Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Alloa Athletic & St. Johnstone face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the League Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
This field has artifical turf, which is not St. Johnstone's everyday surface at their own field. When appearing on artifical turf St. Johnstone have performed like this: Played five matches with the output 1 win, 2 draws and 2 defeats with the goal difference 5-6 (scored/conceded).
Alloa have less rest than St. Johnstone in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a League Cup game only four days ago. Thankfully the previous game, versus Stirling Albion, was also a home game here at Indodrill Stadium. The away team is better rested.
Alloa Athletic form and stats
Alloa Athletic participated in League Cup the last season, where they reached the group stage.The overall League One results playing at home this season for Alloa Athletic are 10-2-6 (wins-draws-losses).
The Alloa regulars got no joy from their last game, a League Cup duel also played here at Indodrill Stadium: A 1-2 defeat against Stirling Albion.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Hamilton Academical (2-5).There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Alloa Athletic as they are travelling to their away game against Stenhousemuir in the League Cup. That match is three days after this one.
The Alloa fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 31 goals in 18 league matches. Alloa Athletic have conceded 23 in these home matches.
St. Johnstone form and stats
St. Johnstone's mission in League Cup last season failed in the group stage.The visitors are W0-D0-L0 on the road this term. That's in the league.
Two away games in a row for St. Johnstone, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-1 versus Stenhousemuir in the League Cup.
That result followed a home victory 2-0 versus Livingston in the Premiership.A new game in only three days for Johnstone, the League Cup home match versus Ayr United. Busy days.
Head 2 Head
Alloa Athletic missing players
St. Johnstone missing players
| Alloa Athletic | St. Johnstone | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 16 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 6 | Won | W | 4 | 6 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 13 | 8 | Lost | L | 6 | 14 | ||
| 25 | 14 | Scored | S | 14 | 24 | ||
| 32 | 18 | Conceded | C | 20 | 40 | ||
| 96% | 94% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 60% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 85% | 76% | ||
| 36% | 38% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 38% | 32% | ||
| 20% | 12% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 15% | 20% | ||
| 8% | 6% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 15% | 20% | ||
| 32% | 44% | BTTS | BTTS | 38% | 40% | ||
| 36% | 31% | Clean Sheets | C S | 23% | 20% | ||
| 36% | 31% | Failed to Score | F T | 38% | 40% | ||
| 4.4 | 4.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.7 | 5 | ||
| 4.6 | 3.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.8 | 5.3 | ||
| 1.1 | 1.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.7 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 4 | ||
| 8.1 | 8.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.5 | 11.3 | ||
| 3.1 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 3.8 | ||
| 32% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 26% | ||
| 8.2 | 6.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.9 | 12.4 | ||
| 3.5 | 2.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.2 | 4.3 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Stirling Albion | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 2 | Ayr United | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Stenhousemuir | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | Alloa Athletic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 5 | St. Johnstone | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 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 | Stirling Albion | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 2 | Ayr United | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Stenhousemuir | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | Alloa Athletic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 5 | St. Johnstone | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
