National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Rangers or Stranraer that keep their silverware dream alive.
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
Rangers form and stats
Last season their Scottish Cup adventure ended in the quarter-finals replays.Rangers haven’t lost a game in 15 attempts regardless of arena, a great achievement. Their last loss was the fixture versus Celtic, 138 days ago. Ever since the Celtic game Rangers has been unbeatable here at Ibrox producing six straight wins.
Rangers enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Celtic's place. The match ended 2-1 with Nikola Katić and Ryan Kent scoring. Before that match, a Premiership win away at Celtic.
Rangers are huge favourites in this match and it would be a big surprise if they fail to leave Ibrox with a victory. The home side has been in this situation before, with huge expectations of a win. 15 earlier games are comparable to this one, and Rangers has won 12 times, drawn 2 and lost 1. Sports bettors who like handicap betting will like to know that Rangers has won by at least two goals 11 times when in this position.
Stranraer form and stats
Stranraer's mission in Scottish Cup last season failed in the 4th round.There's been little loot from Stranraer's travels as they have only collected 4 points from 11 away games in the League One. Stranraer only have 0 wins to counter their 7 defeats and 4 draws. Travelling has not been lucrative for the away team as they have returned home without a win in twelve away games in a row.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Clyde in their previous outing. The League One match ended in a draw 3-3. Before that, Stranraer travelled to Dumbarton and returned home with a draw after the League One game finished 1-1.
It looked so good for Stranraer vs Clyde, but the job was not completed and victory was lost as a 2-0 lead was turned into a 3-3 draw. A crazy, crazy match with lots of goals last time out for Stranraer, as mentioned above. 6 goals in that one, will this match be as much fun?
Nobody expects Stranraer to collect anything from a game like this. The team has been David versus Goliath ten times before, with the overall statistics of won 1, draw 4 and lost 5. When defeated, 4 matches have been lost by two or more goals.
Stranraer are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 11 away goals from 11 games (in the league). People interested in "over 2,5 goals" betting will like to know that Stranraer concede an average of more than 2,5 goals per away match all on their own.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last four meetings): Rangers won 3 games, 1 match ended with a draw and Stranraer has 0 wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: 2 / 2Top Goalscorers
  A. Morelos Aviléz 12 goals |  J. Defoe 11 goals |  R. Kent 5 goals |
Rangers missing players
Stranraer missing players
| Rangers | Stranraer | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 18 | 10 | Won | W | 0 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 5 | 7 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 7 | 14 | ||
| 62 | 34 | Scored | S | 13 | 32 | ||
| 15 | 5 | Conceded | C | 30 | 51 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 84% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 88% | ||
| 60% | 58% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 68% | ||
| 40% | 42% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 40% | ||
| 16% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 20% | ||
| 44% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 56% | ||
| 52% | 58% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 16% | ||
| 4% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 32% | ||
| 6.3 | 7.6 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 4.8 | 4.9 | ||
| 3 | 2.7 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 5.8 | 5.7 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.3 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.8 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red Cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 390 | 216 | Total Shots | T S | 118 | 223 | ||
| 160 | 90 | Shots on Target | S O | 47 | 86 | ||
| 39% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 28% | 36% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Raith Rovers | 21 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 39 | 26 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 17 | 13 | 39 |
| 2 | Falkirk | 21 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 38 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 25 | 38 |
| 3 | Airdrieonians | 21 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 33 | 25 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 8 | 37 |
| 4 | East Fife | 21 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 33 | 27 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 18 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 6 | 33 |
| 5 | Montrose | 20 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 32 | 26 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 18 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 32 |
| 6 | Dumbarton | 20 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 28 | 35 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 21 | -7 | 28 |
| 7 | Clyde | 20 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 25 | 33 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 19 | -8 | 22 |
| 8 | Peterhead | 21 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 25 | 33 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 22 | -8 | 22 |
| 9 | Forfar Athletic | 21 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 21 | 33 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 19 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 14 | -12 | 19 |
| 10 | Stranraer | 20 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 22 | 45 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 28 | -23 | 12 |