National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Stirling Albion or Aberdeen that keep their silverware dream alive.
The hosts Stirling Albion saw competitive action as recent as three days ago, playing in the Challenge Cup. Thankfully the previous game, versus East Kilbride, was also a home game here at Forthbank Stadium. The away team is better rested.
Stirling Albion form and stats
Stirling Albion have reached this League Cup stage through battling and winning against Alloa Athletic, St. Johnstone, Stenhousemuir and Ayr United. Stirling participated in League Cup the last season, where they reached the group stage.The story so far in the League One for Stirling Albion at their home stadium (Forthbank Stadium) is 1 win, 0 draws and 0 defeats.
The Stirling Albion followers got no joy from their last match, a Challenge Cup duel also played here at Forthbank Stadium: A 0-3 defeat against East Kilbride.
In the game before, an away victory in the League One match versus Alloa Athletic with a 1-0 scoreline.There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Stirling as they are travelling to their away game against Falkirk in the League One. That match is four days after this one.
At Forthbank Stadium, Stirling Albion has the goal stats of 1-0 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.
Aberdeen form and stats
Last season their League Cup adventure ended in the semi-finals.This game can not go any worse than the last one, the home loss versus Celtic with 1-3 on the scoreboard. Attacker Lopes got a player rating of 7.61 in the game. "Man of the match" Lopes served one assist, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.
Before that, Aberdeen travelled to Livingston and returned home with a draw after the Premiership game finished 0-0.Head 2 Head
One of the stars has been Besuijen with 2 goals scored against Stirling Albion in these 1 encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  D. Carrick 1 goals |  C. Clark 1 goals |   B. Miovski 1 goals |
Stirling Albion missing players
Aberdeen missing players
| Stirling Albion | Aberdeen | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 16 | 25 | ||
| 16 | 8 | Won | W | 6 | 12 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 9 | 11 | ||
| 48 | 21 | Scored | S | 21 | 37 | ||
| 21 | 14 | Conceded | C | 31 | 38 | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 94% | 92% | ||
| 76% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 69% | 72% | ||
| 60% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 56% | 56% | ||
| 32% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 44% | 40% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 31% | 20% | ||
| 48% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 28% | ||
| 44% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 31% | 44% | ||
| 16% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 36% | ||
| 4.4 | 4.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.4 | 5.4 | ||
| 5.5 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.3 | 6.5 | ||
| 1.8 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 2 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 4 | 5 | ||
| 9.8 | 9.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.9 | 10.9 | ||
| 4 | 3.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.4 | 3.6 | ||
| 44% | 45% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 39% | 41% | ||
| 11.3 | 10.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.4 | 13.2 | ||
| 4.4 | 4.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.5 | ||
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