League Cup: Buckle up for the Inverness CT - Cove Rangers clash

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Competition: Scotland League Cup
Competition: Sat 23.July
Match begins: 14:00 (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 Cove Rangers that keep their silverware dream alive.

Inverness CT's stadium, Tulloch Caledonian Stadium, has a grass surface. Cove Rangers have artifical turf on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Cove Rangers when playing on grass; 5 wins, 4 draws and 7 losses from 16 matches. They have scored 16 goals in these games and conceded 25.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Inverness CT form and stats

Last season their League Cup adventure ended in the group stage.

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

Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Cameron Mackay not having conceded a league goal in 230 minutes.

Inverness's previous fixture was a League Cup game also played at home, finishing 4-0 versus Albion Rovers. The home side hope to to build on that result.

The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Inverness CT matches with similar probabilities have ended with 2 wins, 0 draws and 5 defeats (from 7 games).

A decent goal production from Inverness in their home games so far, with 30 goals from 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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Cove Rangers form and stats

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

The visitors are W10-D5-L3 on the road this term. That's in the League One.

This fixture can not go any worse than the last one, a League Cup home defeat versus Kelty Hearts with 2-3 on the scoreboard.

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Cove Rangers has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 30 goals from 18 games. As opposed to that, Cove Rangers have seen the ball go into their own net 19 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last three meetings: two - zero - one (Inverness CT wins - draws - Cove Rangers wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one had two or less. One of the stars has been Megginson with 3 goals scored against Inverness in these 3 meetings.

Inverness CT missing players

Cove Rangers missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Inverness CT Cove Rangers
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 11   Played P   12 25
13 6   Won W   6 13
6 3   Drew D   4 6
6 2   Lost L   2 6
46 22   Scored S   19 47
24 9   Conceded C   14 27
92% 91%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 96%
64% 73%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   75% 72%
56% 64%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   50% 48%
32% 36%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   33% 32%
12% 9%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   17% 24%
40% 36%   BTTS BTTS   67% 56%
44% 55%   Clean Sheets C S   25% 32%
24% 18%   Failed to Score F T   8% 16%
 
5.3 5.6   Corners for (avg) C F   5.2 6.1
4.4 4.5   Corners against (avg) C A   4.1 4.2
1.4 1.3   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2 1.5
1 1   Red cards R C   0 1
 
10 7.9   Shots (avg) S (   11.7 12.5
3.8 3   Shots on Target (avg) S O   5.4 5.6
50% 67%   Goal Efficiency G E   29% 29%
 
7.6 7.8   Shots against (avg) S A   9.3 8.3
2.8 2.7   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3.6 3.2

  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 3 3 0 0 7 1 1 1 0 0 4 0 2 2 0 0 3 1 6 9
2 Livingston 3 2 0 1 6 5 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 5 3 1 6
3 Cove Rangers 3 1 0 2 5 6 2 0 0 2 3 5 1 1 0 0 2 1 -1 3
4 Kelty Hearts 3 1 0 2 3 5 2 0 0 2 0 3 1 1 0 0 3 2 -2 3
5 Albion Rovers 4 1 0 3 5 9 2 0 0 2 3 5 2 1 0 1 2 4 -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 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 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

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 3 3 0 0 7 1 1 1 0 0 4 0 2 2 0 0 3 1 6 9
2 Livingston 3 2 0 1 6 5 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 5 3 1 6
3 Cove Rangers 3 1 0 2 5 6 2 0 0 2 3 5 1 1 0 0 2 1 -1 3
4 Kelty Hearts 3 1 0 2 3 5 2 0 0 2 0 3 1 1 0 0 3 2 -2 3
5 Albion Rovers 4 1 0 3 5 9 2 0 0 2 3 5 2 1 0 1 2 4 -4 3

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