Perhaps a welcome break from league football as East Fife & Elgin City face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the League Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
It's no vacation for neither Fife nor Elgin City as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
East Fife form and stats
Last season their League Cup adventure ended in the group stage.This match is a League Cup match, and the hometeam has the total statistics 0 wins, 0 draws and 3 losses in this competition.
The East Fife fans got no joy from their last match, a League Cup game also here at Bayview Stadium: A 0-1 defeat against Dundee United (placed 1st).
Heartbreak before that as Fife lost 0-3 at Kelty Hearts's place.It's been an intense period of training leading up to this game for Fife, who have participated in one training match. East Fife have won 0 of these, drawn 1 and were beaten in 0 games.
Elgin City form and stats
They also participated in League Cup last season. This ended in the group stage.The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the League Cup stats, they have 0 wins, 0 draws and 3 losses both home and away.
Elgin failed to get anything from their last game, a League Cup home match vs Kelty Hearts (placed 2nd) that ended with defeat 1-3.
A 0-1 loss hosting Arbroath before that.It's finally time to play a game of importance again as a long period of training has passed. Elgin have played a number of friendly games in this period, resulting in 1 win, 0 draws and 1 defeats from two fixtures.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Fife won five games, one match ended with a draw and Elgin City has four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: seven / threeEast Fife missing players
Elgin City missing players
| East Fife | Elgin City | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 10 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 7 | Won | W | 3 | 10 | ||
| 3 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | ||
| 12 | 3 | Lost | L | 5 | 12 | ||
| 32 | 21 | Scored | S | 13 | 36 | ||
| 36 | 13 | Conceded | C | 18 | 44 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 90% | 96% | ||
| 84% | 77% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 80% | ||
| 60% | 54% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 64% | ||
| 20% | 23% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 40% | 44% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 20% | ||
| 56% | 62% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 48% | ||
| 16% | 31% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 24% | ||
| 32% | 15% | Failed to Score | F T | 40% | 32% | ||
| 5.3 | 5.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 5.1 | ||
| 4.6 | 4.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.1 | 5 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.5 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 9.8 | 10.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.8 | 9.1 | ||
| 3.4 | 4.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.4 | 4 | ||
| 38% | 37% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 35% | 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 | Dundee United | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 12 |
| 2 | Kelty Hearts | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 3 | Arbroath | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | East Fife | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | -6 | 0 |
| 5 | Elgin City | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | -8 | 0 |