Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Partick Thistle & Dunfermline Athletic face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Scottish Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
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.
Partick Thistle form and stats
Partick was eliminated in the 3rd round last season in the Scottish Cup.The home supporters can't complain about results here at Firhill Stadium as Partick Thistle have scored 11 goals to get 14 points from 7 games. The overall stats in the Championship are 4-2-1 (wins-draws-losses).
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Kieran Wright not having conceded a league goal in 541 minutes.
Partick Thistle's last game was hosting Hamilton Academical and winning 1-0.
In the preceding match a 4-0 victory visiting Ayr United.Partick have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Firhill Stadium with 11 goals in 7 league matches. Partick have only conceded 4 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Dunfermline Athletic form and stats
They also participated in Scottish Cup last season. This ended in the 2nd round.The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Dunfermline Athletic so far with only 6 points returning home. The records show 1-3-3 (win-draw-lose).
The supporters enjoyed Dunfermline's previous game versus Ayr United, a Championship 3-0 win played at home.
Prior to that result Dunfermline won their away game at Inverness CT in the Championship. The scoreline was 2-1.Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Dunfermline Athletic have scored 8 goals in 7 league games away. Dunfermline struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 12 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
Head to head statistics (for the former ten meetings): Partick won two games, three matches ended with a draw and Dunfermline Athletic have five wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: six / fourTop Goalscorers
  B. Graham 8 goals |  Z. Rudden 7 goals |  K. O'Hara 4 goals |
Partick Thistle missing players
Dunfermline Athletic missing players
| Partick Thistle | Dunfermline Athletic | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 6 | Won | W | 2 | 7 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 8 | ||
| 9 | 3 | Lost | L | 7 | 10 | ||
| 46 | 20 | Scored | S | 12 | 35 | ||
| 28 | 9 | Conceded | C | 23 | 41 | ||
| 88% | 82% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 84% | ||
| 76% | 64% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 72% | ||
| 56% | 45% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 60% | ||
| 40% | 36% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 42% | 44% | ||
| 24% | 27% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 24% | ||
| 36% | 18% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 52% | ||
| 48% | 64% | Clean Sheets | C S | 8% | 20% | ||
| 28% | 36% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 44% | ||
| 5.6 | 6.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.1 | 5.6 | ||
| 4.6 | 4.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.5 | 5.8 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.4 | 1.6 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 12 | 11.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.2 | 9 | ||
| 4.9 | 4.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.1 | 3.2 | ||
| 39% | 41% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 48% | 43% | ||
| 9.7 | 8.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.3 | 9.7 | ||
| 3.7 | 2.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.9 | 3.7 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Kilmarnock | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 11 | 29 |
| 2 | Raith Rovers | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 26 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 10 | 29 |
| 3 | Inverness CT | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 28 |
| 4 | Partick Thistle | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 29 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 10 | 15 | 27 |
| 5 | Arbroath | 15 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 26 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 13 | 27 |
| 6 | Dunfermline Athletic | 15 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 24 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 12 | -9 | 13 |
| 7 | Ayr United | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 26 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 13 | -13 | 13 |
| 8 | Hamilton Academical | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 29 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 13 | -16 | 13 |
| 9 | Greenock Morton | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 20 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | -8 | 12 |
| 10 | Queen of the South | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 15 | -10 | 12 |