National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Arbroath or St. Johnstone that keep their silverware dream alive.
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only three days ago in the Europa League.
Arbroath form and stats
Arbroath have not come this way in the League Cup without some hard work on the way, more precisely defeating Dundee United, East Fife, Kelty Hearts and Elgin City. Arbroath participated in League Cup the last season, where they reached the 2nd round.The story so far in the Championship for Arbroath at their home stadium (Gayfield Park) is 0 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat. This match is a League Cup match, and the hometeam has the total statistics 3 wins, 0 draws and 1 loss in this competition.
An away draw last time out for Arbroath, facing Ayr United in a game that ended 2-2. Opportunity lost for Arbroath in the Ayr United match as a lead 2-0 was lost and what looked like a victory ended in a draw.
Ahead of that match, Arbroath lost 0-1 at home to Inverness CT.At Gayfield Park, Arbroath has the goal stats of 0-1 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.
St. Johnstone form and stats
Nothing but glory last season for St. Johnstone, as they won the League Cup.The last three matches for Johnstone have all ended in a draw.
St. Johnstone might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Galatasaray proved too strong as St. Johnstone slumped to a 2-4 defeat in front of their own fans at McDiarmid Park. A crazy, crazy match with lots of goals last time out for St. Johnstone, as mentioned above. 6 goals in that one, will this match be as much fun?
A draw for Johnstone before that, at their own venue hosting Motherwell (1-1).Head 2 Head
Last two meetings featuring these sides: Arbroath won zero, St. Johnstone were winners in two and we saw zero draws. two games with over 2,5 goals, zero matches with under 2,5 goals.Top Goalscorers
  M. McKenna 1 goals | J. Nouble 1 goals |
Arbroath missing players
St. Johnstone missing players
| Arbroath | St. Johnstone | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 6 | Won | W | 7 | 11 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Drew | D | 5 | 10 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | ||
| 31 | 19 | Scored | S | 17 | 28 | ||
| 33 | 15 | Conceded | C | 10 | 20 | ||
| 92% | 85% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 85% | 84% | ||
| 64% | 69% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 62% | 56% | ||
| 40% | 46% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 38% | 28% | ||
| 32% | 31% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 15% | 12% | ||
| 16% | 23% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 8% | ||
| 44% | 46% | BTTS | BTTS | 46% | 44% | ||
| 36% | 46% | Clean Sheets | C S | 46% | 48% | ||
| 28% | 23% | Failed to Score | F T | 23% | 24% | ||
| 5.8 | 5.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.8 | 5.1 | ||
| 3.4 | 3.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 4.8 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.3 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 8.2 | 8.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 11.2 | ||
| 3.1 | 3.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 3.8 | ||
| 41% | 45% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 32% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Partick Thistle | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 2 | Kilmarnock | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | Inverness CT | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | Greenock Morton | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | Hamilton Academical | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | -1 | 1 |
| 6 | Raith Rovers | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| 7 | Arbroath | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| 8 | Ayr United | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 1 |
| 9 | Dunfermline Athletic | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -3 | 1 |
| 10 | Queen of the South | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -2 | 0 |