Inverness CT vs Albion Rovers in League Cup preview: Key statistics and predictions

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Competition: Scotland League Cup
Competition: Tue 19.July
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Tulloch Caledonian Stadium (7750 seats)

National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Inverness CT or Albion Rovers that keep their silverware dream alive.

Albion Rovers could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a League Cup game only three sleeps ago. That game was also an away game, at Kelty Hearts. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.

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Inverness CT form and stats

Inverness CT participated in League Cup the last season, where they reached the group stage.

The Championship results at home this season for Inverness CT are 10-3-5 (wins-draws-losses).

The Inverness CT goalkeeper Mark Ridgers is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 230 minutes without conceding a goal in the Championship.

Inverness CT are returning here after visiting Livingston in a League Cup fixture and winning with a 2-1 scoreline.

There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Inverness, as the League Cup home game vs Cove Rangers is only four days away.

Inverness CT have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Tulloch Caledonian Stadium with 30 goals in 18 league matches. Inverness CT are not conceding a lot of goals here at Tulloch Caledonian Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 17 from 18 matches.

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Albion Rovers form and stats

They also participated in League Cup last season. This ended in the group stage.

5-4-9 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Albion Rovers in their League Two matches away.

Two trips in a row for Albion, whose coach Reid could celebrate last time after the League Cup win against Kelty Hearts.

aweayteam Hara magic won. With the host team given a winning probability of around 80% by the bookmakers, any favourable result for the away side would be a surprise. Checking historical matches with similar odds and Albion Rovers playing away, we found 4 results. The data from these were 0 away wins, 0 draws and 4 defeats. The visitors lost 4 of these fixtures by a margin of at least two goals.

Albion Rovers have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 18 league away games 20 goals have been scored. In the opposite end, Albion Rovers have conceded 32 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

Inverness CT missing players

Albion Rovers missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Inverness CT Albion Rovers
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 10   Played P   12 25
12 5   Won W   5 6
7 3   Drew D   3 7
6 2   Lost L   4 12
43 18   Scored S   14 25
25 9   Conceded C   19 43
92% 90%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   83% 80%
64% 70%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   67% 64%
52% 60%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   42% 48%
28% 30%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   33% 36%
12% 10%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   25% 32%
44% 40%   BTTS BTTS   50% 52%
40% 50%   Clean Sheets C S   42% 32%
24% 20%   Failed to Score F T   25% 36%
 
5 5.3   Corners for (avg) C F   3.3 3.8
4.4 4.8   Corners against (avg) C A   5.3 4.9
1.5 1.4   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1 1.1
1 1   Red cards R C   3 3
 
9.9 7.5   Shots (avg) S (   9.7 8.4
3.6 2.8   Shots on Target (avg) S O   5.1 3.9
48% 64%   Goal Efficiency G E   23% 26%
 
7.9 8.4   Shots against (avg) S A   10 9.4
2.9 2.8   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3.2 3.9

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Inverness CT 2 2 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 3 1 2 6
2 Livingston 3 2 0 1 6 5 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 5 3 1 6
3 Albion Rovers 3 1 0 2 5 5 2 0 0 2 3 5 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 3
4 Cove Rangers 2 1 0 1 3 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 3
5 Kelty Hearts 2 0 0 2 0 3 2 0 0 2 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 Kilmarnock 36 20 7 9 50 27 18 12 1 5 28 14 18 8 6 4 22 13 23 67
2 Arbroath 36 17 14 5 54 28 18 9 8 1 32 14 18 8 6 4 22 14 26 65
3 Inverness CT 36 16 11 9 53 34 18 10 3 5 30 17 18 6 8 4 23 17 19 59
4 Partick Thistle 36 14 10 12 46 40 18 9 4 5 17 13 18 5 6 7 29 27 6 52
5 Raith Rovers 36 12 14 10 44 44 18 5 8 5 23 26 18 7 6 5 21 18 0 50
6 Hamilton Academical 36 10 12 14 38 53 18 5 5 8 16 28 18 5 7 6 22 25 -15 42
7 Greenock Morton 36 9 13 14 36 47 18 3 9 6 23 27 18 6 4 8 13 20 -11 40
8 Ayr United 36 9 12 15 39 52 18 5 7 6 21 25 18 4 5 9 18 27 -13 39
9 Dunfermline Athletic 36 7 14 15 36 53 18 5 8 5 22 24 18 2 6 10 14 29 -17 35
10 Queen of the South 36 8 9 19 36 54 18 4 5 9 13 19 18 4 4 10 23 35 -18 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 Kelty Hearts 36 24 9 3 68 28 18 13 5 0 36 12 18 11 4 3 32 16 40 81
2 Forfar Athletic 36 16 12 8 57 36 18 10 5 3 34 17 18 6 7 5 23 19 21 60
3 Annan Athletic 36 18 5 13 64 51 18 7 4 7 33 29 18 11 1 6 31 22 13 59
4 Edinburgh City 36 14 10 12 43 49 18 7 5 6 23 25 18 7 5 6 20 24 -6 52
5 Stenhousemuir 36 13 10 13 47 46 18 5 4 9 22 27 18 8 6 4 25 19 1 49
6 Stranraer 36 13 8 15 50 54 18 6 4 8 18 26 18 7 4 7 32 28 -4 47
7 Stirling Albion 36 11 9 16 41 46 18 6 2 10 22 26 18 5 7 6 19 20 -5 42
8 Albion Rovers 36 10 9 17 37 58 18 5 5 8 17 26 18 5 4 9 20 32 -21 39
9 Elgin City 36 9 10 17 33 51 18 6 6 6 20 21 18 3 4 11 13 30 -18 37
10 Cowdenbeath 36 7 8 21 28 49 18 3 5 10 13 21 18 4 3 11 15 28 -21 29

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Inverness CT 2 2 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 3 1 2 6
2 Livingston 3 2 0 1 6 5 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 5 3 1 6
3 Albion Rovers 3 1 0 2 5 5 2 0 0 2 3 5 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 3
4 Cove Rangers 2 1 0 1 3 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 3
5 Kelty Hearts 2 0 0 2 0 3 2 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 0

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