 1-3 away at Dundee.
The hometeam coach P. Grant made a successful contribution in the game against Greenock Morton, bringing on R. Thomson who scored the equalizer in the 1-1 draw.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Alloa as they are travelling to their away game against Ayr United in the Championship. That match is four days after this one.
The Alloa Athletic fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 8 goals in 5 league matches. Defensively there's plenty of potential for improvement as Alloa Athletic have allowed the opposition to score 15 goals here at Indodrill Stadium. This has been a stadium of sighs so far as Alloa have let the opposition score 15 times, an average of more than three per game.
Cove Rangers form and stats
Last season their Scottish Cup adventure ended in the 2nd round.The visitors are W2-D1-L2 on the road this term. That's in the League One.
Before that one, a nice away victory 1-0 at Forfar Athletic.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Cove Rangers as they have only managed to score 4 times from 5 away games in the league. It's not easy to score on Cove as they have only conceded 3 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  M. Megginson 8 goals |  L. Buchanan 2 goals | K. Cawley 2 goals |
Alloa Athletic missing players
Cove Rangers missing players
| Alloa Athletic | Cove Rangers | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 6 | Won | W | 5 | 15 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 3 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Lost | L | 4 | 7 | ||
| 35 | 22 | Scored | S | 23 | 48 | ||
| 42 | 24 | Conceded | C | 15 | 27 | ||
| 92% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 80% | 86% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 76% | ||
| 52% | 57% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 58% | 60% | ||
| 32% | 36% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 32% | ||
| 24% | 29% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 16% | ||
| 56% | 64% | BTTS | BTTS | 42% | 48% | ||
| 24% | 21% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 36% | ||
| 28% | 21% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 16% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.1 | 0.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.7 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 7.5 | 9.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.8 | 13.1 | ||
| 3.3 | 4.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.2 | 6 | ||
| 43% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 37% | 32% | ||
| 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 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 24 |
| 2 | Dunfermline Athletic | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 19 |
| 3 | Dundee | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 14 | 0 | 16 |
| 4 | Raith Rovers | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 15 |
| 5 | Greenock Morton | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | -3 | 14 |
| 6 | Ayr United | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 13 |
| 7 | Inverness CT | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 12 |
| 8 | Queen of the South | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 25 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 14 | -13 | 7 |
| 9 | Alloa Athletic | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 9 | -14 | 7 |
| 10 | Arbroath | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 11 | -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 | 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 |