National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Livingston or St. Mirren that keep their silverware dream alive.
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
Livingston form and stats
Livingston have reached this League Cup stage through battling and winning against Alloa Athletic, Cowdenbeath, Brechin City and Raith Rovers. Last season their League Cup adventure ended in the final.2W-1D-1L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the League Cup for Livingston. With Livingston having lost three times in a row here, the pressure is increasing on the manager D. Martindale.
The Livingston fans got no joy from their last match, a Premiership game also here at Tony Macaroni Arena: A 1-2 defeat against Aberdeen. Attacking player Bruce Anderson bested all teammates in that game and got a match rating of 7.4 out of 10. Anderson scored one goal and hit one key pass. Heartbreak for Livingston in their last match as Aberdeen's J. MacKenzie scored the winning goal deep into overtime.
A Premiership defeat was the result before that one, 0-3 away at Rangers.With the first game of the season soon underway, it's time to look at the results from the Livingston friendly games in pre-season: Livingston played two friendlies, won 2, drew 0 and lost 0. If you are really into statistics you might appreciate knowing that Livingston scored 7 goals and conceded 0 in these two games.
St. Mirren form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Dunfermline Athletic, Partick Thistle and Stenhousemuir in order to reach 2nd round of League Cup. St. Mirren was sent out of League Cup in the semi-finals last season.When we have look at the League Cup statistics, we find 3W-0D-0L. This is both home and away. Visiting Mirren has seen their last two away games both end with a tied score and one point each.
This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Premiership home defeat versus Hearts with 1-2 on the scoreboard. Midfield player Scott Tanser was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.14/10. Tanser served one assist and hit two key passes.
Ahead of that match was the Premiership away draw versus Dundee that ended 2-2.It's finally time to play a game of importance again as a long period of training has passed. Mirren have played a number of friendly games in this period, resulting in 1 win, 0 draws and 0 defeats from one fixture.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head numbers (for the former ten meetings): Livingston won four games, two matches ended in a draw and St. Mirren have four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / fiveTop Goalscorers
  B. Anderson 1 goals |   J. Shaughnessy 1 goals |  J. McGrath 1 goals |
Livingston missing players
St. Mirren missing players
| Livingston | St. Mirren | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 7 | 5 | Won | W | 4 | 9 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 5 | 9 | ||
| 12 | 6 | Lost | L | 2 | 7 | ||
| 29 | 18 | Scored | S | 21 | 35 | ||
| 37 | 15 | Conceded | C | 15 | 30 | ||
| 88% | 86% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 91% | 88% | ||
| 80% | 71% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 82% | 76% | ||
| 68% | 64% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 73% | 56% | ||
| 20% | 14% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 45% | 24% | ||
| 4% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 18% | 8% | ||
| 48% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 55% | 52% | ||
| 28% | 29% | Clean Sheets | C S | 27% | 36% | ||
| 36% | 36% | Failed to Score | F T | 27% | 24% | ||
| 3.9 | 4.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.8 | 5.7 | ||
| 4.2 | 4.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.6 | 5.2 | ||
| 2 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.4 | 1.3 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | ||
| 8 | 9.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.3 | 11.5 | ||
| 2.9 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 3.5 | ||
| 33% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 39% | ||