National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Pollok or Annan Athletic that keep their silverware dream alive.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Pollok and Annan Athletic.
Pollok form and stats
Pollok have not come this way in the Scottish Cup without some hard work on the way, more precisely defeating Huntly, Girvan and Annan Athletic. Pollok was eliminated in the 1st round replays last season in the Scottish Cup.Pollok's previous match was a Scottish Cup game also played at their own arena, ending 4-3 versus Annan Athletic. The home side are looking to repeat that performance.
Before that result, a home defeat in the South Challenge Cup against Clydebank.
Annan Athletic form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Pollok in order to reach 2nd round of Scottish Cup. Last season their Scottish Cup adventure ended in the 5th round.There's been little loot from Annan Athletic's travels as they have only collected 2 points from 6 away games in the League Two. Annan Athletic only have 0 wins to counter their 4 defeats and 2 draws.
Two away games in a row for Annan, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 3-4 against Pollok in the Scottish Cup.
Ahead of that game was the 1-1 draw at home against Stranraer in the League Two.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 12 similar matches played by Annan Athletic in our archives, and the results are: 5 wins for Annan Athletic, 1 draw and 6 defeats.
The attacking power of Annan Athletic when travelling is not overwhelming with 5 goals scored from 6 league matches away. People interested in "over 2,5 goals" betting will like to know that Annan concede an average of more than 2,5 goals per away match all on their own.
Head 2 Head
Pollok and Annan Athletic have duelled already this season: Pollok - Annan Athletic 4-3. One of the players to grab the headlines has been McCartney with 2 goals scored against Pollok in these 1 meetings.
Top Goalscorers
  T. Goss 8 goals | B. Lussint 2 goals | S. Swinglehurst 1 goals |
Pollok missing players
Annan Athletic missing players
| Pollok | Annan Athletic | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 17 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 6 | Won | W | 1 | 6 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 5 | 9 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Lost | L | 7 | 10 | ||
| 47 | 35 | Scored | S | 14 | 34 | ||
| 23 | 16 | Conceded | C | 28 | 45 | ||
| 94% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 82% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 85% | 88% | ||
| 65% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 54% | 64% | ||
| 65% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 46% | 40% | ||
| 53% | 67% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 23% | 16% | ||
| 65% | 58% | BTTS | BTTS | 62% | 72% | ||
| 24% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 8% | 12% | ||
| 18% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 38% | 20% | ||
| 8.5 | 8.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 4.2 | ||
| 2.5 | 2.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.2 | 5.2 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.8 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 18 | 18 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.6 | 8.8 | ||
| 9.5 | 9.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.1 | 3.6 | ||
| 53% | 53% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 35% | 37% | ||
| 8.5 | 8.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.8 | 12 | ||
| 4.5 | 4.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 3.9 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Stirling Albion | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 27 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 23 |
| 2 | Dumbarton | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 23 |
| 3 | East Fife | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 17 |
| 4 | Stenhousemuir | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 9 | -1 | 17 |
| 5 | Elgin City | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 16 |
| 6 | Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | -3 | 13 |
| 7 | Stranraer | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 22 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | -5 | 13 |
| 8 | Forfar Athletic | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | -5 | 11 |
| 9 | Annan Athletic | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 16 | -10 | 10 |
| 10 | Albion Rovers | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | -4 | 9 |
