National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Rangers or Stirling Albion that keep their silverware dream alive.
Only a few days to rest for the home team, as they had a Premiership game only three days back. That game was an away game at Aberdeen, so at least Rangers are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Rangers form and stats
Last season their Scottish Cup adventure ended in the quarter-finals.The home team returns to Ibrox Stadium after being equal after 90 minutes with Aberdeen on their last time out; the Premiership game ended 1-1. Midfield player Hagi got a match rating of 7.35 in that game, the max score being 10. Hagi scored one goal and had 18 successful passes (of 21 total).
Previous to that game, a Premiership home match hosting St. Mirren in a game that was won 2-0.It would be a shock if the hosts fail to win this game. Let's see how Rangers have performed as huge favourites like they are today: eleven games found in the database showing eleven Rangers wins, zero draws and zero defeats.
Stirling Albion form and stats
They also participated in Scottish Cup last season. This ended in the 2nd round.4 wins, 3 draws and 4 losses. That’s the product of Stirling Albion playing as the away team in the League Two this season.
Stirling Albion has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Stranraer for a League Two game that ended a draw (3-3).
A 0-3 loss hosting Kelty Hearts before that.The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Forfar Athletic in just one day.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Stirling Albion have scored 15 goals in 11 league games away. 14 goals have been conceded by Stirling Albion in these games.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last four meetings: one - two - one (Rangers wins - draws - Stirling Albion wins). As for goals, zero matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Morelos Aviléz 8 goals |  J. Aribo 6 goals |  K. Roofe 6 goals |
Rangers missing players
Stirling Albion missing players
| Rangers | Stirling Albion | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 16 | 9 | Won | W | 5 | 10 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 4 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 5 | 11 | ||
| 45 | 25 | Scored | S | 17 | 37 | ||
| 20 | 12 | Conceded | C | 16 | 34 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 84% | 93% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 69% | 76% | ||
| 36% | 36% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 46% | 60% | ||
| 20% | 21% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 23% | 36% | ||
| 8% | 7% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 8% | ||
| 52% | 43% | BTTS | BTTS | 46% | 52% | ||
| 40% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 23% | 24% | ||
| 8% | 7% | Failed to Score | F T | 31% | 24% | ||
| 6.9 | 7.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.2 | 4.3 | ||
| 3.7 | 2.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 4.1 | ||
| 1.9 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.2 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 4 | ||
| 17.8 | 20.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.4 | 9.7 | ||
| 6.2 | 7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 4 | ||
| 29% | 26% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 36% | ||
| 6.2 | 4.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.3 | 9.8 | ||
| 2.4 | 1.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 4.7 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Kelty Hearts | 19 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 43 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 11 | 26 | 46 |
| 2 | Forfar Athletic | 21 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 40 | 23 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 17 | 39 |
| 3 | Annan Athletic | 21 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 38 | 26 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 12 | 37 |
| 4 | Edinburgh City | 20 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 26 | 31 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 13 | -5 | 27 |
| 5 | Stenhousemuir | 21 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 30 | 35 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 15 | -5 | 26 |
| 6 | Stirling Albion | 21 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 28 | 31 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 14 | -3 | 25 |
| 7 | Stranraer | 21 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 28 | 35 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 17 | -7 | 24 |
| 8 | Elgin City | 20 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 20 | 28 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 18 | -8 | 22 |
| 9 | Albion Rovers | 20 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 25 | 34 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 20 | -9 | 22 |
| 10 | Cowdenbeath | 20 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 32 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 17 | -18 | 13 |
