Scottish Cup
2008-01-28 - Airdrieonians vs Kilmarnock
A Sports Betting Pick by Auls
Scottish FA Cup - 4th Round
KickOff 19:45 GMT
The winner of this tie will face Glasgow Celtic at home in the next round.
AIRDRIE UNITED
Airdrie compete in the Scottish 2nd Division after suffering a relegation last season and currently occupy 3rd spot in the table, 6 points behind the leaders Ross County. They have a respectable 7-2-2 home record with 18 goals scored and 7 conceded. They have knocked out Queen's Park after a replay in the previous round.
Airdrie have been in solid form recently with 8 wins and 2 losses from their last 10 games in all competitions. They have also won 4 straight games at home and have not lost at home since their 0-1 loss to Ross County in the middle of November. Airdrie have been visited by a club from a higher division once already this season and were beaten 0-2 at home by 1st Divisions Dunfermline.
Marc Smyth has returned for the home team from injury, but Marco Andreoni, Steven McDougall, David Gillie and Graeme Holmes all miss out.
KILMARNOCK
Kilmarnock will look to avoid a shock in this Monday night encounter and will likely be glad to have an interruption from their league campaign. Killie sit 11th in the Scottish Premier Division and are 9 points clear of bottom club Gretna. They have a 2-4-6 away record with 9 goals scored and 18 conceded.
Kilmarnock have not won in 5 games and only have 1 win in their last 13 games. They have been on a really bad run in away games with no wins from their last 10 away games in all competitions and they have lost 7 of those 10 games.
Kilmarnock have also visited a lower league team in the Scottish League Cup this season - Hamilton comfortably beat Killie 2-0. However they also met a team from the same division as Airdrie in an earlier round of that competition when they brushed aside Peterhead 0-3 away from home.
Colin Nish returns up from for Kilmarnock, but Eric Skora is out. Alan Combe will be a late decision.
PREDICTION :
Kilmarnock have been on a really bad run at the moment but will look to this game as being the one where they can stop the rot.
Airdrie are a side that look a little short of mixing higher than Division 2 at the moment and so the price on the Premier League side to go through has to be one to be taken.
The Pick :
AIRDRIE UNITED 1-2 KILMARNOCK
