League Cup: Buckle up for the Albion Rovers - Livingston clash

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Competition: Scotland League Cup
Competition: Sat 09.July
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: The Reigart Stadium (2496 seats)

Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Albion Rovers & Livingston face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the League Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!

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Albion Rovers form and stats

Albion Rovers participated in League Cup the last season, where they reached the group stage.

Albion Rovers have played 18 League Two games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 5-5-8 (wins-draws-losses).

It's back home for Albion, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Cowdenbeath away with the result 1-0. Reilly found the net in that victory.

The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a League Two home game that ended 1-1 versus Stirling Albion.

Despite playing at their own arena the home team are massive underdogs in this game. The home fans will enjoy their drinks and snacks knowing that the chances of a positive outcome are very slim. When Albion Rovers have been in this position before, they have won 0, drawn 2 and lost 5 from 7 games. 3 defeats by at least two goals.

Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Cove Rangers are coming to town in three days.

Albion have scored 17 league goals here from 18 matches, not a lot. On the other hand, Albion Rovers have conceded 26 goals.

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Livingston form and stats

Livingston was sent out of League Cup in the quarter-finals last season.

There's been little loot from Livingston's travels as they have only collected 11 points from 16 away games in the League Cup. Livingston only have 2 wins to counter their 9 defeats and 5 draws.

Livingston had fun at their own home (The Reigart Stadium) last time out, beating Dundee 2-1. Forrest and Shinnie scored. Forrest came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Dundee last time out, making the manager Martindale feel like a tactical genius. Defender Lewis was the best team player with a rating of 7.8. Lewis hit six key passes and won 4 of 9 duels.

Prior to that match, a home win 2-1 against Dundee in the Premiership.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Inverness CT in just three days.

Livingston are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 22 away goals from 16 games (in the league). As for defending, Livingston rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 31 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Statistics for the last nine meetings featuring these two sides are: three wins for Albion, one draw and five wins for Livingston. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: six games.

Albion Rovers missing players

Livingston missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Albion Rovers Livingston
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 12   Played P   11 25
6 2   Won W   4 11
8 4   Drew D   3 7
11 6   Lost L   4 7
23 9   Scored S   12 35
41 19   Conceded C   10 26
80% 75%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   82% 92%
60% 50%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   55% 72%
44% 42%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   36% 48%
32% 33%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   18% 20%
28% 33%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   9% 8%
52% 42%   BTTS BTTS   36% 52%
32% 33%   Clean Sheets C S   36% 32%
36% 50%   Failed to Score F T   45% 24%
 
4.2 4.5   Corners for (avg) C F   3.8 4.8
4.7 4   Corners against (avg) C A   6.9 5.9
1.2 1.4   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.3 2.4
4 1   Red cards R C   0 2
 
8.6 7.5   Shots (avg) S (   9.2 10.1
3.8 2.8   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.3 3.1
24% 26%   Goal Efficiency G E   33% 39%
 
9 7.8   Shots against (avg) S A   11 11
3.6 3.7   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3.5 3.3

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Albion Rovers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Cove Rangers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Inverness CT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Kelty Hearts 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Livingston 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Kelty Hearts 36 24 9 3 68 28 18 13 5 0 36 12 18 11 4 3 32 16 40 81
2 Forfar Athletic 36 16 12 8 57 36 18 10 5 3 34 17 18 6 7 5 23 19 21 60
3 Annan Athletic 36 18 5 13 64 51 18 7 4 7 33 29 18 11 1 6 31 22 13 59
4 Edinburgh City 36 14 10 12 43 49 18 7 5 6 23 25 18 7 5 6 20 24 -6 52
5 Stenhousemuir 36 13 10 13 47 46 18 5 4 9 22 27 18 8 6 4 25 19 1 49
6 Stranraer 36 13 8 15 50 54 18 6 4 8 18 26 18 7 4 7 32 28 -4 47
7 Stirling Albion 36 11 9 16 41 46 18 6 2 10 22 26 18 5 7 6 19 20 -5 42
8 Albion Rovers 36 10 9 17 37 58 18 5 5 8 17 26 18 5 4 9 20 32 -21 39
9 Elgin City 36 9 10 17 33 51 18 6 6 6 20 21 18 3 4 11 13 30 -18 37
10 Cowdenbeath 36 7 8 21 28 49 18 3 5 10 13 21 18 4 3 11 15 28 -21 29
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Celtic 30 26 2 2 89 19 15 14 0 1 50 7 15 12 2 1 39 12 70 80
2 Rangers 29 21 4 4 64 19 14 11 1 2 33 7 15 10 3 2 31 12 45 67
3 Motherwell 30 14 4 12 41 38 15 7 1 7 23 23 15 7 3 5 18 15 3 46
4 Aberdeen 30 12 9 9 40 36 15 7 3 5 23 19 15 5 6 4 17 17 4 45
5 Livingston 30 10 9 11 41 39 14 8 4 2 19 8 16 2 5 9 22 31 2 39
6 Hibernian 30 9 10 11 42 49 15 5 7 3 26 22 15 4 3 8 16 27 -7 37
7 St. Johnstone 29 8 12 9 28 46 16 5 6 5 19 26 13 3 6 4 9 20 -18 36
8 Kilmarnock 30 9 6 15 31 41 15 6 5 4 20 15 15 3 1 11 11 26 -10 33
9 St. Mirren 30 7 8 15 24 41 15 5 6 4 13 13 15 2 2 11 11 28 -17 29
10 Ross County 30 7 8 15 29 60 14 5 3 6 17 23 16 2 5 9 12 37 -31 29
11 Hamilton Academical 30 6 9 15 30 50 16 4 3 9 16 26 14 2 6 6 14 24 -20 27
12 Hearts 30 4 11 15 31 52 15 2 7 6 19 23 15 2 4 9 12 29 -21 23

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Albion Rovers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Cove Rangers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Inverness CT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Kelty Hearts 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Livingston 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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