Renfrew host Broxburn Athletic in the Scottish FA Cup. Both sides have had a bumpy few months domestically, blowing hot and cold depending on the week rather than settling into any real pattern.
It's a straight knockout tie, so there's no second leg to put things right if either side has an off day. Recent form for both clubs leaves plenty of room for either outcome.
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Recent form tells two different stories
Renfrew's last nine league games make for tough reading overall: two wins, a draw and six defeats, with just 16 scored against 26 conceded. The one positive is timing - their two most recent results, away at Pollok and at home to Beith, were both wins.
Renfrew: 10 completed matches; Broxburn Athletic: 20 completed matches.
Renfrew
- Win
- 20% 2 / 10
- Draw
- 10% 1 / 10
- Loss
- 70% 7 / 10
- Scored
- 18
- Conceded
- 29
- Difference
- -11
Broxburn Athletic
- Win
- 40% 8 / 20
- Draw
- 30% 6 / 20
- Loss
- 30% 6 / 20
- Scored
- 28
- Conceded
- 35
- Difference
- -7
| League | Home | Away | Date | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Football League - Lowland League | Johnstone Burgh | Renfrew | 26.09.2026 | 3-2 |
| Football League - Lowland League | Renfrew | Beith | 23.09.2026 | 3-0 |
| Football League - Lowland League | Pollok | Renfrew | 16.09.2026 | 1-3 |
| Football League - Lowland League | Renfrew | Clydebank | 29.08.2026 | 1-5 |
| Football League - Lowland League | Renfrew | Caledonian Braves | 22.08.2026 | 1-3 |
| Football League - Lowland League | Troon FC | Renfrew | 19.08.2026 | 2-0 |
| Football League - Lowland League | Renfrew | Celtic II | 08.08.2026 | 3-5 |
| Football League - Lowland League | Cumbernauld Colts | Renfrew | 01.08.2026 | 2-2 |
| Football League - Lowland League | Renfrew | Pollok | 29.07.2026 | 1-4 |
| Football League - Lowland League | Renfrew | Kilwinning Rangers | 25.07.2026 | 2-4 |
| League | Home | Away | Date | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Football League - Lowland League | East Stirlingshire | Broxburn Athletic | 26.09.2026 | 1-2 |
| Football League - Lowland League | Broxburn Athletic | Linlithgow Rose | 19.09.2026 | 0-4 |
| Football League - Lowland League | Bo'ness United | Broxburn Athletic | 12.09.2026 | 1-2 |
| Football League - Lowland League | Broxburn Athletic | Berwick Rangers | 29.08.2026 | 2-0 |
| Football League - Lowland League | Dunipace | Broxburn Athletic | 22.08.2026 | 2-2 |
| Football League - Lowland League | Cowdenbeath | Broxburn Athletic | 08.08.2026 | 0-2 |
| Football League - Lowland League | Broxburn Athletic | Lochee United | 01.08.2026 | 3-0 |
| Football League - Lowland League | Broxburn Athletic | Gala Fairydean Rovers | 28.07.2026 | 1-0 |
| Football League - Lowland League | Stirling University | Broxburn Athletic | 25.07.2026 | 0-1 |
| Friendlies Clubs | Broxburn Athletic | Clydebank | 11.07.2026 | 1-2 |
Broxburn Athletic's sample stretches back over twenty matches and reads more evenly, with seven wins, six draws and seven losses, 28 scored against 37 conceded. But their last two outings were defeats, including a heavy 0-4 loss at home to Linlithgow Rose, so their momentum cooled right before this cup tie.
Neither side arrives with any real consistency behind them.

A cup tie between familiar levels
Both clubs' recent fixtures have come in the Lowland League, so this Scottish Cup meeting is effectively two sides from the same level facing off, even if cup form doesn't always mirror league form.
It's a one-off match with no aggregate to lean on. Both teams have shown they can be part of big scorelines in either direction - Renfrew have shipped four and five in separate games, while Broxburn have both scored heavily and conceded heavily elsewhere - so a tight, cagey game feels no more likely than an open one.
With no market attached to this preview and both teams showing patchy form coming in, there isn't a clean angle to lean on. Renfrew have found two wins in a row but were leaking goals for weeks before that, while Broxburn's decent overall record was dented by a heavy home defeat just before this tie.
Form is really all we've got to go on here, and it points in different directions for different reasons. Better to sit this one out than force a view on a cup match that could swing either way.
