All the facts and stats for the League Cup clash: Dunfermline Athletic - Buckie Thistle

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Competition: Scotland League Cup
Competition: Tue 12.July
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: East End Park (11480 seats)

National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Dunfermline Athletic or Buckie Thistle 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 Dunfermline Athletic and Buckie Thistle.

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Dunfermline Athletic form and stats

Dunfermline Athletic participated in League Cup the last season, where they reached the 2nd round.

Dunfermline Athletic have played 18 Championship games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 5-8-5 (wins-draws-losses).

Dunfermline are returning here after visiting East Fife in a League Cup match and winning with a 2-0 scoreline.

Preceding that match was the home Playoffs 2/3 game against Queen's Park that was lost 0-1.

The manager McPake will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Ross County in only four days.

The Dunfermline Athletic fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 22 in 18 matches. On the other hand, Dunfermline have conceded 24 goals.

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Buckie Thistle form and stats

Buckie Thistle have an excellent away record in the Football League - Highland League so far with 14-0-3 from 17 games.

Buckie Thistle delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Ross County in their previous match; a League Cup fixture.

A draw for Buckie Thistle before that, at their own venue hosting Wick Academy (1-1).

A new game in only four days for Thistle, the League Cup home match versus Alloa Athletic. Busy days.

The prediction for this game is lots of goals as Buckie Thistle alone have scored more than three on average in their league games away (59 from 17 played). It's not easy to score on Thistle as they have only conceded 13 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

Head-to-head data (for the last two meetings): Dunfermline Athletic won two games, zero matches ended with a draw and Buckie Thistle managed zero wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / zero

Dunfermline Athletic missing players

Buckie Thistle missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Dunfermline Athletic Buckie Thistle
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 10   Played P   13 25
8 4   Won W   12 21
7 3   Drew D   0 2
10 3   Lost L   1 2
28 12   Scored S   49 82
27 10   Conceded C   9 16
88% 90%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
68% 70%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   100% 96%
32% 40%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   85% 76%
16% 10%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   85% 64%
12% 10%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   54% 44%
32% 50%   BTTS BTTS   46% 48%
36% 30%   Clean Sheets C S   54% 52%
44% 30%   Failed to Score F T   0% 0%
 
4.6 5.2   Corners for (avg) C F   6.2 5.6
4.7 3.8   Corners against (avg) C A   4 4.2
1.4 1.9   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.8 1.8
2 1   Red cards R C   0 0
 
9.7 11.4   Shots (avg) S (   15 13.2
3.6 4   Shots on Target (avg) S O   7.5 6.8
31% 30%   Goal Efficiency G E   30% 29%
 
8.6 8.5   Shots against (avg) S A   7.8 7.2
3.4 3.6   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3.8 3.2

  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 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
2 Buckie Thistle 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
3 Ross County 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
4 Alloa Athletic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 East Fife 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 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 Kilmarnock 36 20 7 9 50 27 18 12 1 5 28 14 18 8 6 4 22 13 23 67
2 Arbroath 36 17 14 5 54 28 18 9 8 1 32 14 18 8 6 4 22 14 26 65
3 Inverness CT 36 16 11 9 53 34 18 10 3 5 30 17 18 6 8 4 23 17 19 59
4 Partick Thistle 36 14 10 12 46 40 18 9 4 5 17 13 18 5 6 7 29 27 6 52
5 Raith Rovers 36 12 14 10 44 44 18 5 8 5 23 26 18 7 6 5 21 18 0 50
6 Hamilton Academical 36 10 12 14 38 53 18 5 5 8 16 28 18 5 7 6 22 25 -15 42
7 Greenock Morton 36 9 13 14 36 47 18 3 9 6 23 27 18 6 4 8 13 20 -11 40
8 Ayr United 36 9 12 15 39 52 18 5 7 6 21 25 18 4 5 9 18 27 -13 39
9 Dunfermline Athletic 36 7 14 15 36 53 18 5 8 5 22 24 18 2 6 10 14 29 -17 35
10 Queen of the South 36 8 9 19 36 54 18 4 5 9 13 19 18 4 4 10 23 35 -18 33
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Fraserburgh 34 30 2 2 135 24 17 14 1 2 75 9 17 16 1 0 60 15 111 92
2 Buckie Thistle 34 29 2 3 127 21 17 15 2 0 68 8 17 14 0 3 59 13 106 89
3 Brechin City 34 28 1 5 102 27 17 15 1 1 61 17 17 13 0 4 41 10 75 85
4 Brora Rangers 34 25 2 7 117 36 17 13 1 3 54 11 17 12 1 4 63 25 81 77
5 Rothes 34 21 6 7 75 31 17 10 3 4 36 15 17 11 3 3 39 16 44 69
6 Formartine United 34 21 6 7 80 46 17 12 2 3 53 25 17 9 4 4 27 21 34 69
7 Inverurie Loco Works 34 19 6 9 77 47 17 13 2 2 47 23 17 6 4 7 30 24 30 63
8 Nairn County 34 11 6 17 61 70 17 3 4 10 26 36 17 8 2 7 35 34 -9 39
9 Wick Academy 34 10 9 15 55 85 17 5 3 9 24 43 17 5 6 6 31 42 -30 39
10 Huntly 34 10 7 17 53 67 17 4 4 9 25 31 17 6 3 8 28 36 -14 37
11 Clachnacuddin 34 10 7 17 51 80 17 4 3 10 25 36 17 6 4 7 26 44 -29 37
12 Forres Mechanics 34 8 10 16 45 80 17 5 5 7 21 38 17 3 5 9 24 42 -35 34
13 Keith 34 10 4 20 36 88 17 5 2 10 19 44 17 5 2 10 17 44 -52 34
14 Deveronvale 34 9 5 20 55 94 17 5 2 10 36 46 17 4 3 10 19 48 -39 32
15 Lossiemouth 34 8 6 20 32 83 17 5 5 7 19 30 17 3 1 13 13 53 -51 30
16 Strathspey Thistle 34 5 5 24 47 114 17 4 2 11 28 46 17 1 3 13 19 68 -67 20
17 Turriff United 34 4 6 24 41 96 17 3 2 12 21 54 17 1 4 12 20 42 -55 18
18 Fort William 34 1 4 29 34 134 17 1 3 13 18 55 17 0 1 16 16 79 -100 7

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 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
2 Buckie Thistle 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
3 Ross County 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
4 Alloa Athletic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 East Fife 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0

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