Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Elgin City & Motherwell face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the League Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
Elgin City form and stats
Last season, Elgin City's League Cup journey ended in the group stage.6-4-8 (win-draw-lost) are the League Two numbers at home for Elgin City so far this season.
No payout for Elgin in their previous match, an away game at Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic that ended in defeat 0-3.
Prior to that, an away loss at Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic in the League Two.The manager Draper will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to East Fife in only three days.
Elgin City has scored 21 league goals at home this season, in 18 matches. 24 goals have been conceded.
Motherwell form and stats
Motherwell's mission in League Cup last season failed in the quarter-finals.Johnston, van Veen and Spittal scored in Motherwell's previous match, the home game against Dundee United that ended 3-2. Johnston came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Dundee United last time out, making the manager Kettlewell feel like a tactical genius. van Veen, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.54. Veen scored one goal, served one assist, hit six key passes and dribled past the opponent 4 of 6 times.
Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Livingston.There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Motherwell manager Kettlewell as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Queen of the South.
Head 2 Head
Elgin City missing players
Motherwell missing players
| Elgin City | Motherwell | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 5 | 4 | Won | W | 6 | 12 | ||
| 3 | 3 | Drew | D | 4 | 5 | ||
| 17 | 5 | Lost | L | 4 | 8 | ||
| 23 | 15 | Scored | S | 22 | 41 | ||
| 50 | 15 | Conceded | C | 16 | 31 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 84% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 86% | 88% | ||
| 56% | 42% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 36% | 44% | ||
| 28% | 17% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 36% | 32% | ||
| 20% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 7% | 16% | ||
| 52% | 58% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 52% | ||
| 8% | 17% | Clean Sheets | C S | 36% | 36% | ||
| 40% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 14% | 12% | ||
| 2.4 | 2.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.6 | 4.6 | ||
| 3.6 | 3.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 4.5 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.9 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 8 | 9.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.3 | 11.4 | ||
| 3.1 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 4 | ||
| 29% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 42% | 41% | ||
| 8.8 | 6.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.8 | 10.7 | ||
| 4.2 | 3.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.1 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Stirling Albion | 36 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 67 | 37 | 18 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 42 | 18 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 25 | 19 | 30 | 73 |
| 2 | Dumbarton | 36 | 18 | 8 | 10 | 49 | 39 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 16 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 23 | 10 | 62 |
| 3 | Annan Athletic | 36 | 14 | 9 | 13 | 61 | 51 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 36 | 21 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 25 | 30 | 10 | 51 |
| 4 | East Fife | 36 | 14 | 8 | 14 | 54 | 50 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 28 | 24 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 26 | 26 | 4 | 50 |
| 5 | Forfar Athletic | 36 | 13 | 9 | 14 | 37 | 43 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 23 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 20 | -6 | 48 |
| 6 | Stenhousemuir | 36 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 51 | 55 | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 26 | 24 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 25 | 31 | -4 | 47 |
| 7 | Stranraer | 36 | 12 | 9 | 15 | 43 | 57 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 28 | 23 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 34 | -14 | 45 |
| 8 | Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic | 36 | 11 | 9 | 16 | 36 | 47 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 22 | 29 | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 18 | -11 | 42 |
| 9 | Elgin City | 36 | 11 | 7 | 18 | 44 | 62 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 21 | 24 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 23 | 38 | -18 | 40 |
| 10 | Albion Rovers | 36 | 11 | 6 | 19 | 47 | 48 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 27 | 29 | -1 | 39 |
