National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Kilmarnock or Dumbarton that keep their silverware dream alive.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on artifical turf and that the visiting Dumbarton have a different surface at their stadium (grass). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on artifical turf is 7-5-10 (win-draw-loss) from 22 matches.
Kilmarnock form and stats
Kilmarnock was eliminated in the quarter-finals last season in the League Cup.Kilmarnock has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager A. Dyer and the players. We have seen two home losses in a row now for Kilmarnock, who are hoping that the phrase “third time lucky” applies to them.
A good away victory last time out for Kilmarnock, who won 2-0 against Clyde (placed 3rd). Prior to that was the away defeat visiting St. Johnstone (0-1).
Dumbarton form and stats
They also participated in League Cup last season. This ended in the group stage.Dumbarton are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the League One, having played 3 games and collected 4 points (1 win, 1 draw and 1 loss). Total League Cup statistics for Dumbarton: 0 wins, 0 draws and 3 losses.
Dumbarton failed to get anything from their last game, a League One home match vs Airdrieonians that ended with defeat 0-2. A 0-4 loss hosting Falkirk before that.
A huge disappointment for Dumbarton in their last match (vs Airdrieonians). Leading 2-0 the victory seemed almost certain, but a fascinating collapse turned everything around and in the end all was lost in a 0-2 defeat.
Dumbarton have scored 3 goals on their travels this season, from 3 away games in the league. Dumbarton are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 2 times in 3 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
As for the last two games between these two teams, there's two Kilmarnock victories, zero draws and zero Dumbarton wins. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, zero matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  C. Burke 4 goals |  N. Kabamba 4 goals |  G. Kiltie 2 goals |
Kilmarnock missing players
Dumbarton missing players
| Kilmarnock | Dumbarton | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Won | W | 5 | 10 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | ||
| 13 | 6 | Lost | L | 8 | 12 | ||
| 33 | 19 | Scored | S | 19 | 28 | ||
| 36 | 19 | Conceded | C | 24 | 35 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 92% | ||
| 72% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 79% | 68% | ||
| 60% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 57% | 40% | ||
| 32% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 29% | 24% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 29% | 16% | ||
| 56% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 36% | ||
| 16% | 8% | Clean Sheets | C S | 21% | 32% | ||
| 32% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 36% | 40% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 2 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 211 | 117 | Total Shots | T S | 75 | 146 | ||
| 84 | 52 | Shots on Target | S O | 35 | 60 | ||
| 39% | 37% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 38% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Falkirk | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 9 |
| 2 | Dunfermline Athletic | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 9 |
| 3 | Clyde | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 3 |
| 4 | Kilmarnock | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -4 | 3 |
| 5 | Dumbarton | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -6 | 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 | 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 |