Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Livingston & Airdrieonians face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the League Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
12-3-8 (wins/draws/losses). These are the numbers for Airdrieonians when playing away games on grass, which is not the surface they have on their own home stadium (which has artifical turf). Their goal statistics from those 23 matches are 37-26 (scored/conceded).
Livingston form and stats
Livingston participated in League Cup the last season, where they reached the quarter-finals.3W-0D-0L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the League Cup for Livingston. Two defeats in a row at home hurts for Livingston, their manager G. Holt and the supporters. There are certain expectations for improvement.
A strong away win for Livingston against Stenhousemuir the last match, as A. Taylor-Sinclair, A. Forrest (2) and M. Poplatnik were on target. 1-1 away at Ross County before that.
As indicated by the result mentioned above, Livingston played a great game against Stenhousemuir and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one.
Airdrieonians form and stats
They also participated in League Cup last season. This ended in the group stage.Airdrieonians are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the League One, having played 2 games and collected 3 points (1 win, 0 draws and 1 loss). Total League Cup statistics for Airdrieonians: 1 win, 0 draws and 2 losses.
Airdrieonians play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-0 victory visiting Dumbarton.
It's early days yet, but Airdrieonians has scored 3 and conceded 2 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).
Head 2 Head
Livingston-Airdrieonians H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Livingston ten wins, Airdrieonians zero wins, zero draws. six of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  D. Carrick 4 goals |   S. Pittman 3 goals | A. Forrest 3 goals |
Livingston missing players
Airdrieonians missing players
| Livingston | Airdrieonians | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 10 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Won | W | 3 | 11 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 12 | 4 | Lost | L | 4 | 8 | ||
| 31 | 13 | Scored | S | 11 | 30 | ||
| 34 | 15 | Conceded | C | 14 | 25 | ||
| 96% | 91% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 90% | 92% | ||
| 72% | 73% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 68% | ||
| 48% | 55% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 28% | ||
| 28% | 27% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 30% | 20% | ||
| 12% | 9% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 10% | 12% | ||
| 52% | 55% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 32% | ||
| 20% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 40% | 44% | ||
| 32% | 18% | Failed to Score | F T | 30% | 32% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 0.9 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 234 | 119 | Total Shots | T S | 85 | 200 | ||
| 87 | 42 | Shots on Target | S O | 32 | 85 | ||
| 36% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 28% | ||
| 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 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 9 | 9 |
| 2 | Alloa Athletic | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | Edinburgh City | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -4 | 5 |
| 4 | Airdrieonians | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| 5 | Stenhousemuir | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -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 |