National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Edinburgh City or Edusport Academy 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.
Edinburgh's stadium, Ainslie Park Stadium, has a grass surface. Edusport Academy have artifical turf on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Edusport Academy when playing on grass; 11 wins, 1 draw and 4 losses from 16 matches. They have scored 35 goals in these games and conceded 17.
Edinburgh City form and stats
Last season their Scottish Cup adventure ended in the 4th round.Edinburgh City have played 5 League Two games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 2-0-3 (wins-draws-losses).
Edinburgh's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 2-3 versus Stirling Albion. 3-3 away at Queen's Park before that.
A decent goal production from Edinburgh in their home games so far, with 8 goals from 5 league matches. On the other hand, Edinburgh have conceded 7 goals.
Edusport Academy form and stats
Edusport Academy's mission in Scottish Cup last season failed in the 1st round.Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  L. Henderson 4 goals | B. Henderson 3 goals | C. Thomson 2 goals |
Edinburgh City missing players
Edusport Academy missing players
| Edinburgh City | Edusport Academy | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 5 | Won | W | 5 | 9 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | ||
| 10 | 6 | Lost | L | 7 | 14 | ||
| 40 | 20 | Scored | S | 16 | 47 | ||
| 34 | 17 | Conceded | C | 23 | 49 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 68% | 62% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 84% | ||
| 56% | 54% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 68% | ||
| 32% | 31% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 42% | 56% | ||
| 24% | 23% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 40% | ||
| 44% | 38% | BTTS | BTTS | 58% | 60% | ||
| 36% | 38% | Clean Sheets | C S | 8% | 8% | ||
| 24% | 31% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 32% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.5 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 9.5 | 9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.5 | 6.5 | ||
| 4.1 | 3.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 3.8 | ||
| 39% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 67% | 60% | ||
| 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 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 13 | 23 |
| 2 | Elgin City | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 18 |
| 3 | Stirling Albion | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 8 | 18 |
| 4 | Stranraer | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 15 |
| 5 | Edinburgh City | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 13 |
| 6 | Stenhousemuir | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 12 |
| 7 | Annan Athletic | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | -4 | 7 |
| 8 | Cowdenbeath | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -9 | 7 |
| 9 | Albion Rovers | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 13 | -11 | 6 |
| 10 | Brechin City | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 10 | -19 | 3 |