Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Livingston & Hamilton Academical face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the League Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
Hamilton Academical play their home matches on artifical turf, while this fixture occurs on grass. Up to date results for Hamilton Academical when playing on grass are 9 wins, 9 draws and 13 defeats from 31 matches. They have managed to score {31 goals} and conceded 51 times in these games.
Hamilton Academical could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a League Cup game only four sleeps ago.
Livingston form and stats
Last season, Livingston's League Cup journey ended in the 2nd round.Livingston are returning here after visiting Brechin City in a League Cup game and winning with a 3-0 scoreline.
A Premiership defeat was the result before that one, 0-2 away at St. Johnstone.The manager Martindale will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Cove Rangers in only three days.
Hamilton Academical form and stats
They also participated in League Cup last season. This ended in the group stage.The regulars enjoyed Hamilton Academical's previous match versus Brechin City, a League Cup win (1-0) played at home.
Earlier, the League Cup victory away at Clyde. As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Hamilton Academical playing away, we found 4 games. Results were 2 away wins, 0 draws and 2 home wins.
Head 2 Head
Livingston-Hamilton Academical H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Livingston five wins, Hamilton Academical three wins, two draws. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Livingston missing players
Hamilton Academical missing players
| Livingston | Hamilton Academical | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 6 | Won | W | 4 | 10 | ||
| 3 | 3 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | ||
| 11 | 3 | Lost | L | 6 | 10 | ||
| 29 | 16 | Scored | S | 10 | 30 | ||
| 36 | 15 | Conceded | C | 17 | 37 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 91% | 92% | ||
| 88% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 55% | 72% | ||
| 48% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 45% | 52% | ||
| 16% | 17% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 27% | 24% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 9% | 12% | ||
| 32% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 27% | 52% | ||
| 28% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 27% | 20% | ||
| 44% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 55% | 36% | ||
| 4.5 | 4.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 5.3 | ||
| 5.1 | 5.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.6 | 6.6 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 1.8 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 11.3 | 12.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.9 | 9.7 | ||
| 3.9 | 4.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 4 | ||
| 30% | 28% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 30% | ||
| 9.3 | 9.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.3 | 12 | ||
| 3 | 2.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4.4 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Hamilton Academical | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | Cove Rangers | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | Livingston | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | Brechin City | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -4 | 0 |
| 5 | Clyde | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | -5 | 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 | Hamilton Academical | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | Cove Rangers | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | Livingston | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | Brechin City | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -4 | 0 |
| 5 | Clyde | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | -5 | 0 |
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