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.
Livingston have less rest than St. Mirren in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Premiership game only four days ago. Thankfully the previous game, versus Celtic, was also a home game here at Hampden Park. The away team is better rested.
Livingston form and stats
Livingston was eliminated in the quarter-finals last season in the League Cup.6W-0D-0L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the League Cup for Livingston.
The spoils were shared in Livingston's previous game, also at home. Visiting Celtic travelled back with a draw after a 2-2 scoreline. Before that, Livingston played out a Premiership draw 0-0 when visiting Celtic.
The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Livingston handle that role? We have found eight games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are three wins, zero draws and five defeats.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Kilmarnock are coming to town in three days.
St. Mirren form and stats
Last season their League Cup adventure ended in the group stage.Total League Cup statistics for St. Mirren: 4 wins, 2 draws and 0 losses.
St. Mirren lost away at St. Johnstone (0-1) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick. Ahead of that game was the 1-1 draw at home against Motherwell in the Premiership.
We have checked recent matches where St. Mirren have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 17 games were three victories, five draws and nine defeats.
Mirren has another fixture away, a Premiership game, against Dundee United in just three days. A tough schedule for the visitors!
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: four wins for Livingston, two draws and four wins for St. Mirren. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.Top Goalscorers
  J. Guthrie 5 goals |  S. Robinson 4 goals |  S. Pittman 4 goals |
Livingston missing players
St. Mirren missing players
| Livingston | St. Mirren | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 8 | Won | W | 5 | 9 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 7 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Lost | L | 5 | 9 | ||
| 48 | 24 | Scored | S | 11 | 28 | ||
| 25 | 13 | Conceded | C | 10 | 28 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 88% | 85% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 42% | 64% | ||
| 60% | 54% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 36% | ||
| 32% | 38% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 8% | 16% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | ||
| 52% | 46% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 52% | ||
| 36% | 38% | Clean Sheets | C S | 42% | 24% | ||
| 16% | 15% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 28% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.6 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.8 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 4 | ||
| 10 | 10.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 10.9 | ||
| 3.7 | 3.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3.7 | ||
| 52% | 51% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 31% | ||