National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Arbroath or Motherwell that keep their silverware dream alive.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Arbroath form and stats
Arbroath participated in Scottish Cup the last season, where they reached the 5th round.Arbroath's results here at Gayfield Park in the Championship have been very modest with 1 victory, 4 draws and 6 defeats.
An away draw last time out for Arbroath, facing Ayr United in a game that ended 2-2.
Preceding that match was a Championship defeat to Inverness CT (1-4).The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Arbroath here at Gayfield Park in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (7 from 11 games). Arbroath have conceded 18 from these games.
Motherwell form and stats
Motherwell was sent out of Scottish Cup in the quarter-finals last season.Motherwell's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Ross County that finished 1-1. Midfielder McKinstry was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.42. McKinstry scored one goal, hit the woodwork once, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.
The game before that, in the Premiership, was lost at home, a 2-3 defeat against Hibernian.Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  K. van Veen 9 goals |  S. McKinstry 4 goals |   C. Hamilton 3 goals |
Arbroath missing players
Motherwell missing players
| Arbroath | Motherwell | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Won | W | 4 | 6 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | ||
| 12 | 7 | Lost | L | 7 | 14 | ||
| 25 | 10 | Scored | S | 16 | 30 | ||
| 43 | 24 | Conceded | C | 21 | 42 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 80% | 77% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 77% | 80% | ||
| 40% | 38% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 54% | 64% | ||
| 24% | 23% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 31% | 32% | ||
| 20% | 23% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 23% | 16% | ||
| 60% | 62% | BTTS | BTTS | 46% | 52% | ||
| 12% | 15% | Clean Sheets | C S | 23% | 24% | ||
| 32% | 31% | Failed to Score | F T | 31% | 28% | ||
| 5.4 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.9 | 5.5 | ||
| 5.1 | 4.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.2 | 4.9 | ||
| 2 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 2.4 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 7.9 | 8.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.9 | 11.7 | ||
| 3 | 3.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.4 | ||
| 34% | 23% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 37% | ||
| 9.4 | 10.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.1 | 11 | ||
| 4.1 | 4.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 3.8 | ||
| 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 | 21 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 44 | 27 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 15 | 17 | 40 |
| 2 | Ayr United | 21 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 41 | 29 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 22 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 16 | 12 | 36 |
| 3 | Dundee | 20 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 33 | 25 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 8 | 35 |
| 4 | Partick Thistle | 21 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 42 | 36 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 29 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 6 | 33 |
| 5 | Greenock Morton | 20 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 28 | 22 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 6 | 30 |
| 6 | Inverness CT | 21 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 30 | 28 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 2 | 30 |
| 7 | Raith Rovers | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 28 | 29 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 13 | -1 | 29 |
| 8 | Cove Rangers | 21 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 30 | 42 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 25 | -12 | 22 |
| 9 | Arbroath | 22 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 20 | 36 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 18 | -16 | 18 |
| 10 | Hamilton Academical | 21 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 39 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 22 | -22 | 14 |
