National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Ross County or Inverness CT that keep their silverware dream alive.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Ross County form and stats
Ross County was eliminated in the 4th round last season in the Scottish Cup.Ahead of that match, County lost 1-2 at home to Hibernian.
Ross Laidlaw had a busy but productive day in the St. Johnstone match. Despite making seven saves the loss could not be prevented.
Inverness CT form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Buckie Thistle in order to reach 3rd Round of Scottish Cup. Inverness's mission in Scottish Cup last season failed in the quarter-finals.The visitors are W4-D3-L4 on the road this term. That's in the Championship. Inverness love their trips these days, as their two previous away games have resulted in victories.
The schedule is very tough for Inverness now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Championship game at Greenock Morton is waiting in only four days.
Inverness are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 15 away goals from 11 games (in the league). As opposed to that, Inverness have seen the ball go into their own net 13 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Ross County five wins, five draws and Inverness CT zero victories. As for goals, eight matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  O. Shaw 6 goals |   N. Todorov 6 goals |  B. McKay 5 goals |
Ross County missing players
Inverness CT missing players
| Ross County | Inverness CT | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Won | W | 5 | 9 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Drew | D | 4 | 10 | ||
| 15 | 6 | Lost | L | 4 | 6 | ||
| 28 | 15 | Scored | S | 21 | 35 | ||
| 42 | 19 | Conceded | C | 18 | 28 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 88% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 85% | 72% | ||
| 48% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 62% | 44% | ||
| 28% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 31% | 28% | ||
| 16% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 15% | 8% | ||
| 44% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 69% | 60% | ||
| 16% | 17% | Clean Sheets | C S | 31% | 32% | ||
| 40% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 12% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.9 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.8 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 8.2 | 8.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.2 | 8 | ||
| 3.1 | 3.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 3.8 | ||
| 36% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 37% | ||
| 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 | Dunfermline Athletic | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 27 | 20 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 30 |
| 4 | Inverness CT | 22 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 28 | 23 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 30 |
| 5 | Dundee | 20 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 37 | 35 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 22 | 2 | 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 |