National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Celtic or Raith Rovers that keep their silverware dream alive.
The hosts Celtic saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Premiership. That game was an away game at Livingston, so at least Celtic are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Celtic form and stats
Last season their League Cup adventure ended in the 2nd round.After failing to beat Rangers here at Celtic Park, Celtic has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with five wins in a row.
The fans are hoping that Celtic will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the Premiership game against Livingston. Midfielder David Turnbull was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.93 (out of ten) in that game. Turnbull hit five key passes, dribled passed the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 57 successful passes (of 61 total).
Prior to that, an away loss at Real Betis in the Europa League.It would be a shock if the hosts fail to win this game. Let's see how Celtic have performed as huge favourites like they are today: twelve games found in the database showing ten Celtic wins, one draw and one defeat.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Celtic as they have a new game in only three days, a Premiership match thankfully also at home. Dundee United are visiting.
Raith Rovers form and stats
Last season their League Cup adventure ended in the group stage.It's gone fairly well in the Championship away games so far for Raith Rovers with six points collected from three matches. When we have look at the League Cup statistics, we find 3W-2D-0L. This is both home and away. Rovers has recorded two wins in a row in their away matches and hold legitimate hopes of a third one.
Two travels in a row for Raith Rovers, whose manager J. McGlynn could celebrate last time after the Championship win against Greenock Morton.
Preceding that, the 0-1 home loss versus Queen of the South.A new game in only three days for Rovers, the Championship home match versus Partick Thistle. Busy days.
Rovers are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 3 away goals from 3 games (in the league). Rovers are tight as a drum on their travels, having allowed the opposition only 1 goal away.
Head 2 Head
Celtic-Raith Rovers H2H statistics last three meetings regardless of arena: Celtic three wins, Raith Rovers zero wins, zero draws. two of these three matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  D. Turnbull 3 goals |  K. Furuhashi 3 goals |  D. Zanatta 3 goals |
Celtic missing players
Raith Rovers missing players
| Celtic | Raith Rovers | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 8 | Won | W | 6 | 11 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 6 | ||
| 10 | 2 | Lost | L | 3 | 8 | ||
| 53 | 36 | Scored | S | 10 | 33 | ||
| 33 | 10 | Conceded | C | 6 | 28 | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 82% | 88% | ||
| 80% | 91% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 36% | 56% | ||
| 64% | 73% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 27% | 48% | ||
| 40% | 55% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 28% | ||
| 32% | 45% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | ||
| 48% | 27% | BTTS | BTTS | 27% | 36% | ||
| 36% | 64% | Clean Sheets | C S | 64% | 44% | ||
| 24% | 9% | Failed to Score | F T | 27% | 32% | ||
| 6.9 | 8.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.7 | 5.9 | ||
| 3.5 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 4.4 | ||
| 1.2 | 0.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.5 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 14.9 | 18.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.5 | 9.9 | ||
| 5.1 | 7.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.6 | 3.5 | ||
| 42% | 46% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 34% | 39% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Inverness CT | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 16 |
| 2 | Kilmarnock | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 15 |
| 3 | Arbroath | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 13 |
| 4 | Partick Thistle | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 9 |
| 5 | Raith Rovers | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 6 | Ayr United | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 7 |
| 7 | Queen of the South | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | -3 | 6 |
| 8 | Greenock Morton | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -5 | 4 |
| 9 | Hamilton Academical | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 9 | -8 | 4 |
| 10 | Dunfermline Athletic | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -8 | 2 |