National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Alloa Athletic or Falkirk that keep their silverware dream alive.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Alloa Athletic form and stats
Alloa Athletic participated in Scottish Cup the last season, where they reached the 4th round.Alloa Athletic are steadily winning League One games and points here at Indodrill Stadium. 7 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats is the summary from 10 games.
Alloa Athletic's last game was hosting Edinburgh City and winning 2-1.
In the preceding match a 2-1 victory visiting Queen of the South.Alloa can score goals in their home matches. After 10 league matches they have found the net 23 times. On the other hand, Alloa Athletic have conceded 12 goals.
Falkirk form and stats
They also participated in Scottish Cup last season. This ended in the 3rd round.The story so far for the visiting team on their League One travels is 3 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats.
Falkirk go into this game after a win, the home game against Clyde that ended 4-0. As mentioned above, Falkirk was the only team on the pitch versus Clyde in their previous game, winning 4-0. This could be a tougher task.
Before that, Falkirk secured a home win against Montrose with the score 2-1.Falkirk are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 15 times in 8 away games so far. In the opposite end, Falkirk have conceded 12 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head data (for the preceeding ten meetings): Alloa won three games, two matches ended with a draw and Falkirk have five wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: seven / three.
Top Goalscorers
  C. Morrison 10 goals |   C. Sammon 8 goals |  R. Burrell 6 goals |
Alloa Athletic missing players
Falkirk missing players
| Alloa Athletic | Falkirk | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 10 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 8 | Won | W | 4 | 14 | ||
| 6 | 1 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Lost | L | 3 | 6 | ||
| 45 | 26 | Scored | S | 21 | 51 | ||
| 35 | 16 | Conceded | C | 15 | 29 | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 84% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 88% | ||
| 60% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 70% | 60% | ||
| 36% | 42% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 44% | ||
| 24% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 16% | ||
| 64% | 58% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 44% | ||
| 24% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 30% | 36% | ||
| 20% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 30% | 24% | ||
| 4.9 | 5.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.9 | 6.4 | ||
| 5.3 | 5.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.5 | 3.6 | ||
| 1.2 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 1.7 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 7 | 6.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 10.2 | ||
| 3.8 | 3.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.4 | 4.6 | ||
| 48% | 55% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 48% | 44% | ||
| 6.7 | 4.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.5 | 6.3 | ||
| 3.3 | 2.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.1 | 2.7 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Dunfermline Athletic | 20 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 32 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 3 | 21 | 45 |
| 2 | Falkirk | 20 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 42 | 23 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 27 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 19 | 38 |
| 3 | Edinburgh City | 22 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 43 | 32 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 24 | 16 | 11 | 38 |
| 4 | Alloa Athletic | 21 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 39 | 29 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 17 | 10 | 35 |
| 5 | Airdrieonians | 21 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 40 | 31 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 15 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 9 | 33 |
| 6 | Montrose | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 31 | 27 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 4 | 33 |
| 7 | Kelty Hearts | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 23 | 30 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 20 | -7 | 28 |
| 8 | Queen of the South | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 34 | 37 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 21 | -3 | 26 |
| 9 | Clyde | 21 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 24 | 46 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 23 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 23 | -22 | 10 |
| 10 | Peterhead | 21 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 10 | 52 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 21 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 31 | -42 | 8 |
