Penicuik Athletic host Kilwinning Rangers in the Scottish FA Cup. Kilwinning have been winning regularly in their recent matches, while there's not much on record to show how Penicuik have been getting on lately.
The two sides actually met in this same competition a year or so ago, and that's the only direct look we've got at how they match up. Whether that still tells us anything useful is worth thinking about before drawing conclusions.
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Kilwinning's busy record, Penicuik's blank sheet
Kilwinning Rangers have played a dozen matches in their recent sample, winning nine and losing just three, with 36 goals scored against 17 conceded. That's a strong points return and a decent scoring rate, even if most of it comes from Lowland League football rather than cup ties.
Penicuik Athletic: 1 completed matches; Kilwinning Rangers: 13 completed matches.
| League | Home | Away | Date | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FA Cup | Penicuik Athletic | Kilwinning Rangers | 30.08.2025 | 2-4 |
| League | Home | Away | Date | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Football League - Lowland League | Troon FC | Kilwinning Rangers | 26.09.2026 | 2-4 |
| Football League - Lowland League | Kilwinning Rangers | Auchinleck Talbot | 22.09.2026 | 3-0 |
| Football League - Lowland League | Albion Rovers | Kilwinning Rangers | 15.09.2026 | 0-3 |
| Football League - Lowland League | Kilwinning Rangers | Celtic II | 12.09.2026 | 4-0 |
| Football League - Lowland League | Caledonian Braves | Kilwinning Rangers | 29.08.2026 | 5-2 |
| Football League - Lowland League | Kilwinning Rangers | Largs Thistle | 22.08.2026 | 2-0 |
| Football League - Lowland League | Kilwinning Rangers | Albion Rovers | 18.08.2026 | 3-1 |
| Football League - Lowland League | Gretna 2008 | Kilwinning Rangers | 08.08.2026 | 1-5 |
| Football League - Lowland League | Kilwinning Rangers | Beith | 01.08.2026 | 1-2 |
| Football League - Lowland League | Cumbernauld Colts | Kilwinning Rangers | 28.07.2026 | 2-4 |
Penicuik Athletic's only listed match is the FA Cup meeting with Kilwinning themselves, a 2-4 defeat. That means there's no separate form line to judge them on beyond that single result, so we simply don't know much about how they've been playing otherwise.
Kilwinning arrive with a fuller and more positive recent record, though it's largely built at a different level to this cup tie.
One meeting, over a year old
The only head-to-head on record is that August 2025 FA Cup match, which Kilwinning won 2-4 away from home. It's the sole data point we have connecting these two sides directly.
| League | Home | Away | Date | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FA Cup | Penicuik Athletic | Kilwinning Rangers | 30.08.2025 | 2-4 |
Being over a year old, it can't really be treated as a guide to current form for either team. It's more a historical curiosity than something to lean on heavily.

Could goals be on the cards again?
Kilwinning's recent numbers show goals at both ends, averaging three scored per game across their sample. Their previous meeting with Penicuik also produced six goals between the sides, so there's a bit of a pattern of open scorelines when these two, or Kilwinning generally, are involved.
The trouble is we can't say much about Penicuik's attacking or defensive form beyond that one match, so any read on how open this game might be leans heavily on just one side's evidence.
An open game is plausible given Kilwinning's scoring habits, but it's a one-sided picture given how little we know about Penicuik.
With Kilwinning showing a decent recent record and Penicuik largely unknown beyond one shared result, there's a clear imbalance in what we can actually assess here.
Without any markets to weigh up either, this is one to sit out rather than force a view on thin evidence.
