Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Motherwell & Inverness CT face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the League Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
It's no vacation for neither Motherwell nor Inverness CT 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.
Motherwell form and stats
This is not the first game this season in the League Cup for Motherwell, as the manager Alexander led his troops to eliminate Inverness CT, and reach the 2nd Round. Motherwell was eliminated in the 2nd round last season in the League Cup.Motherwell's previous match was a League Cup game also played at their home, ending 3-0 against Inverness CT. The home team are looking to repeat that performance.
A Premiership defeat was the result before that one, 1-2 away at Kilmarnock.Inverness CT form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Cove Rangers, Kelty Hearts, Livingston, Motherwell and Albion Rovers in order to reach 2nd round of League Cup. Inverness was sent out of League Cup in the group stage last season.Still no away game victory in the Championship for Inverness CT with 1 draw and 1 loss from their first 2 attempts.
Two away games in a row for Inverness CT, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-3 against Motherwell in the League Cup.
The game before that, in the Championship, was lost at home, a 0-1 defeat against Greenock Morton.As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Inverness CT has managed 1 goal and let in 4 from 2 matches.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: five - zero - five (Motherwell wins - draws - Inverness CT wins). As for goals, nine matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  K. van Veen 4 goals |   A. Samuels 2 goals |  C. Slattery 1 goals |
Motherwell missing players
Inverness CT missing players
| Motherwell | Inverness CT | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Won | W | 7 | 13 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 7 | ||
| 12 | 6 | Lost | L | 4 | 5 | ||
| 33 | 17 | Scored | S | 24 | 45 | ||
| 41 | 19 | Conceded | C | 19 | 26 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 86% | 88% | ||
| 76% | 77% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 64% | 68% | ||
| 60% | 62% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 64% | 56% | ||
| 32% | 23% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 36% | 36% | ||
| 16% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 21% | 16% | ||
| 56% | 62% | BTTS | BTTS | 43% | 44% | ||
| 16% | 15% | Clean Sheets | C S | 43% | 44% | ||
| 28% | 23% | Failed to Score | F T | 29% | 24% | ||
| 5.2 | 5.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 5.4 | ||
| 6.2 | 4.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.8 | 4.7 | ||
| 1.9 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.5 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 10.8 | 11.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.1 | 9.2 | ||
| 3.3 | 3.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4.1 | ||
| 35% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 44% | ||
| 11 | 8.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6.5 | 6.6 | ||
| 4 | 3.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 2.9 | ||
