Dumbarton defender Rico Quitongo hopes that home advantage can help the Sons gain revenge on Aberdeen for their Scottish Cup defeat last January.
And the full-back has his own reason to be gunning for the Dons after he conceded a disputed 86th-minute penalty (right)the last time the teams met which allowed the Premiership side to secure a 1-0 win.
Rico, who has only just returned from injury, said: “I worked my pan in over lockdown and was fine until the final Thursday before we started back when I felt a little niggle which was really frustrating.
“Everybody wants to play the Aberdeen game though. It’s a big cup tie.
“We played really well up there last year and then my mistake cost the team.
“But we’ve learnt from that and it should be a good game plus it’s on our own turf this time so that’s something we’ll have to use to our advantage.
“I’d like to think that the pitch here is a wee bit narrower than Pittodrie so we need to use that to our advantage and be nice and tight. It will be a hard game but if we sit in and work as a unit as we did last year then anything can happen.
“It should be a really good cup tie.”
The game is live on BBC 1 Scotland this today (Saturday), with kick-off at 12.15pm.
