National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Brora Rangers or Albion Rovers that keep their silverware dream alive.
Brora Rangers and Albion Rovers should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Brora Rangers form and stats
Action has already taken place for Brora Rangers in Scottish Cup as they have defeated Tynecastle to reach the 2nd Round. Last season their Scottish Cup adventure ended in the 3rd round.The happy trend is alive also outside their own arena as Brora has won their last four matches.
Brora Rangers are returning here after visiting Clachnacuddin in a Football League game and winning with a 4-0 scoreline. As mentioned above, Brora Rangers "killed" Clachnacuddin in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency.
Previous to that game, a Football League home match hosting Rothes in a game that was won 3-0.Albion Rovers form and stats
They also participated in Scottish Cup last season. This ended in the 1st round.Albion Rovers are still without points from their League Two away games. 4 games, 4 defeats. It's all red in the travel logs of Albion, having lost five matches in a row as the visiting team.
Albion won their last game, 2-0 versus Elgin City played at home.
It was a Challenge Cup defeat before that one as the away game against Cove Rangers wasn't a success with a 1-4 loss.Goals are few and far between in Albion Rovers's away league games. Only 2 goals from 4 travels. Albion have conceded 9 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  K. Doherty 2 goals | C. Wilson 1 goals | D. Wilson 1 goals |
Brora Rangers missing players
Albion Rovers missing players
| Brora Rangers | Albion Rovers | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 7 | Won | W | 3 | 8 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 6 | ||
| 11 | 6 | Lost | L | 8 | 11 | ||
| 70 | 29 | Scored | S | 17 | 34 | ||
| 35 | 14 | Conceded | C | 29 | 40 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 88% | 77% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 76% | ||
| 80% | 62% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 52% | ||
| 52% | 38% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 58% | 36% | ||
| 32% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 20% | ||
| 36% | 31% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 48% | ||
| 36% | 31% | Clean Sheets | C S | 8% | 28% | ||
| 28% | 38% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 32% | ||
| 4 | 3.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.6 | 4.4 | ||
| 5.5 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.8 | 5.2 | ||
| 1.7 | 2.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 1.2 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 8.2 | 5.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.5 | 9.4 | ||
| 3.6 | 2.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 3.8 | ||
| 31% | 23% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 39% | 35% | ||
| 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 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 14 | 26 |
| 2 | Stirling Albion | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 20 |
| 3 | Forfar Athletic | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 17 |
| 4 | Annan Athletic | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 15 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 15 |
| 5 | Edinburgh City | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 14 |
| 6 | Stranraer | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | -4 | 12 |
| 7 | Albion Rovers | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 9 | -6 | 10 |
| 8 | Stenhousemuir | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | -5 | 9 |
| 9 | Elgin City | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -6 | 9 |
| 10 | Cowdenbeath | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | -10 | 6 |