National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Rangers or Livingston that keep their silverware dream alive.
It's no vacation for neither Rangers nor Livingston as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Rangers form and stats
Last season, Rangers's League Cup journey ended in the final.Rangers's last game was hosting Motherwell and winning 1-0. Tavernier was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.92 out of 10. The defender Tavernier hit two key passes and won 9 of 14 duels.
Preceding that result, a home win against Real Betis in the Europa League. It would be a shock if the hosts fail to win this game. Let's see how Rangers have performed as huge favourites like they are today: 10 games found in the database showing 10 Rangers wins, 0 draws and 0 defeats.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Premiership game versus Aberdeen in only three days. This game is also played here at Ibrox Stadium.
Rangers have spent many days and weeks preparing for this match, with countless hours on the training pitches and four practice matches played. These training games have ended with 1 win, 1 draw and 2 defeats. Some might be interested in the goal production stats for these matches; Rangers scored {6 goals} and let in {8 goals} during these four games.
Livingston form and stats
Livingston might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Celtic proved too strong as Livingston slumped to a 0-3 defeat in front of their own fans at Tony Macaroni Arena. Midfielder Shinnie was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.14. Shinnie hit two key passes and had 38 successful passes (of 41 total).
A 1-1 draw at Ross County's stadium before that.The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The Premiership trip to St. Johnstone.
It's a day of discovery for Livingston as they finally learn what impact all the hours of pre-season training, along with the changes in personnel, have had on their performance in an official game. It's never easy knowing what to expect based on friendly games, of which Livingston have played three with the results W3-D0-L0 (win-draw-lost). In these games Livingston has scored {5 goals} and conceded 0 times.
Head 2 Head
Rangers have won or drawn the last 18 matches (16-2-0) against Livingston.Top Goalscorers
  D. Pereira da Silva 2 goals |   B. Anderson 2 goals |  J. Tavernier 1 goals |
Rangers missing players
Livingston missing players
| Rangers | Livingston | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 15 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 9 | Won | W | 4 | 11 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 6 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Lost | L | 7 | 8 | ||
| 43 | 27 | Scored | S | 13 | 30 | ||
| 31 | 16 | Conceded | C | 21 | 30 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 76% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 88% | ||
| 60% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 36% | ||
| 36% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 12% | ||
| 12% | 7% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 8% | ||
| 52% | 53% | BTTS | BTTS | 17% | 32% | ||
| 32% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 36% | ||
| 16% | 13% | Failed to Score | F T | 58% | 36% | ||
| 5.6 | 6.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.9 | 4.2 | ||
| 4.5 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.7 | 4.9 | ||
| 1.4 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.9 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 16.4 | 17.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.1 | 12.2 | ||
| 5.8 | 6.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.4 | 4.1 | ||
| 29% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 29% | ||
| 9.6 | 8.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.7 | 9.6 | ||
| 3.9 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.9 | 3 | ||
