Forfar vs Linlithgow Rose
The original tie was abandoned due to floodlight failure at Station Park a week ago, so the teams will have to give it another try tonight. We will keep our original pick and have added some updated team news here for you. Forfar continued to struggle on the weekend and lost 0-1 at home to Stenhousemuir but there was a slight improvement in performance at least. Linlithgow drew their Scottish Junior Cup game with Irvine Meadow on the weekend and boss Dave McGlynn will make plenty of changes to the his starting eleven tonight from that game. He will have to wait on finalizing his team since there are still a couple of players that might not be able to get time off work to travel with the team. Forfar really need a win to instill som confidence in the squad and we believe they are good enough to do just that.
The original write up from a week ago:
Forfar take on Linlithgow Rose in the Scottish Cup 4th round replay tonight. The two sides drew 3-3 at Prestonfield 10 days ago and the winners of tonight’s clash will face Premiership side Ross County in the next round. Forfar haven’t won in the league in a while and the cup provides a good opportunity to regain some well needed confidence. They were winning 3-1 in the first meeting but somehow conceded two quick goals, despite Linlithgow being down to 10 men. It should be a bit easier at Station Park though and the home side are the favorites here.
Team news: The home side will be without injured duo Michael Dunlop and Bryan Hodge as well as new signing Andy Ryan who is ineligible to play.
Linlithgow Rose can become the first Junior club to reach the 5th round of the Scottish Cup. Surely a big incentive for the visitors but they face several problems ahead of tonight’s replay with players missing both through suspensions and injuries. They have also struggled away from home in the league recently, recording two straight defeats against Newtongrange and Musselburgh. Not the most frightening sounding team names you’ve ever heard of.
Team news: The away side are missing Chris Gray, Ruari MacLennan and Gary Thom through suspension and Roddy MacLennan is out injured.
Date & Time: 26 Jan 2015 – 20.45 CET
League: Scottish Cup (Scotland)
Match: Forfar – Linlithgow Rose
Pick: Forfar Asian Hcp -1
Highest Odds: 1.74 @ Marathonbet
Stake: 15 EUR
Rating: 2/5
Result: 0-0, bet lost.