National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Kilmarnock or Queen's Park that keep their silverware dream alive.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on artificial turf and that the visiting Queen's Park have a different surface at their stadium (grass). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on artificial turf is 1-5-9 (win-draw-loss) from 15 matches.
Kilmarnock form and stats
Kilmarnock was eliminated in the 5th round replays last season in the Scottish Cup.Regardless of arena the trend is looking very unhealthy for Kilmarnock with their five defeats in a row. Not since the St. Johnstone game, 44 days ago, have they avoided a loss.
Times are rough for the home team, having gone 192 minutes without scoring a league goal. C. Burke was the last player to find the net.
Kilmarnock lost their last game at St. Mirren after a 0-1 scoreline. A Premiership defeat was the result before that one, 0-1 away at Rangers.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Kilmarnock, as the Premiership home game vs Celtic is only four days away.
Queen's Park form and stats
They also participated in Scottish Cup last season. This ended in the 3rd round.The visitors are W4-D0-L6 on the road this term. That's in the League Two.
It's the second away game in a row for Queen's Park, but there's smiles all around after the 2-1 victory versus Edinburgh City in the League Two last time out. That result followed a home victory 2-1 versus Stenhousemuir in the League Two.
Queen's Park find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 13 goals from 10 away fixtures in the league. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Queen's Park have conceded 15 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  S. Kouider-Aïssa 8 goals |  D. Galt 5 goals |   C. Burke 3 goals |
Kilmarnock missing players
Queen's Park missing players
| Kilmarnock | Queen's Park | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Won | W | 6 | 9 | ||
| 6 | 5 | Drew | D | 1 | 7 | ||
| 11 | 3 | Lost | L | 6 | 9 | ||
| 20 | 12 | Scored | S | 19 | 36 | ||
| 27 | 8 | Conceded | C | 18 | 36 | ||
| 84% | 69% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 52% | 46% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 85% | 88% | ||
| 40% | 31% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 69% | 64% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 23% | 24% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 8% | ||
| 28% | 23% | BTTS | BTTS | 46% | 64% | ||
| 40% | 62% | Clean Sheets | C S | 31% | 20% | ||
| 48% | 46% | Failed to Score | F T | 23% | 20% | ||
| 5 | 4.9 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 5.3 | 5.6 | ||
| 5 | 4.2 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 4.3 | 4.6 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.3 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 2.1 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red Cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 229 | 136 | Total Shots | T S | 124 | 256 | ||
| 77 | 43 | Shots on Target | S O | 51 | 103 | ||
| 26% | 28% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 31% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Cove Rangers | 19 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 52 | 24 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 27 | 21 | 28 | 46 |
| 2 | Edinburgh City | 20 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 39 | 23 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 16 | 44 |
| 3 | Cowdenbeath | 18 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 25 | 18 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 32 |
| 4 | Annan Athletic | 20 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 29 | 40 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 25 | -11 | 27 |
| 5 | Elgin City | 20 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 31 | 23 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 25 |
| 6 | Queen's Park | 20 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 27 | 30 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 13 | 15 | -3 | 25 |
| 7 | Stirling Albion | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 20 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 23 |
| 8 | Albion Rovers | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 26 | 36 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 18 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 18 | -10 | 19 |
| 9 | Stenhousemuir | 20 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 22 | 39 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 22 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 17 | -17 | 17 |
| 10 | Brechin City | 20 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 25 | 46 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 21 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 25 | -21 | 15 |