Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Arbroath & Forfar Athletic face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Scottish Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
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!
It should be mentioned that Forfar Athletic play their home matches on artifical turf, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on grass. Does it matter? Recent statistics for Forfar Athletic on grass are 7 victories, 6 draws and 12 defeats from 25 games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 28-37. You can compare this with overall results below.
Arbroath form and stats
Arbroath participated in Scottish Cup the last season, where they reached the 2nd round.The story so far in the Championship for Arbroath at their home stadium (Gayfield Park) is 3 wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat.
Arbroath enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Kilmarnock's place. The match ended 1-0 with A. Dowds scoring. The victory against Kilmarnock came after A. Dowds's winning goal. The Arbroath manager D. Campbell was very happy afterwards with the decision to bring on that player in the 63rd minute.
The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a Championship home game that ended 1-1 versus Queen of the South.Arbroath have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Gayfield Park with 13 goals in 7 league matches. From these home matches, Arbroath have conceded only 6 goals.
Forfar Athletic form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Formartine United in order to reach 3rd round of Scottish Cup. Forfar Athletic's mission in Scottish Cup last season failed in the 4th round.The story so far for the visiting team on their League Two travels is 2 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats.
Forfar go into this game after a win, the home game against Cowdenbeath that ended 3-0.
Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting Kelty Hearts's place.Forfar find the net regularly in their away games. 8 goals from 7 away fixtures in the league. As opposed to that, Forfar have seen the ball go into their own net 7 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Statistics for the preceeding ten meetings between these two participants are: seven wins for Arbroath, one draw and two wins for Forfar Athletic. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games.Top Goalscorers
  M. McKenna 12 goals |  M. Aitken 6 goals | S. McCluskey 4 goals |
Arbroath missing players
Forfar Athletic missing players
| Arbroath | Forfar Athletic | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Won | W | 5 | 12 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Lost | L | 5 | 7 | ||
| 39 | 21 | Scored | S | 15 | 36 | ||
| 31 | 14 | Conceded | C | 15 | 27 | ||
| 92% | 83% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 72% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 62% | 72% | ||
| 48% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 23% | 40% | ||
| 40% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 15% | 24% | ||
| 16% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 15% | 12% | ||
| 52% | 58% | BTTS | BTTS | 46% | 52% | ||
| 36% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 23% | 32% | ||
| 20% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 31% | 20% | ||
| 7 | 6.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4.3 | ||
| 3.8 | 2.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.1 | 3.9 | ||
| 1.4 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.1 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 10.8 | 11.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.8 | 9.2 | ||
| 5 | 5.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 3.8 | ||
| 33% | 34% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 37% | ||
| 8.8 | 7.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.5 | 10.1 | ||
| 3.3 | 2.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 4.2 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Kilmarnock | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 11 | 29 |
| 2 | Raith Rovers | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 26 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 10 | 29 |
| 3 | Inverness CT | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 28 |
| 4 | Partick Thistle | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 29 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 10 | 15 | 27 |
| 5 | Arbroath | 15 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 26 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 13 | 27 |
| 6 | Dunfermline Athletic | 15 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 24 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 12 | -9 | 13 |
| 7 | Ayr United | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 26 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 13 | -13 | 13 |
| 8 | Hamilton Academical | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 29 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 13 | -16 | 13 |
| 9 | Greenock Morton | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 20 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | -8 | 12 |
| 10 | Queen of the South | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 15 | -10 | 12 |
| 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 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 27 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 18 | 36 |
| 2 | Forfar Athletic | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 23 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 26 |
| 3 | Stirling Albion | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 21 |
| 4 | Annan Athletic | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 20 |
| 5 | Edinburgh City | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | -1 | 20 |
| 6 | Stenhousemuir | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | -1 | 18 |
| 7 | Albion Rovers | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 20 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 13 | -3 | 17 |
| 8 | Stranraer | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 10 | -6 | 16 |
| 9 | Elgin City | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 12 | -7 | 12 |
| 10 | Cowdenbeath | 14 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 25 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 15 | -16 | 6 |