National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Elgin City or Ayr United that keep their silverware dream alive.
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
Elgin City form and stats
Elgin have not come this way in the Scottish Cup without some hard work on the way, more precisely defeating Civil Service Strollers. Last season, Elgin City's Scottish Cup journey ended in the 3rd round.When playing at home in the League Two, Elgin City have managed 4 wins, 0 draws and suffered 1 defeat from 5 games. Nine out of nine points from the last three home games for Elgin City, and the home supporters are ready to scream their lungs out to keep the winning streak alive.
Before that game, the 2-0 home victory against Stenhousemuir.
As mentioned above, Elgin City "killed" Civil Service Strollers in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency.
The Elgin manager G. Price has got the team scoring with 11 from 5 home games in the league. Elgin City are not conceding a lot of goals here at Borough Briggs in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 3 from 5 matches.
Ayr United form and stats
They also participated in Scottish Cup last season. This ended in the 5th round.1-1-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Ayr United in their Championship matches away. Three might be a magic number, but there's been little wizardry in Ayr's last three away games as they have all been lost.
A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Greenock Morton in the Championship.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Alloa Athletic in just four days.
Ayr has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 9 goals from 5 games. Ayr United have conceded 11 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  K. Hester 7 goals | R. Dingwall 3 goals |  L. McCowan 3 goals |
Elgin City missing players
Ayr United missing players
| Elgin City | Ayr United | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 17 | 9 | Won | W | 3 | 7 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 3 | 9 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Lost | L | 7 | 9 | ||
| 56 | 32 | Scored | S | 21 | 31 | ||
| 34 | 20 | Conceded | C | 26 | 33 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 84% | ||
| 88% | 85% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 76% | ||
| 72% | 69% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 62% | 44% | ||
| 44% | 54% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 38% | 20% | ||
| 28% | 38% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 23% | 12% | ||
| 48% | 46% | BTTS | BTTS | 69% | 56% | ||
| 36% | 46% | Clean Sheets | C S | 15% | 36% | ||
| 16% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 15% | 24% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.4 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1.5 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 4 | ||
| 10.5 | 12.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.8 | 9 | ||
| 5 | 6.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 3.3 | ||
| 40% | 37% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 48% | 36% | ||
| 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 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | -4 | 8 |
| 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 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 10 | -19 | 4 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Hearts | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 24 |
| 2 | Dunfermline Athletic | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 19 |
| 3 | Dundee | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 14 | 0 | 16 |
| 4 | Raith Rovers | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 15 |
| 5 | Greenock Morton | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | -3 | 14 |
| 6 | Ayr United | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 13 |
| 7 | Inverness CT | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 12 |
| 8 | Queen of the South | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 25 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 14 | -13 | 7 |
| 9 | Alloa Athletic | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 9 | -14 | 7 |
| 10 | Arbroath | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 11 | -10 | 5 |