Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Spartans & East Kilbride face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Scottish Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
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!
Spartans form and stats
Last season, Spartans's Scottish Cup journey ended in the 2nd round.As mentioned above, Spartans "killed" Cumbernauld Colts in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency.
East Kilbride form and stats
East Kilbride's mission in Scottish Cup last season failed in the 4th round.Preceding that game, the 1-2 loss visiting Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic's place.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Football League trip to Dalbeattie Star.
It's a day of discovery for Kilbride as they finally learn what impact all the hours of pre-season training, along with the changes in personnel, have had on their performance in an official game. It's never easy knowing what to expect based on friendly games, of which East Kilbride have played two with the results W1-D0-L1 (win-draw-lost). In these games East Kilbride has scored 6 goals and conceded 6 times.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last eight matches): Spartans two wins, three draws and East Kilbride three victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.Spartans missing players
East Kilbride missing players
| Spartans | East Kilbride | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 7 | Won | W | 6 | 15 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Lost | L | 3 | 6 | ||
| 60 | 26 | Scored | S | 18 | 57 | ||
| 33 | 14 | Conceded | C | 10 | 26 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 91% | 96% | ||
| 76% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 64% | 80% | ||
| 68% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 45% | 60% | ||
| 60% | 58% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 27% | 48% | ||
| 36% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 9% | 24% | ||
| 56% | 42% | BTTS | BTTS | 36% | 48% | ||
| 24% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 55% | 44% | ||
| 24% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 18% | 12% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.7 | 1.7 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 12 | 16 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 4.7 | 9.9 | ||
| 6.4 | 8.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.7 | 4 | ||
| 34% | 28% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 47% | ||