Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Partick Thistle & Arbroath face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the League Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Partick Thistle form and stats
Partick Thistle have reached this League Cup stage through battling and winning against Kilmarnock, Fraserburgh, Montrose, Stenhousemuir and Arbroath. Last season their League Cup adventure ended in the group stage.Partick Thistle have collected seven points from their first three Championship games here at Firhill Stadium, a promising start.
The home club members saw a 0-0 draw against Arbroath in the League Cup last time out and are hoping for a win here.
Before that, Partick had a Championship home game versus Raith Rovers which ended with a victory 2-1.Partick Thistle can score goals in their home matches. After 3 league matches they have found the net 7 times.
Arbroath form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Edinburgh City, Cowdenbeath, St. Mirren, Partick Thistle and Airdrieonians in order to reach 2nd round of League Cup. They also participated in League Cup last season. This ended in the 2nd round.The Championship season is young and Arbroath have only just started going through their travel schedule, with 3 away games done and still no victory. 1 draw and 2 defeats so far.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Partick Thistle in their previous outing. The League Cup duel ended 0-0.
Prior to that match, the Arbroath manager Campbell faced defeat when travelling to Hamilton Academical and losing 0-1.The attacking power of Arbroath when travelling is not overwhelming with 2 goals scored from 3 league matches away. Arbroath's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 5 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
Arbroath have managed a streak of 7 consecutive games without losing (4-3-0) when facing Partick Thistle.Top Goalscorers
  B. Graham 3 goals |  S. Lawless 2 goals |  A. Dowds 2 goals |
Partick Thistle missing players
Arbroath missing players
| Partick Thistle | Arbroath | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 7 | Won | W | 4 | 10 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Drew | D | 5 | 9 | ||
| 9 | 3 | Lost | L | 4 | 6 | ||
| 34 | 17 | Scored | S | 11 | 33 | ||
| 32 | 12 | Conceded | C | 13 | 22 | ||
| 92% | 85% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 69% | 76% | ||
| 64% | 54% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 46% | 56% | ||
| 52% | 38% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 38% | 48% | ||
| 32% | 23% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 15% | 16% | ||
| 20% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 12% | ||
| 56% | 38% | BTTS | BTTS | 38% | 40% | ||
| 32% | 46% | Clean Sheets | C S | 46% | 52% | ||
| 20% | 31% | Failed to Score | F T | 46% | 32% | ||
| 4.7 | 4.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 5.3 | ||
| 3.8 | 3.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 4.2 | ||
| 1 | 0.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.9 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 10.3 | 10.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.4 | 9.4 | ||
| 4.4 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.8 | 3.8 | ||
| 31% | 26% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 34% | ||
| 8.6 | 8.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.8 | 8.4 | ||
| 3 | 2.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 2.8 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Ayr United | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 11 |
| 2 | Partick Thistle | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 10 |
| 3 | Queen's Park | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 |
| 4 | Greenock Morton | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
| 5 | Dundee | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| 6 | Hamilton Academical | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | -1 | 6 |
| 7 | Raith Rovers | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 6 |
| 8 | Inverness CT | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -1 | 5 |
| 9 | Cove Rangers | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -4 | 3 |
| 10 | Arbroath | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -4 | 2 |
