Challenge Cup statistics and predictions

Season to date: 120 matches since 11 Aug 2026, last updated 22 Oct 2026.

Challenge Cup in numbers

120matches

3.92goals / game

54%home wins

15%draws

31%away wins

63%both teams scored

74%over 2.5 goals

Analysis

120 matches have been played in the Challenge Cup (Scotland) since 11 Aug 2026, averaging 3.92 goals a game. That makes it a higher-scoring competition than the average across our archive (3.06 goals a game).

Home sides won 65 (54%), 18 matches were drawn (15%) and away sides won 37 (31%). Home advantage here is stronger than usual. Both teams scored in 63% of matches, 74% went over 2.5 goals, 88% over 1.5, and 2 finished goalless.

Our team-strength model, refitted every night, rates the strongest attacks as Ross County (2.32), East Kilbride (1.66), Clydebank (1.56), and the meanest defences as Hamilton Academical (0.44), Ross County (0.62), Peterhead (0.65). A rating of 1.00 is an average side in this competition.

Results table

Calculated from the final scores in our archive since 11 Aug 2026. This is not the official table — it applies no points deductions or tie-break rules, and for cup competitions it simply totals results across rounds.

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Clydebank	6	5	1	0	17	4	13	16
2	Ross County	6	5	0	1	30	7	23	15
3	Airdrie United	6	5	0	1	21	8	13	15
4	Cove Rangers	6	5	0	1	19	7	12	15
5	Peterhead	6	5	0	1	12	4	8	15
6	East Kilbride	6	4	1	1	19	13	6	13
7	St. Mirren U21	6	4	0	2	19	8	11	12
8	Elgin City	6	4	0	2	14	3	11	12
9	Alloa Athletic	6	3	3	0	12	5	7	12
10	Hamilton Academical	6	4	0	2	11	4	7	12
11	Montrose	6	4	0	2	13	8	5	12
12	Celtic II	6	3	3	0	18	14	4	12
13	Queen of the South	6	3	2	1	11	5	6	11
14	Stirling Albion	6	3	2	1	16	12	4	11
15	Aberdeen U21	6	3	1	2	11	8	3	10
16	Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic	6	3	1	2	9	11	-2	10
17	Edinburgh City	6	3	1	2	6	9	-3	10
18	Berwick Rangers	6	3	1	2	11	15	-4	10
19	Annan Athletic	6	2	3	1	9	5	4	9
20	Formartine United	6	3	0	3	12	10	2	9
21	Spartans	6	2	3	1	9	7	2	9
22	Kelty Hearts	6	3	0	3	15	15	0	9
23	Hearts U21	6	3	0	3	17	29	-12	9
24	Stranraer	6	2	1	3	16	15	1	7
25	East Fife	6	2	1	3	13	13	0	7
26	Forfar Athletic	6	2	1	3	6	9	-3	7
27	Banks O' Dee	6	2	1	3	8	14	-6	7
28	Dumbarton	6	2	1	3	10	19	-9	7
29	Rangers U21	6	2	0	4	11	11	0	6
30	Clyde	6	2	0	4	11	15	-4	6
31	Kilmarnock II	6	1	2	3	11	16	-5	5
32	Cumbernauld Colts	6	1	2	3	6	14	-8	5
33	Clachnacuddin	6	1	1	4	11	17	-6	4
34	Fraserburgh	6	1	1	4	7	21	-14	4
35	Dundee II	6	1	0	5	7	15	-8	3
36	Dundee United II	6	1	0	5	5	14	-9	3
37	Gala Fairydean Rovers	6	0	2	4	3	17	-14	2
38	Hibernian U21	6	0	1	5	4	14	-10	1
39	Cowdenbeath	6	0	0	6	6	15	-9	0
40	Motherwell U21	6	0	0	6	4	20	-16	0

About these statistics

The figures above are counts over final scores (90 minutes) in the PunterPick results archive. Nothing is estimated: a match only counts once its final score is in. Team links lead to each side's own form, home and away record and the predictions we have published for them. How we build our predictions is explained on the methodology page.