Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Hearts & Airdrieonians face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Scottish Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Airdrieonians play their home games on artificial turf, while this game is played on grass. Recent stats for Airdrieonians when playing on grass are 11 wins, 5 draws and 13 defeats from 29 matches. They have scored 42 goals and conceded 40 times in these games.
Hearts form and stats
Last season, Hearts's Scottish Cup journey ended in the final.Hearts drew their last game, also a home match. Aberdeen was the opponent, 1-1 the score. Ahead of that match, Hearts lost 0-2 at home to Hibernian.
There will be little rest for Hearts after this match as they are travelling to Ross County for a Premiership game in only four days.
Airdrieonians form and stats
Airdrieonians's mission in Scottish Cup last season failed in the 4th round.The visitors are W6-D1-L3 on the road this term. That's in the League One.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to East Fife in their previous outing. The League One match ended in a draw 2-2. A home win before that, celebrating 1-0 vs Forfar Athletic.
Airdrieonians has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 16 goals from 10 games. Airdrieonians have conceded 13 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  C. Gallagher 11 goals |  D. Carrick 11 goals |  C. Smith 4 goals |
Hearts missing players
Airdrieonians missing players
| Hearts | Airdrieonians | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Won | W | 8 | 14 | ||
| 9 | 6 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | ||
| 13 | 5 | Lost | L | 3 | 7 | ||
| 23 | 14 | Scored | S | 21 | 41 | ||
| 42 | 18 | Conceded | C | 14 | 30 | ||
| 88% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 72% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 72% | ||
| 48% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 58% | 56% | ||
| 28% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 42% | 44% | ||
| 16% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 16% | ||
| 52% | 58% | BTTS | BTTS | 58% | 56% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 28% | ||
| 48% | 42% | Failed to Score | F T | 8% | 20% | ||
| 5.6 | 5.8 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 5.9 | 6 | ||
| 5.1 | 5.2 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 5.3 | 5.3 | ||
| 2.1 | 1.8 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.2 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red Cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 254 | 140 | Total Shots | T S | 132 | 267 | ||
| 90 | 58 | Shots on Target | S O | 50 | 110 | ||
| 26% | 24% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 42% | 37% | ||
| 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 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 39 | 26 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 17 | 13 | 39 |
| 2 | Falkirk | 21 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 38 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 25 | 38 |
| 3 | Airdrieonians | 21 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 33 | 25 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 8 | 37 |
| 4 | East Fife | 21 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 33 | 27 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 18 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 6 | 33 |
| 5 | Montrose | 20 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 32 | 26 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 18 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 32 |
| 6 | Dumbarton | 20 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 28 | 35 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 21 | -7 | 28 |
| 7 | Clyde | 20 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 25 | 33 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 19 | -8 | 22 |
| 8 | Peterhead | 21 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 25 | 33 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 22 | -8 | 22 |
| 9 | Forfar Athletic | 21 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 21 | 33 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 19 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 14 | -12 | 19 |
| 10 | Stranraer | 20 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 22 | 45 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 28 | -23 | 12 |