National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Dundee or St. Johnstone that keep their silverware dream alive.
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 Dundee and St. Johnstone.
Dundee form and stats
Last season their League Cup adventure ended in the 2nd round.5W-0D-0L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the League Cup for Dundee. Three draws in a row here at Kilmac Stadium at Dens Park for Dundee, who might be willing to risk more at some point in hope of a win.
Dundee are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-1 away versus Dundee United. Jordan Marshall, defender, was given a rating of 7.7/10 in that game, top of the team. Marshall hit two key passes and won 9 of 12 duels.
Before that, Dundee drew at home versus Livingston.Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Rangers are coming to town in three days.
Dundee have prepared for this season with two friendly games versus mixed opposition. Results from training matches should always be treated with caution, but the takeaways from these two matches are 1 victories, 1 draws and 0 losses. In these games, Dundee have scored 5 goals and conceded 2 times.
St. Johnstone form and stats
Nothing but glory last season for Johnstone, as they won the League Cup.Johnstone play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 1-0 victory visiting Aberdeen. World class coaching! That was the thoughts of manager C. Davidson when Stevie May scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 69th minute. Jamie McCart was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.41. The defender McCart hit one key pass and won 9 of 12 duels.
The game before that, in the Premiership, was lost at home, a 1-2 defeat against Rangers.St. Johnstone have another game that requires travelling in just four nights, a Premiership match versus Hibernian. A strenuous programme for the visiting team!
It's finally time to play a game of importance again as a long period of training has passed. Johnstone have played a number of friendly games in this period, resulting in 1 win, 3 draws and 0 defeats from four fixtures.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Dundee three wins, zero draws and St. Johnstone seven victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Cummings 2 goals |  P. McGowan 1 goals |   M. O'Halloran 1 goals |
Dundee missing players
St. Johnstone missing players
| Dundee | St. Johnstone | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 7 | Won | W | 5 | 9 | ||
| 7 | 5 | Drew | D | 6 | 11 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | ||
| 43 | 27 | Scored | S | 13 | 24 | ||
| 25 | 15 | Conceded | C | 10 | 21 | ||
| 92% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 80% | ||
| 72% | 71% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 48% | ||
| 56% | 64% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 24% | ||
| 28% | 43% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 16% | ||
| 12% | 14% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 8% | ||
| 40% | 57% | BTTS | BTTS | 42% | 40% | ||
| 40% | 29% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 48% | ||
| 28% | 21% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 32% | ||
| 6.4 | 7.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.7 | 4.8 | ||
| 4.9 | 5.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.4 | 4.8 | ||
| 1.4 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.6 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 11.3 | 11.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.1 | 10.9 | ||
| 4.4 | 5.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.4 | 3.6 | ||
| 38% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 35% | 29% | ||