Scottish League Challenge Cup

FT Saturday, September 3, 2016
ELG Elgin City WWWLL 1
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Falkirk WLDLW 6
1st2ndT
ELG101
FALK336
Falkirk Stadium · 1,591 att.

Head to Head

FALK leads series 2-0

Lineups

FALK · 4-4-2

  1. 58Deniz Dogan MehmetG
  2. 5David McCrackenCD-L
  3. 44Paul WatsonCD-R
  4. 23Tony GallacherLB
  5. 2Lewis KiddRB
  6. 8Mark KerrCM-L
  7. 7Tom TaiwoCM-R
  8. 11Myles HippolyteLM
  9. 10Craig SibbaldRM
  10. 19Robert McHughCF-L
  11. 9John BairdCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 15Luca GasparottoSUB
  2. 18Lee MillerSUB
  3. 21Scott ShepherdSUB
  4. 3Luke LeahySUB
  5. 16Nathan AustinSUB
  6. 28James CraigenSUB
  7. 6John RankinSUB

ELG · 4-4-2

  1. 1Cameron MeckayG
  2. 5Jamie DuffyCD-L
  3. 4Mark NicolsonCD-R
  4. 3Archie MacpheeLB
  5. 2Matthew CooperRB
  6. 7Kieran StewartCM-L
  7. 6Thomas ReillyCM-R
  8. 11Daniel MooreLM
  9. 8Brian CameronRM
  10. 10Shane SutherlandCF-L
  11. 9Chris McLeishCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 15Jamie ReidSUB
  2. 14Kyle MacleodSUB
  3. 16Chris DoddSUB
  4. 12Craig GunnSUB
  5. 17Robbie BruceSUB
  6. 18Ben CullenSUB
  7. 21Stuart BlackSUB

Timeline

  1. 5' Goal! Falkirk 1, Elgin City 0. Robert McHugh (Falkirk) header from long range on the left to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Tom Taiwo.
  2. 32' Goal! Falkirk 2, Elgin City 0. Myles Hippolyte (Falkirk) right footed shot from a difficult angle and long range on the left to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Tony Gallacher.
  3. 38' Goal! Falkirk 2, Elgin City 1. Mark Nicolson (Elgin City) left footed shot from outside the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Daniel Moore.
  4. 43' Goal! Falkirk 3, Elgin City 1. John Baird (Falkirk) left footed shot from outside the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Craig Sibbald.
  5. 45' Substitution, Elgin City. Craig Gunn replaces Jamie Duff because of an injury.
  6. 48' Goal! Falkirk 4, Elgin City 1. David McCracken (Falkirk) header from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Tom Taiwo.
  7. 55' Goal! Falkirk 5, Elgin City 1. Robert McHugh (Falkirk) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right to the top left corner. Assisted by John Baird.
  8. 55' Substitution, Falkirk. Lee Miller replaces Robert McHugh.
  9. 59' Substitution, Falkirk. John Rankin replaces Mark Kerr.
  10. 60' Substitution, Elgin City. Chris Dodd replaces Daniel Moore.
  11. 69' Substitution, Elgin City. Kyle Macleod replaces Chris McLeish.
  12. 69' Substitution, Falkirk. Scott Shepherd replaces Craig Sibbald.
  13. 71' Goal! Falkirk 6, Elgin City 1. John Baird (Falkirk) right footed shot from more than 35 yards to the bottom right corner.

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