Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Dalbeattie Star & Rothes face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Scottish Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
Dalbeattie Star and Rothes 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.
Dalbeattie Star form and stats
Dalbeattie have reached this Scottish Cup stage through battling and winning against Newtongrange Star. Last season, Dalbeattie's Scottish Cup journey ended in the 2nd preliminary round.Dalbeattie Star has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager P. McGinley and the players.
In their previous game, the manager P. McGinley led his Dalbeattie to a defeat in the Football League match away at BSC Glasgow. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Islecroft Stadium.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting East Kilbride (0-3).Dalbeattie Star have prepared for this season with one friendly games versus mixed opposition. Results from training matches should always be treated with caution, but the takeaways from these one matches are 0 victories, 0 draws and 1 losses. In these games, Dalbeattie Star have scored 0 goals and conceded 2 times.
Rothes form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Blackburn United in order to reach 2nd round of Scottish Cup. Rothes's mission in Scottish Cup last season failed in the 1st round.Rothes are travelling after their nice 3-0 home win in the Football League against Deveronvale.
Preceding that game, the 0-3 loss visiting Brora Rangers's place.Rothes played one friendly in their break from official games, resulting in 1 victory, 0 draws and 0 defeats. In these one match Rothes scored 5 and conceded 4 goals.
Head 2 Head
Dalbeattie Star missing players
Rothes missing players
| Dalbeattie Star | Rothes | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 6 | Won | W | 8 | 16 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | ||
| 12 | 3 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | ||
| 36 | 22 | Scored | S | 30 | 57 | ||
| 40 | 16 | Conceded | C | 20 | 36 | ||
| 96% | 91% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 84% | 82% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 64% | 82% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 83% | 72% | ||
| 48% | 82% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 58% | 52% | ||
| 8% | 9% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 42% | 36% | ||
| 56% | 73% | BTTS | BTTS | 58% | 56% | ||
| 20% | 27% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 32% | ||
| 28% | 9% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 12% | ||
| 4.3 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 11 | 9.5 | ||
| 4 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 4 | ||
| 0.3 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 9.7 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 18 | 15 | ||
| 4.3 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 13 | 9.5 | ||
| 31% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 47% | ||