League Cup betting previews: Predictions and stats for the Falkirk - Clyde game

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Competition: Scotland League Cup
Competition: Sat 23.July
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Falkirk Community Stadium (7937 seats)

Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Falkirk & Clyde face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the League Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!

The hosts Falkirk saw competitive action as recent as three days ago, playing in the League Cup. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic.

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Falkirk form and stats

Falkirk was eliminated in the group stage last season in the League Cup.

Falkirk's struggle is real here at Falkirk Community Stadium with only 18 points collected from 18 League One games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 5-3-10.

The Falkirk boss McGlynn and his crew return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic in the League Cup.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Falkirk handle that role? We have found 5 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 2 wins, 0 draws and 3 defeats.

Falkirk are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 23 goals in 18 games. Falkirk have conceded 31 from these games.

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Clyde form and stats

Clyde was sent out of League Cup in the group stage last season.

There's been little loot from Clyde's travels as they have only collected 16 points from 18 away games in the League One. Clyde only have 3 wins to counter their 8 defeats and 7 draws.

The fans enjoyed Clyde's previous game versus Greenock Morton, a League Cup win (2-0) played at home.

aweayteam Hara magic won. We have checked recent matches where Clyde have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 8 games were 0 victories, 3 draws and 5 defeats.

The attacking power of Clyde when travelling is not overwhelming with 16 goals scored from 18 league matches away. 26 goals have been conceded by Clyde in these games.

Head 2 Head

Numbers for the last ten meetings involving these two sides are: five wins for Falkirk, one draw and four wins for Clyde. Over 2,5 goals: seven times; under 2,5 goals: three games.

Falkirk missing players

Clyde missing players

Falkirk Clyde
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 13   Played P   12 25
8 4   Won W   2 6
6 2   Drew D   4 8
11 7   Lost L   6 11
33 17   Scored S   8 24
37 25   Conceded C   19 41
96% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   92% 96%
84% 85%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   67% 80%
48% 62%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   33% 48%
24% 31%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   17% 24%
16% 23%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   17% 12%
56% 62%   BTTS BTTS   50% 56%
24% 15%   Clean Sheets C S   17% 16%
24% 23%   Failed to Score F T   42% 32%
 
5.3 6.3   Corners for (avg) C F   2.8 3.4
4.2 3.7   Corners against (avg) C A   5.6 6.1
2.1 2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.8 2.7
4 1   Red cards R C   1 2
 
8.4 8.2   Shots (avg) S (   6.3 6.8
3.6 3.8   Shots on Target (avg) S O   2.1 2.8
38% 36%   Goal Efficiency G E   32% 35%
 
9.7 10.5   Shots against (avg) S A   11.4 10.9
4 4.7   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.7 4.6

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Hibernian 4 2 1 1 10 3 2 1 1 0 6 1 2 1 0 1 4 2 7 7
2 Falkirk 3 1 2 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 4
3 Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic 3 1 1 1 4 6 2 0 1 1 2 5 1 1 0 0 2 1 -2 4
4 Greenock Morton 3 0 2 1 1 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 3 -2 3
5 Clyde 3 1 0 2 3 7 2 1 0 1 3 2 1 0 0 1 0 5 -4 3
  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 36 23 10 3 73 32 18 13 5 0 43 13 18 10 5 3 30 19 41 79
2 Airdrieonians 36 21 9 6 68 37 18 12 3 3 36 21 18 9 6 3 32 16 31 72
3 Montrose 36 15 14 7 53 36 18 6 9 3 25 20 18 9 5 4 28 16 17 59
4 Queen's Park 36 11 18 7 51 36 18 8 8 2 29 15 18 3 10 5 22 21 15 51
5 Alloa Athletic 36 12 9 15 49 57 18 6 4 8 26 30 18 6 5 7 23 27 -8 45
6 Falkirk 36 12 8 16 49 55 18 5 3 10 23 31 18 7 5 6 26 24 -6 44
7 Peterhead 36 11 9 16 46 51 18 8 4 6 24 17 18 3 5 10 22 34 -5 42
8 Clyde 36 9 12 15 39 62 18 6 5 7 23 36 18 3 7 8 16 26 -23 39
9 Dumbarton 36 9 7 20 48 71 18 3 6 9 21 31 18 6 1 11 27 40 -23 34
10 East Fife 36 5 8 23 31 70 18 4 5 9 17 26 18 1 3 14 14 44 -39 23