National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Falkirk or Hearts that keep their silverware dream alive.
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Premiership game only three days ago.
Hearts play their home games on grass, while this game is played on artifical turf. Recent stats for Hearts when playing on artifical turf are 4 wins, 0 draws and 4 defeats from eight matches. They have scored 10 goals and conceded 10 times in these games.
Falkirk form and stats
Falkirk participated in Scottish Cup the last season, where they reached the 3rd round.23 points is a decent return from 11 League One games here at Falkirk Community Stadium for Falkirk. The data says 7 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses. This match is a Scottish Cup match, and the hometeam has the total statistics 2 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses in this competition. Falkirk has a nice streak going on as they have played ten consecutive games without losing (regardless of home/away). They are keen to extend their tally, a streak that began after the Airdrieonians defeat 91 days ago. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Falkirk Community Stadium.
Falkirk drew their last game, 1-1 away at Stranraer. Before that game, the 2-0 home victory against Arbroath.
Falkirk are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at Falkirk Community Stadium in their league games, having scored an impressive 29 goals in 11 matches. Falkirk have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 5 goals.
Hearts form and stats
Hearts's mission in Scottish Cup last season failed in the final.Hearts has drawn their two previous away games.
This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Premiership home defeat versus Kilmarnock with 2-3 on the scoreboard. Ahead of that match was the Premiership away draw versus St. Johnstone that ended 3-3.
The schedule is very tough for Hearts now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Premiership game at Celtic is waiting in only four days.
Head 2 Head
Falkirk-Hearts H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Falkirk three wins, Hearts five wins, two draws. six of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  D. McManus 14 goals |  C. Sammon 6 goals |  A. Connolly 4 goals |
Falkirk missing players
Hearts missing players
| Falkirk | Hearts | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 7 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | ||
| 9 | 2 | Drew | D | 4 | 9 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 6 | 12 | ||
| 45 | 25 | Scored | S | 6 | 29 | ||
| 17 | 5 | Conceded | C | 19 | 41 | ||
| 84% | 91% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 73% | 88% | ||
| 76% | 82% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 55% | 72% | ||
| 48% | 64% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 55% | 52% | ||
| 24% | 18% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 18% | 32% | ||
| 12% | 9% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 18% | 24% | ||
| 40% | 27% | BTTS | BTTS | 27% | 48% | ||
| 48% | 64% | Clean Sheets | C S | 27% | 16% | ||
| 28% | 18% | Failed to Score | F T | 73% | 48% | ||
| 6.2 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.6 | 5.9 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 5.4 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2 | ||
| 3 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 311 | 139 | Total Shots | T S | 87 | 264 | ||
| 130 | 58 | Shots on Target | S O | 25 | 107 | ||
| 35% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 24% | 27% | ||
| 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 | 23 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 44 | 29 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 17 | 15 | 45 |
| 2 | Falkirk | 23 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 45 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 29 | 5 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 31 | 42 |
| 3 | Airdrieonians | 23 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 33 | 26 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 7 | 38 |
| 4 | East Fife | 23 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 38 | 31 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 22 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 7 | 36 |
| 5 | Montrose | 22 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 39 | 33 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 22 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 6 | 35 |
| 6 | Dumbarton | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 30 | 40 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 26 | -10 | 28 |
| 7 | Peterhead | 23 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 29 | 37 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 14 | 26 | -8 | 25 |
| 8 | Clyde | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 28 | 36 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 21 | -8 | 25 |
| 9 | Forfar Athletic | 23 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 23 | 40 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 20 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 20 | -17 | 22 |
| 10 | Stranraer | 22 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 23 | 46 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 28 | -23 | 14 |