National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Alloa Athletic or Hibernian that keep their silverware dream alive.
It's no vacation for neither Alloa nor Hibernian 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.
Hibernian play their home games on grass, while this game is played on artifical turf. Recent stats for Hibernian when playing on artifical turf are 6 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats from eleven matches. They have scored 12 goals and conceded 10 times in these games.
Alloa Athletic form and stats
Alloa participated in League Cup the last season, where they reached the group stage.Three Championship home games done for Alloa Athletic, who are not happy collecting 1 point from these matches. On the other hand, in the League Cup, Alloa Athletic has performed like this (both home and away): 4 wins, 0 draws and 1 loss.
It's back home for Alloa, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Arbroath away with the result 1-0. S. Scougall found the net in that victory. Preceding that match was a Championship defeat to Ayr United (0-2).
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Inverness CT are coming to town in four days.
Alloa are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 4 goals in 3 games. As for conceded goals, Alloa's unpleasant statistic is 9 goals surrendered. Alloa have allowed more than three conceded goals on average in their home matches so far.
Hibernian form and stats
Hibernian's mission in League Cup last season failed in the semi-finals.When we have look at the League Cup statistics, we find 5W-0D-0L. This is both home and away. Hibernian love their trips these days, as their two previous away games have resulted in victories.
Two travels in a row for Hibernian, whose manager J. Ross could celebrate last time after the Premiership win against Hamilton Academical. Prior to that result Hibernian won their away game at Motherwell in the Premiership. The scoreline was 3-0.
As mentioned above, Hibernian was the only team on the pitch versus Hamilton Academical in their previous game, winning 4-0. This could be a tougher task.
After this away game Hibernian return home for a Premiership game against Dundee United. That game is only four sleeps after this.
Head 2 Head
Alloa Athletic-Hibernian H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Alloa one win, Hibernian nine wins, zero draws. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Alloa Athletic missing players
Hibernian missing players
| Alloa Athletic | Hibernian | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 6 | Won | W | 9 | 14 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Lost | L | 4 | 6 | ||
| 36 | 21 | Scored | S | 22 | 42 | ||
| 37 | 21 | Conceded | C | 12 | 27 | ||
| 92% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 92% | ||
| 80% | 86% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 64% | 68% | ||
| 44% | 43% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 57% | 64% | ||
| 32% | 36% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 21% | 40% | ||
| 24% | 29% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 7% | 12% | ||
| 48% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 29% | 48% | ||
| 28% | 29% | Clean Sheets | C S | 57% | 40% | ||
| 32% | 29% | Failed to Score | F T | 21% | 20% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1 | 0.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.5 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 7.8 | 9.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.9 | 11 | ||
| 3.8 | 4.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.6 | 3.7 | ||
| 38% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 45% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Hearts | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 18 |
| 2 | Dunfermline Athletic | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 14 |
| 3 | Raith Rovers | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 12 |
| 4 | Ayr United | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 12 |
| 5 | Inverness CT | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 11 |
| 6 | Greenock Morton | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -5 | 10 |
| 7 | Dundee | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 13 | -4 | 9 |
| 8 | Alloa Athletic | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | -10 | 4 |
| 9 | Queen of the South | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 12 | -11 | 4 |
| 10 | Arbroath | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | -8 | 2 |