National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Livingston or Dundee United that keep their silverware dream alive.
It's no vacation for neither Livingston nor Dundee United as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Livingston form and stats
Livingston have not come this way in the League Cup without some hard work on the way, more precisely defeating Dundee United, Inverness CT, Cove Rangers, Kelty Hearts and Albion Rovers. Livingston was eliminated in the quarter-finals last season in the League Cup.The Livingston supporters got no joy from their last game, a League Cup duel also played here at Tony Macaroni Arena: A 0-2 defeat against Dundee United.
A Premiership defeat was the result before that one, 0-5 away at Aberdeen.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Livingston handle that role? We have found 9 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 4 wins, 0 draws and 5 defeats.
It's been an intense period of training leading up to this game for Livingston, who have participated in two training matches. Livingston have won 1 of these, drawn 0 and were beaten in 1 game.
Dundee United form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Livingston in order to reach 2nd round of League Cup. Dundee United's mission in League Cup last season failed in the quarter-finals.Two travels in a row for Dundee United, whose manager Ross could celebrate last time after the League Cup win against Livingston.
A 0-9 loss hosting Celtic before that.Dundee United are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 2 wins, 6 draws and 2 defeats. From a total of 10 matches.
Dundee United played two friendlies in their break from official games, resulting in 0 victories, 0 draws and 2 defeats. In these two matches Dundee scored 1 and conceded 4 goals.
Head 2 Head
Livingston have avoided a loss in the last 4 games (3-1-0) facing Dundee United.Top Goalscorers
  J. Nouble 2 goals |  A. Obileye 1 goals | C. Montaño Castillo 1 goals |
Livingston missing players
Dundee United missing players
| Livingston | Dundee United | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 6 | Won | W | 4 | 7 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 7 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Lost | L | 5 | 11 | ||
| 34 | 22 | Scored | S | 13 | 25 | ||
| 32 | 19 | Conceded | C | 22 | 49 | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 76% | 93% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 84% | ||
| 56% | 64% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 48% | ||
| 24% | 21% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 24% | ||
| 12% | 7% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 16% | ||
| 48% | 64% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 52% | ||
| 28% | 21% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 20% | ||
| 32% | 14% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 28% | ||
| 4.7 | 5.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 3.8 | ||
| 5.9 | 5.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.6 | 6 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.9 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 8.8 | 9.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.1 | 8 | ||
| 3 | 3.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.6 | 2.5 | ||
| 38% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 41% | 39% | ||
| 10.8 | 11.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.1 | 14.8 | ||
| 3.1 | 3.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.2 | 5 | ||
