Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Falkirk & Arbroath face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Scottish Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Falkirk and Arbroath.
This stadium uses artificial turf, unlike Arbroath's home stadium. The visitors last 14 games on artificial turf have ended in 6 wins, 1 draw and 7 losses.
Falkirk form and stats
Last season, Falkirk's Scottish Cup journey ended in the 3rd round.Falkirk have performed here at Falkirk Community Stadium this season with 7 wins from 11 League One matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 2 games and lost 2. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Falkirk Community Stadium.
A nice win for Falkirk last time playing, versus Forfar Athletic. That was also a home game and the match ended 6-0 with A. Connolly (2), P. Dixon and B. Hall (2) scoring for the victors. Preceding that game was the away draw at Arbroath that finished 0-0.
As indicated by the result mentioned above, Falkirk played a great game against Forfar Athletic and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one.
The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Falkirk handle that role? We have found three games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The win/draw/lost stats in these games are W0-D0-L3.
There will be little rest for Falkirk after this match as they are travelling to Stranraer for a League One game in only four days.
Goals are plentiful at Falkirk Community Stadium in the league this season as Falkirk has scored 29 goals here in 11 home games. Falkirk have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 5 goals.
Arbroath form and stats
Arbroath's mission in Scottish Cup last season failed in the 3rd round.The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Arbroath so far with only 10 points returning home. The records show 3-1-7 (win-draw-lose). The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Scottish Cup stats, they have 1 win, 2 draws and 0 losses both home and away.
Arbroath won their last game, 2-1 versus Partick Thistle played at home. Preceding that game, the 0-2 loss visiting Alloa Athletic's place.
Arbroath are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 0 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats. From a total of four matches.
The schedule is very tough for Arbroath now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Championship game at Dundee United is waiting in only four days.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Arbroath as they have only managed to score 8 times from 11 away games in the league. 15 goals have been conceded by Arbroath in these games.
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: Arbroath - Falkirk 0-0.Top Goalscorers
  D. McManus 14 goals |  C. Sammon 6 goals |   B. Linn 6 goals |
Falkirk missing players
Arbroath missing players
| Falkirk | Arbroath | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 7 | Won | W | 3 | 9 | ||
| 9 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 6 | 10 | ||
| 49 | 30 | Scored | S | 8 | 23 | ||
| 17 | 6 | Conceded | C | 14 | 26 | ||
| 84% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 76% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 68% | ||
| 52% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 17% | 32% | ||
| 28% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 8% | 4% | ||
| 16% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 40% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 36% | ||
| 48% | 58% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 32% | ||
| 28% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 40% | ||
| 6.5 | 7.3 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 5.2 | 5.9 | ||
| 3.9 | 3 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 5.1 | 4.4 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.3 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 1.7 | ||
| 3 | 3 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 318 | 156 | Total Shots | T S | 93 | 214 | ||
| 133 | 66 | Shots on Target | S O | 25 | 77 | ||
| 37% | 45% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 28% | 29% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Raith Rovers | 22 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 43 | 29 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 17 | 14 | 42 |
| 2 | Falkirk | 22 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 44 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 29 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 31 | 41 |
| 3 | Airdrieonians | 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 33 | 25 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 8 | 38 |
| 4 | East Fife | 22 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 34 | 29 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 18 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 5 | 33 |
| 5 | Montrose | 21 | 10 | 2 | 9 | 35 | 30 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 18 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 5 | 32 |
| 6 | Dumbarton | 21 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 28 | 36 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 22 | -8 | 28 |
| 7 | Clyde | 21 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 27 | 34 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 19 | -7 | 25 |
| 8 | Peterhead | 22 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 26 | 33 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 22 | -7 | 25 |
| 9 | Forfar Athletic | 22 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 21 | 39 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 19 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 20 | -18 | 19 |
| 10 | Stranraer | 21 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 22 | 45 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 28 | -23 | 13 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Dundee United | 22 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 49 | 17 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 32 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 32 | 53 |
| 2 | Inverness CT | 21 | 11 | 2 | 8 | 29 | 23 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 35 |
| 3 | Ayr United | 21 | 11 | 1 | 9 | 34 | 30 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 17 | 18 | 4 | 34 |
| 4 | Dundee | 21 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 26 | 30 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 16 | -4 | 29 |
| 5 | Dunfermline Athletic | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 33 | 30 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 3 | 28 |
| 6 | Arbroath | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 20 | 25 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 15 | -5 | 28 |
| 7 | Greenock Morton | 21 | 8 | 2 | 11 | 29 | 40 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 26 | -11 | 26 |
| 8 | Queen of the South | 20 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 22 | 24 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | -2 | 25 |
| 9 | Alloa Athletic | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 26 | 36 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 19 | -10 | 24 |
| 10 | Partick Thistle | 22 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 29 | 42 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 20 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 22 | -13 | 22 |