National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Edinburgh City or Livingston that keep their silverware dream alive.
The visiting Livingston played their last game only four days ago, a Premiership match. That game, against Dundee United, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Livingston.
Edinburgh City form and stats
Edinburgh was eliminated in the group stage last season in the League Cup.The home supporters can't complain about results here at Ainslie Park Stadium as Edinburgh City have scored 28 goals to get 32 points from 14 games. The overall stats in the League Two are 10-2-2 (wins-draws-losses).
A nice win for Edinburgh City last time playing, versus Albion Rovers. That was also a home game and the match ended 3-0 with B. Henderson, D. Handling and A. Harris scoring for the victors. A 1-1 draw away in the League Two before that, with Cowdenbeath the opponent.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Stenhousemuir are coming to town in four days.
Goals decide football matches and Edinburgh are scoring many of them at home; 28 on target from 14 league matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only -1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. From these home matches, Edinburgh have conceded only 9 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only -1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Livingston form and stats
Livingston's mission in League Cup last season failed in the quarter-finals.Livingston play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-1 victory visiting Dundee United. A home win before that, celebrating 2-0 vs St. Johnstone.
A new game in only four days for Livingston, the League Cup home match versus Alloa Athletic. Busy days.
Head 2 Head
Edinburgh City missing players
Livingston missing players
| Edinburgh City | Livingston | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 16 | 10 | Won | W | 2 | 9 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Lost | L | 8 | 11 | ||
| 47 | 32 | Scored | S | 13 | 31 | ||
| 27 | 12 | Conceded | C | 19 | 33 | ||
| 96% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 80% | 86% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 68% | ||
| 64% | 71% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 48% | ||
| 32% | 36% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 28% | ||
| 16% | 14% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 12% | ||
| 52% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 58% | 56% | ||
| 36% | 43% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 24% | ||
| 16% | 14% | Failed to Score | F T | 42% | 24% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.4 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1.4 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 247 | 130 | Total Shots | T S | 100 | 207 | ||
| 114 | 67 | Shots on Target | S O | 38 | 79 | ||
| 41% | 48% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 34% | 38% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Airdrieonians | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Alloa Athletic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Edinburgh City | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Livingston | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Stenhousemuir | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 | Cove Rangers | 28 | 22 | 2 | 4 | 76 | 34 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 7 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 39 | 27 | 42 | 68 |
| 2 | Edinburgh City | 27 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 49 | 28 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 28 | 9 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 19 | 21 | 55 |
| 3 | Elgin City | 28 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 48 | 34 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 30 | 19 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 15 | 14 | 43 |
| 4 | Cowdenbeath | 27 | 12 | 5 | 10 | 37 | 35 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 20 | 2 | 41 |
| 5 | Queen's Park | 28 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 37 | 35 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 21 | 17 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 18 | 2 | 40 |
| 6 | Stirling Albion | 28 | 10 | 6 | 12 | 34 | 35 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 21 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 14 | -1 | 36 |
| 7 | Annan Athletic | 27 | 9 | 4 | 14 | 33 | 54 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 22 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 9 | 32 | -21 | 31 |
| 8 | Stenhousemuir | 28 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 32 | 48 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 29 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 19 | -16 | 29 |
| 9 | Albion Rovers | 26 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 37 | 51 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 23 | 23 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 28 | -14 | 24 |
| 10 | Brechin City | 27 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 31 | 60 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 25 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 19 | 35 | -29 | 17 |