Scottish Cup
2025-07-19 - Spartans vs Brechin City
A Sports Betting Pick by ArmchairPunter
Football : Scotland: League Cup Group A
Venue: Ainslie Park
Saturday 19th July 2025, 1500hrs (GMT)
Spartans will be looking to bounce back from their midweek 1-0 defeat away from home at Cove Rangers when they return to the home surroundings of Ainslie Park for this upcoming Scottish League Cup encounter against Highland League outfit Brechin City.
Saturday afternoon’s hosts Spartans had previously made a positive start to this season’s League Cup campaign as Douglas Samuel’s side had registered a 2-1 home win against Queen’s Park in their opening game in Group A.
This upcoming cup-tie represents a golden opportunity though for Spartans to further their ambitions of claiming top spot in the Group A table and a possible place in the play-offs providing they get the better of the basement team, Brechin City.
The bigger picture certainly provides a promising outlook for Spartans who have slipped to just two losses in their last eight matches in all competitions.
Brechin City currently sit rock-bottom of the Group A table following heavy defeats at the hands of Falkirk 7-0 and a 5-0 thumping away from home at Queen’s Park so it would be fair to say that Ray McKinnon’s side may be heading into Saturday’s cup-tie away at Spartans with a fair amount of trepidation.
Indeed, despite finishing runners-up at the end of last season’s Highland League campaign and winning their final five league matches on the trot, Brechin City’s subsequent results do not make for good reading.
Pre-season friendly losses to the likes of Dundee United and Dundee, both by 3-0 margins, along with the aforementioned losses in the group stage of this season’s League Cup means Brechin City have conceded a total of 18 goals and have scored none in their last four games overall.
The Betting Verdict
Spartans with home advantage should record a comfortable win against Brechin City’s leaky defence.
The Pick :
Spartans 2-0 Brechin City
