Formartine United — Edinburgh City: 2:0, Challenge Cup

Formartin United beat Edinburgh City 2:0 in the Cup of Scotland, Group Stage-5, on 26 September 2026. The hosts took all three points at home and extended their recent run of results. We had backed the visitors, 53 per cent confidence, but the match went another way entirely.

There was a moment around the thirteenth minute when J. Wade stepped up for a penalty and missed. That was the kind of event that shifts everything, even if the score didn't show it. By then the tension was already building. To be fair, Edinburgh spent that spell feeling the pressure.

Formartin finally found their answer fifty-four minutes in, when H. Ritchie scored. The visitors defended deeper after that, but they couldn't contain the hosts for long. One mistake ends it, and Edinburgh made theirs late.

At eighty-three minutes Wade converted from the spot to seal the result. He had missed earlier, but this time he found no answer from the keeper. The clean-sheet run came to an end for the visitors, and Formartin ground out the win.

The statistics tell a story that doesn't always match the eye. Formartin had 63 per cent possession and eleven shots on target, while Edinburgh managed three. The hosts created nothing in the big-chances column, yet they outscored a side with more attacks. Things came to a head in those final moments, and Edinburgh gave away too many cheap fouls.