Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Gala Fairydean Rovers & Annan Athletic face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Scottish Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the League Two. That game, against Brechin City, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Annan Athletic.
Annan Athletic play their home games on artifical turf, while this game is played on grass. Recent stats for Annan Athletic when playing on grass are 15 wins, 3 draws and 17 defeats from 35 matches. They have scored 45 goals and conceded 52 times in these games.
Gala Fairydean Rovers form and stats
Last season their Scottish Cup adventure ended in the 2nd round replays.Annan Athletic form and stats
Annan Athletic's mission in Scottish Cup last season failed in the 3rd round.2 wins, 0 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Annan Athletic playing as the away team in the League Two this season.
Annan has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Brechin City for a League Two game that ended a draw (0-0). A loss against Queen's Park was the result prior to that, in a League Two home game.
Annan have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 4 league away games 5 goals have been scored. It's not easy to score on Annan as they have only conceded 3 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  R. Currie 2 goals | N. Flanagan 1 goals | O. Moxon 1 goals |
Gala Fairydean Rovers missing players
Annan Athletic missing players
| Gala Fairydean Rovers | Annan Athletic | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 9 | Won | W | 3 | 6 | ||
| 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Lost | L | 8 | 15 | ||
| 50 | 35 | Scored | S | 13 | 28 | ||
| 49 | 21 | Conceded | C | 19 | 46 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 80% | ||
| 88% | 86% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 60% | ||
| 68% | 71% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 36% | ||
| 24% | 29% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 20% | ||
| 64% | 64% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 48% | ||
| 16% | 29% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 12% | ||
| 20% | 7% | Failed to Score | F T | 58% | 48% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.1 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 8.6 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5.9 | 7.3 | ||
| 5 | 7.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.3 | 2.8 | ||
| 32% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 46% | 41% | ||
| 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 |