National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Inverness CT or East Fife that keep their silverware dream alive.
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 Inverness CT and East Fife.
Inverness CT form and stats
Last season their League Cup adventure ended in the group stage.Only two Championship home games for Inverness CT so far, yet both highs and lows with 1 win, 1 draw and 0 defeat. On the other hand, in the League Cup, Inverness CT has performed like this (both home and away): 0 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss.
An away draw last time out for Inverness, facing Raith Rovers (after extra-time, 3-2 on penalties) in a game that ended 3-3. A Championship defeat was the result before that one, 1-2 away at Hearts.
As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today? The hometeam coach J. Robertson made a successful contribution in the game against Raith Rovers (after extra-time, 3-2 on penalties), bringing on R. MacGregor who scored the equalizer in the 3-3 draw.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Inverness CT at home in the league. 4 on target and 2 scored by the opposition; from 2 matches.
East Fife form and stats
They also participated in League Cup last season. This ended in the 2nd round.No League One points yet away for East Fife, from their first 2 matches. The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the League Cup stats, they have 1 win, 0 draws and 2 losses both home and away. Three might be a magic number, but there's been little wizardry in East Fife's last three away games as they have all been lost.
The manager D. Young was unhappy after their last game, a League Cup match played at their home ground Bayview Stadium (Methil). Fife suffered a 2-3 loss to Hearts. Before that, Fife secured a home win against Dumbarton with the score 2-1.
It's early days yet, but East Fife has scored 1 and conceded 5 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  N. Todorov 3 goals | A. Doran 1 goals | D. Mackay 1 goals |
Inverness CT missing players
East Fife missing players
| Inverness CT | East Fife | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 7 | Won | W | 3 | 9 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | ||
| 9 | 1 | Lost | L | 8 | 12 | ||
| 43 | 18 | Scored | S | 8 | 34 | ||
| 36 | 8 | Conceded | C | 18 | 40 | ||
| 96% | 91% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 80% | 73% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 73% | 68% | ||
| 52% | 36% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 45% | 52% | ||
| 36% | 27% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 18% | 36% | ||
| 20% | 9% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 20% | ||
| 60% | 55% | BTTS | BTTS | 36% | 48% | ||
| 24% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 18% | 28% | ||
| 20% | 18% | Failed to Score | F T | 45% | 32% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 3 | ||
| 248 | 91 | Total Shots | T S | 87 | 223 | ||
| 106 | 41 | Shots on Target | S O | 30 | 73 | ||
| 34% | 44% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 45% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Hearts | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 12 |
| 2 | Raith Rovers | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -1 | 4 |
| 3 | East Fife | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | Cowdenbeath | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 2 |
| 5 | Inverness CT | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 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 | Raith Rovers | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 10 |
| 2 | Dunfermline Athletic | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 10 |
| 3 | Hearts | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 9 |
| 4 | Greenock Morton | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | -4 | 6 |
| 5 | Ayr United | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
| 6 | Dundee | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 9 | -3 | 5 |
| 7 | Inverness CT | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -1 | 4 |
| 8 | Alloa Athletic | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -4 | 1 |
| 9 | Queen of the South | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -5 | 1 |
| 10 | Arbroath | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -6 | 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 | Cove Rangers | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 12 |
| 2 | Airdrieonians | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 |
| 3 | Falkirk | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 8 |
| 4 | Montrose | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 7 |
| 5 | Dumbarton | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| 6 | Partick Thistle | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 4 |
| 7 | East Fife | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -3 | 4 |
| 8 | Peterhead | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -3 | 3 |
| 9 | Clyde | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | -7 | 3 |
| 10 | Forfar Athletic | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -4 | 2 |