Perhaps a welcome break from league football as East Stirlingshire & Fort William face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Scottish Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
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.
It should be mentioned that Fort William play their home matches on grass, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on artifical turf. Does it matter? Recent statistics for Fort William on artifical turf are 0 victories, 0 draws and 1 defeat from one game. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 0-11. You can compare this with overall results below.
East Stirlingshire form and stats
Stirlingshire participated in Scottish Cup the last season, where they reached the 1st round.The home team returns to Falkirk Community Stadium after being equal after 90 minutes with Bo'ness United on their last time out; the Football League game ended 3-3. As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today?
Before that, Stirlingshire played out a Football League draw 2-2 when visiting Edusport Academy.With the first game of the season soon underway, it's time to look at the results from the East Stirlingshire friendly games in pre-season: East Stirlingshire played two friendlies, won 0, drew 0 and lost 2. If you are really into statistics you might appreciate knowing that Stirlingshire scored 1 goal and conceded 5 in these two games.
Fort William form and stats
Last season their Scottish Cup adventure ended in the 2nd preliminary round.William are desperate to end a ten-game winless run, as they haven't won a game since the Turriff United fixture.
William's previous game was their home loss versus Inverurie Loco Works (3-10). As you can see from the result above, the defeat against Inverurie Loco Works was particularly ugly (3-10). The humiliation is still top of mind.
A loss against Brora Rangers was the result prior to that, in a Football League home game.Head 2 Head
East Stirlingshire missing players
Fort William missing players
| East Stirlingshire | Fort William | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 5 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 2 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Lost | L | 9 | 20 | ||
| 51 | 18 | Scored | S | 10 | 25 | ||
| 36 | 9 | Conceded | C | 40 | 94 | ||
| 96% | 91% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 84% | 64% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 76% | 45% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 77% | 80% | ||
| 48% | 27% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 54% | 64% | ||
| 28% | 18% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 31% | 48% | ||
| 56% | 36% | BTTS | BTTS | 46% | 44% | ||
| 32% | 45% | Clean Sheets | C S | 8% | 8% | ||
| 16% | 27% | Failed to Score | F T | 46% | 48% | ||
| 6.5 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 3.2 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 9 | 4.5 | ||
| 2 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 13 | 5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5 | 2.5 | ||
| 5.8 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | ||
| 22% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | ||