The journey to champions cup glory starts this weekend
Sunday throws up plenty of options, but this one stood out early.
An all-Premiership tie, a late kick-off, and two sides close enough in the numbers to make it worth the wait.
Kick-off: 16:00
Venue: Toryglen Regional Football Centre
This is an all-Premiership tie, and the league table gives it proper shape.
Pollokshields come into Sunday sitting 9th, on 13 points from 13 games.
Barrhead United are 6th, on 14 points from 11 games, with two games in hand.
Both sides have the same number of league wins.
The difference shows up elsewhere.
Pollokshields’ league record:
Played: 13 Won: 4 | Drawn: 1 | Lost: 8
Goals For: 25 Goals Against: 42 Goal Difference: −17
Barrhead United’s record:
Played: 11 Won: 4 | Drawn: 2 | Lost: 5
Goals For: 31 Goals Against: 30 Goal Difference: +1
Last weekend adds another layer.
Pollokshields were beaten 4–0 by Maryhill Black Star.
Barrhead United were not in league action.
There’ll be talk around form and recent scorelines.
The league numbers say this isn’t one-sided.
Same wins.
Small points gap.
Different goal profiles.
Only one of these sides has a name showing in the Premiership scoring charts.
Chris Odubajo has 7 league goals for Pollokshields this season.
Barrhead United don’t have a player listed among the division’s leading scorers.
Above stats don’t decide a cup tie.
It just tells you where the goals have come from so far.
Two Premiership teams who know the standard and won’t need told what’s required.
No division gap to hide behind. One of them is out by tea time.
🤖 The bot has spoken — now it’s over to the pitch.
Footy Focus season 25/26 
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