National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Queen's Park or Kilmarnock 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.
Queen's Park's stadium, Firhill Stadium, has a grass surface. Kilmarnock have artifical turf on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Kilmarnock when playing on grass; 8 wins, 4 draws and 24 losses from 36 matches. They have scored 27 goals in these games and conceded 54.
Queen's Park form and stats
Last season, Queen's Park's Scottish Cup journey ended in the 2nd round.Queen's Park have collected 13 points from their League One home games so far after 3-4-1. Their last two home games have resulted in two points, meaning they were both draws.
In their previous game, the manager L. Ellis led his Queen's Park to a defeat in the League One match away at Peterhead. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Firhill Stadium.
Before that, Queen's drew at home versus Clyde.Queen's Park have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Firhill Stadium with 13 goals in 8 league matches. On the other hand, Queen's Park have conceded 8 goals.
Kilmarnock form and stats
Last season their Scottish Cup adventure ended in the quarter-finals.Kilmarnock have an excellent away record in the Championship so far with 5-2-0 from 7 games. Kilmarnock are enjoying a nice run from their away games now, having played seven in a row without losing.
This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Championship home defeat versus Arbroath with 0-1 on the scoreboard.
Preceding that game was the away Championship victory against Greenock Morton with the score of 2-0.There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Kilmarnock manager T. Wright as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Hamilton Academical.
Kilmarnock have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 7 league away games 10 goals have been scored. Kilmarnock are tight as a drum on their travels, having allowed the opposition only 2 goals away.
Head 2 Head
As for the last three games between these two teams, there's zero Queen's victories, zero draws and three Kilmarnock wins. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, one match with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  O. Shaw 7 goals |   R. McHugh 5 goals |  S. Murray 4 goals |
Queen's Park missing players
Kilmarnock missing players
| Queen's Park | Kilmarnock | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Won | W | 6 | 13 | ||
| 12 | 6 | Drew | D | 3 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 3 | 8 | ||
| 37 | 16 | Scored | S | 15 | 35 | ||
| 29 | 10 | Conceded | C | 12 | 25 | ||
| 88% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 76% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 72% | ||
| 44% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 42% | 48% | ||
| 28% | 17% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 24% | ||
| 16% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 60% | 42% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 44% | ||
| 36% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 36% | ||
| 16% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 24% | ||
| 5.4 | 5.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 6.5 | ||
| 4.3 | 3.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.6 | 4.3 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1.4 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 10.9 | 12.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.2 | 10.8 | ||
| 4.1 | 4.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.6 | 4 | ||
| 36% | 28% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 35% | 35% | ||
| 8.7 | 7.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.8 | 8 | ||
| 3.5 | 2.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 3.2 | ||
| 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 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 29 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 28 |
| 2 | Airdrieonians | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 24 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 26 |
| 3 | Montrose | 15 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 25 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 12 | 25 |
| 4 | Queen's Park | 15 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 25 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 23 |
| 5 | Falkirk | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 22 |
| 6 | Alloa Athletic | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 11 | -1 | 19 |
| 7 | Dumbarton | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 22 | 29 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 16 | -7 | 18 |
| 8 | Peterhead | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 22 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 17 | -2 | 17 |
| 9 | Clyde | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 30 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 14 | -12 | 16 |
| 10 | East Fife | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 17 | 35 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 26 | -18 | 11 |
| 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 |