Alloa Athletic vs Ross County in League Cup preview: Key statistics and predictions

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Competition: Scotland League Cup
Competition: Tue 19.July
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Indodrill Stadium (3100 seats)

National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Alloa Athletic or Ross County that keep their silverware dream alive.

Alloa Athletic's stadium, Indodrill Stadium, has a artifical turf surface. Ross County have grass on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Ross County when playing on artifical turf; 2 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses from six matches. They have scored 9 goals in these games and conceded 12.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Alloa and Ross County.

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Alloa Athletic form and stats

Last season, Alloa Athletic's League Cup journey ended in the group stage.

The complete League One stats at home this season for Alloa Athletic are 6-4-8 (wins-draws-losses).

Alloa Athletic are returning here after visiting Buckie Thistle in a League Cup match and winning with a 4-1 scoreline.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Alloa as they are travelling to their away game against Dunfermline Athletic in the League Cup. That match is four days after this one.

Alloa Athletic are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 26 goals in 18 games. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 30 goals have been conceded.

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Ross County form and stats

County's mission in League Cup last season failed in the group stage.

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

The club members enjoyed Ross County's previous game versus Dunfermline Athletic, a League Cup win (1-0) played at home.

A quick return to home after this game, as Ross County are hosting East Fife in the League Cup only four days away.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Ross County as they have only managed to score 12 times from 16 away games in the league. The County manager Mackay has some worries about the defense as 37 goals have been conceded in these travels.

Head 2 Head

Statistics for the previous ten meetings featuring these two teams are: three wins for Alloa Athletic, zero draws and seven wins for Ross County. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: seven games.

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Total First Half Second Half
Alloa Athletic Ross County
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 15   Played P   14 25
11 5   Won W   5 9
5 4   Drew D   3 7
9 6   Lost L   6 9
38 21   Scored S   15 30
35 22   Conceded C   20 33
96% 93%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   93% 96%
84% 80%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   71% 72%
64% 53%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   50% 44%
32% 40%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   21% 24%
16% 20%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   14% 12%
56% 60%   BTTS BTTS   57% 60%
28% 27%   Clean Sheets C S   21% 20%
20% 20%   Failed to Score F T   29% 24%
 
4.7 4.7   Corners for (avg) C F   3.8 4.3
5 4.2   Corners against (avg) C A   6.5 6.3
0.9 0.7   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.5 2.3
3 3   Red cards R C   1 2
 
8.1 5.9   Shots (avg) S (   8.1 8.5
4 2.7   Shots on Target (avg) S O   2.8 2.9
39% 52%   Goal Efficiency G E   30% 37%
 
6.9 5.8   Shots against (avg) S A   15.8 15.2
3.4 3.1   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.4 4.2

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Dunfermline Athletic 3 2 0 1 7 1 1 1 0 0 5 0 2 1 0 1 2 1 6 6
2 Alloa Athletic 2 1 1 0 5 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 4 1 3 3
3 Ross County 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 3
4 East Fife 2 0 1 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 -2 2
5 Buckie Thistle 3 0 1 2 2 10 2 0 1 1 2 5 1 0 0 1 0 5 -8 2
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Cove Rangers 36 23 10 3 73 32 18 13 5 0 43 13 18 10 5 3 30 19 41 79
2 Airdrieonians 36 21 9 6 68 37 18 12 3 3 36 21 18 9 6 3 32 16 31 72
3 Montrose 36 15 14 7 53 36 18 6 9 3 25 20 18 9 5 4 28 16 17 59
4 Queen's Park 36 11 18 7 51 36 18 8 8 2 29 15 18 3 10 5 22 21 15 51
5 Alloa Athletic 36 12 9 15 49 57 18 6 4 8 26 30 18 6 5 7 23 27 -8 45
6 Falkirk 36 12 8 16 49 55 18 5 3 10 23 31 18 7 5 6 26 24 -6 44
7 Peterhead 36 11 9 16 46 51 18 8 4 6 24 17 18 3 5 10 22 34 -5 42
8 Clyde 36 9 12 15 39 62 18 6 5 7 23 36 18 3 7 8 16 26 -23 39
9 Dumbarton 36 9 7 20 48 71 18 3 6 9 21 31 18 6 1 11 27 40 -23 34
10 East Fife 36 5 8 23 31 70 18 4 5 9 17 26 18 1 3 14 14 44 -39 23
  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 Dunfermline Athletic 3 2 0 1 7 1 1 1 0 0 5 0 2 1 0 1 2 1 6 6
2 Alloa Athletic 2 1 1 0 5 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 4 1 3 3
3 Ross County 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 3
4 East Fife 2 0 1 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 -2 2
5 Buckie Thistle 3 0 1 2 2 10 2 0 1 1 2 5 1 0 0 1 0 5 -8 2

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