Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Hamilton Academical & Brechin 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 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 Academical and Brechin City.
Hamilton Academical form and stats
Last season, Hamilton Academical's League Cup journey ended in the group stage.Academical are returning here after visiting Clyde in a League Cup fixture and winning with a 3-1 scoreline.
Previous to that game, a Playoffs 2/3 home match hosting Airdrieonians (after extra-time, 5-6 on penalties) in a game that was won 2-1.There will be little rest for Hamilton Academical after this match as they are travelling to Livingston for a League Cup game in only four days.
Hamilton Academical have spent many days and weeks preparing for this match, with countless hours on the training pitches and two practice matches played. These training games have ended with 1 win, 0 draws and 1 defeat. Some might be interested in the goal production stats for these matches; Academical scored {3 goals} and let in {4 goals} during these two games.
Brechin City form and stats
Brechin City's mission in League Cup last season failed in the group stage.This match can not go any worse than the previous one, a League Cup home defeat versus Livingston with 0-3 on the scoreboard.
Before that, Brechin City secured a home win against Spartans with the score 3-2.A new game in only four days for Brechin, the League Cup home match versus Cove Rangers. Busy days.
It's a day of discovery for Brechin City as they finally learn what impact all the hours of pre-season training, along with the changes in personnel, have had on their performance in an official game. It's never easy knowing what to expect based on friendly games, of which Brechin City have played two with the results W0-D1-L1 (win-draw-lost). In these games Brechin City has scored {2 goals} and conceded 6 times.
Head 2 Head
Academical-Brechin City H2H statistics last six meetings regardless of arena: Hamilton Academical four wins, Brechin City one win, one draw. three of these six matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Hamilton Academical missing players
Brechin City missing players
| Hamilton Academical | Brechin City | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Won | W | 8 | 15 | ||
| 5 | 4 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 10 | 4 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | ||
| 30 | 19 | Scored | S | 19 | 60 | ||
| 37 | 20 | Conceded | C | 8 | 23 | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 86% | 88% | ||
| 72% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 64% | 76% | ||
| 52% | 62% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 29% | 56% | ||
| 24% | 23% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 7% | 36% | ||
| 12% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 7% | 32% | ||
| 52% | 77% | BTTS | BTTS | 21% | 28% | ||
| 20% | 8% | Clean Sheets | C S | 57% | 56% | ||
| 36% | 23% | Failed to Score | F T | 36% | 28% | ||
| 4.8 | 4.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1.9 | 1.3 | ||
| 6.8 | 6.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0.9 | 0.8 | ||
| 1.7 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.7 | 0.5 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 9.4 | 10.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 2.7 | 1.8 | ||
| 3.9 | 4.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1 | 0.6 | ||
| 31% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 89% | 390% | ||
| 12.1 | 12.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 1.9 | 2.1 | ||
| 4.4 | 4.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0.9 | 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 | Livingston | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | Hamilton Academical | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Cove Rangers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Clyde | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 5 | Brechin City | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 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 | Livingston | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | Hamilton Academical | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Cove Rangers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Clyde | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 5 | Brechin City | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 |
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