National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Livingston or Ayr United that keep their silverware dream alive.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Livingston form and stats
Livingston have reached this League Cup stage through battling and winning against Alloa Athletic, Edinburgh City, Airdrieonians and Stenhousemuir. Livingston was eliminated in the quarter-finals last season in the League Cup.On the other hand, in the League Cup, Livingston has performed like this (both home and away): 4 wins, 0 draws and 0 losses. Game days at Tony Macaroni Arena have recently become somewhat of a nightmare for Livingston as they have lost three home games in a row. It hurts.
The Livingston crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-1 to St. Mirren here at Tony Macaroni Arena in a Premiership match. Before that, Livingston had a League Cup home game versus Airdrieonians which ended with a victory 4-1.
Ayr United form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Stranraer, Hamilton Academical, Albion Rovers and Annan Athletic in order to reach 2nd Round of League Cup. Last season their League Cup adventure ended in the group stage.Still no away game victory in the Championship for Ayr United with 1 draw and 1 loss from their first 2 attempts. Total League Cup statistics for Ayr United: 2 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss.
Ayr United are travelling after their nice 2-0 home win in the Championship against Dundee. A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Stranraer (after extra-time) in the League Cup.
Ayr United have the goal stats of 3-4 (for/against) from 2 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Livingston three wins, two draws and Ayr United five victories. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  S. Pittman 3 goals |  A. Forrest 3 goals |  J. Guthrie 2 goals |
Livingston missing players
Ayr United missing players
| Livingston | Ayr United | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Won | W | 3 | 9 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 8 | ||
| 12 | 5 | Lost | L | 5 | 8 | ||
| 34 | 16 | Scored | S | 15 | 29 | ||
| 34 | 17 | Conceded | C | 19 | 29 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | ||
| 72% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 91% | 72% | ||
| 52% | 58% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 45% | 40% | ||
| 32% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 36% | 16% | ||
| 16% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 18% | 8% | ||
| 56% | 58% | BTTS | BTTS | 55% | 52% | ||
| 16% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 18% | 36% | ||
| 32% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 27% | 24% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.4 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.6 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 4 | ||
| 229 | 120 | Total Shots | T S | 82 | 211 | ||
| 85 | 41 | Shots on Target | S O | 33 | 87 | ||
| 40% | 39% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 39% | 30% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Dunfermline Athletic | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 13 |
| 2 | Raith Rovers | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 10 |
| 3 | Hearts | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| 4 | Ayr United | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 8 |
| 5 | Inverness CT | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 7 |
| 6 | Greenock Morton | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | -4 | 7 |
| 7 | Dundee | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 11 | -5 | 5 |
| 8 | Queen of the South | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -3 | 4 |
| 9 | Arbroath | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -6 | 2 |
| 10 | Alloa Athletic | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -6 | 1 |