National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Queen of the South or Hibernian that keep their silverware dream alive.
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!
This stadium uses artifical turf, unlike Hibernian's home stadium. The visitors last eleven games on artifical turf have ended in 7 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses.
Queen of the South form and stats
Queen have reached this Scottish Cup stage through battling and winning against Queen's Park. Queen participated in Scottish Cup the last season, where they reached the 3rd round.Queen of the South have collected 14 points from their Championship home games so far after 4-2-4.
A strong away win for Queen against Hearts the last match, as C. Shields (2) were on target. Nobody expected Queen to beat Hearts in the last match, but sometimes David beats Goliath. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Greenock Morton (1-2).
A decent goal production from Queen of the South in their home games so far, with 16 goals from 10 league matches. Queen are struggling defensively, conceding on average more than two goals per home game (20 from 10 played).
Hibernian form and stats
Hibernian's mission in Scottish Cup last season failed in the semi-finals.Before that one, a nice away victory 2-1 at Ross County.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two Queen of the South victories, one draw and seven Hibernian wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, seven matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  K. Nisbet 12 goals |  M. Boyle 11 goals |  A. Obileye 9 goals |
Queen of the South missing players
Hibernian missing players
| Queen of the South | Hibernian | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 4 | Won | W | 6 | 12 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | ||
| 10 | 4 | Lost | L | 4 | 8 | ||
| 42 | 16 | Scored | S | 17 | 34 | ||
| 45 | 20 | Conceded | C | 12 | 26 | ||
| 96% | 91% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 88% | 82% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 80% | ||
| 68% | 64% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 40% | ||
| 44% | 45% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 8% | 16% | ||
| 32% | 27% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 4% | ||
| 68% | 64% | BTTS | BTTS | 42% | 36% | ||
| 24% | 27% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 32% | ||
| 12% | 18% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 32% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1.4 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 8.6 | 9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.9 | 11.3 | ||
| 3.8 | 3.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.9 | 4 | ||
| 44% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 34% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Hearts | 22 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 50 | 24 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 35 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 26 | 46 |
| 2 | Raith Rovers | 21 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 34 | 26 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 8 | 33 |
| 3 | Dundee | 21 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 40 | 37 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 22 | 3 | 33 |
| 4 | Dunfermline Athletic | 20 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 29 | 23 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 6 | 30 |
| 5 | Inverness CT | 22 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 28 | 23 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 30 |
| 6 | Queen of the South | 22 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 36 | 44 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 20 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 20 | 24 | -8 | 30 |
| 7 | Ayr United | 22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 28 | 27 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 19 | 1 | 26 |
| 8 | Greenock Morton | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 19 | 27 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 14 | -8 | 25 |
| 9 | Arbroath | 22 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 27 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 17 | -10 | 22 |
| 10 | Alloa Athletic | 22 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 26 | 49 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 27 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 22 | -23 | 18 |