League Cup: Buckle up for the Partick Thistle - Montrose clash

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Competition: Scotland League Cup
Competition: Sat 23.July
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Firhill Stadium (13079 seats)

National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Partick Thistle or Montrose that keep their silverware dream alive.

6-5-5 (wins/draws/losses). These are the numbers for Montrose when playing away games on grass, which is not the surface they have on their own home stadium (which has artifical turf). Their goal statistics from those 16 matches are 26-25 (scored/conceded).

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.

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Partick Thistle form and stats

Partick Thistle was eliminated in the group stage last season in the League Cup.

9 victories, 4 draws and 5 defeats. That’s what Partick Thistle have to build on here at Firhill Stadium in the Championship.

Partick Thistle's previous fixture was a League Cup game also played at their home, ending 2-0 vs Fraserburgh. The home side hope to to continue in that form.

The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Partick matches with similar probabilities have ended with 6 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat (from 7 games).

Partick Thistle aren't scoring a lot here at Firhill Stadium in the league, with only 17 goals from 18 games. From these home matches, Partick have conceded only 13 goals.

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Montrose form and stats

Montrose's mission in League Cup last season failed in the group stage.

The story so far for the visiting team on their League One travels is 9 wins, 5 draws and 4 defeats.

This fixture can not go any worse than the last one, a League Cup home defeat versus Stenhousemuir with 0-2 on the scoreboard.

aweayteam Hara magic won. Looking at the earlier recent performances of Montrose when being an outsider away as they are today, we find 4 matches with the visitors losing 3 times, drawing 0 and winning 1 game.

The travelling fans enjoy Montrose's attacking play in away games, having scored 28 goals in 18 league matches away. Montrose are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 16 times in 18 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Previous four meetings involving these sides: Partick won three, Montrose triumphed in one and we saw zero draws. two games with more than 2,5 goals, two matches with less than 2,5 goals.

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Total First Half Second Half
Partick Thistle Montrose
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 12   Played P   11 25
10 6   Won W   5 9
5 1   Drew D   1 8
10 5   Lost L   5 8
24 8   Scored S   18 35
28 9   Conceded C   19 38
92% 92%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   91% 92%
48% 25%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   64% 76%
36% 17%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   55% 48%
20% 8%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   36% 24%
8% 0%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   36% 20%
40% 8%   BTTS BTTS   45% 60%
40% 58%   Clean Sheets C S   45% 28%
28% 42%   Failed to Score F T   18% 20%
 
5.1 5.3   Corners for (avg) C F   5.3 5.1
4 3.2   Corners against (avg) C A   5 4.1
1.3 1.2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.2 1.9
1 1   Red cards R C   3 6
 
8.9 9.2   Shots (avg) S (   8.8 9.4
3.5 3.8   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.5 3.5
28% 17%   Goal Efficiency G E   47% 37%
 
8.6 7.9   Shots against (avg) S A   10.6 10.9
3 2.8   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   5 4.9

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Kilmarnock 3 2 1 0 7 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 6 1 5 8
2 Stenhousemuir 3 2 0 1 6 2 2 1 0 1 4 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 4 6
3 Partick Thistle 3 2 1 0 5 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 1 1 0 3 2 3 6
4 Montrose 3 1 0 2 4 7 2 0 0 2 0 5 1 1 0 0 4 2 -3 3
5 Fraserburgh 4 0 0 4 3 12 2 0 0 2 3 7 2 0 0 2 0 5 -9 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 Kilmarnock 36 20 7 9 50 27 18 12 1 5 28 14 18 8 6 4 22 13 23 67
2 Arbroath 36 17 14 5 54 28 18 9 8 1 32 14 18 8 6 4 22 14 26 65
3 Inverness CT 36 16 11 9 53 34 18 10 3 5 30 17 18 6 8 4 23 17 19 59
4 Partick Thistle 36 14 10 12 46 40 18 9 4 5 17 13 18 5 6 7 29 27 6 52
5 Raith Rovers 36 12 14 10 44 44 18 5 8 5 23 26 18 7 6 5 21 18 0 50
6 Hamilton Academical 36 10 12 14 38 53 18 5 5 8 16 28 18 5 7 6 22 25 -15 42
7 Greenock Morton 36 9 13 14 36 47 18 3 9 6 23 27 18 6 4 8 13 20 -11 40
8 Ayr United 36 9 12 15 39 52 18 5 7 6 21 25 18 4 5 9 18 27 -13 39
9 Dunfermline Athletic 36 7 14 15 36 53 18 5 8 5 22 24 18 2 6 10 14 29 -17 35
10 Queen of the South 36 8 9 19 36 54 18 4 5 9 13 19 18 4 4 10 23 35 -18 33
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Cove Rangers 36 23 10 3 73 32 18 13 5 0 43 13 18 10 5 3 30 19 41 79
2 Airdrieonians 36 21 9 6 68 37 18 12 3 3 36 21 18 9 6 3 32 16 31 72
3 Montrose 36 15 14 7 53 36 18 6 9 3 25 20 18 9 5 4 28 16 17 59
4 Queen's Park 36 11 18 7 51 36 18 8 8 2 29 15 18 3 10 5 22 21 15 51
5 Alloa Athletic 36 12 9 15 49 57 18 6 4 8 26 30 18 6 5 7 23 27 -8 45
6 Falkirk 36 12 8 16 49 55 18 5 3 10 23 31 18 7 5 6 26 24 -6 44
7 Peterhead 36 11 9 16 46 51 18 8 4 6 24 17 18 3 5 10 22 34 -5 42
8 Clyde 36 9 12 15 39 62 18 6 5 7 23 36 18 3 7 8 16 26 -23 39
9 Dumbarton 36 9 7 20 48 71 18 3 6 9 21 31 18 6 1 11 27 40 -23 34
10 East Fife 36 5 8 23 31 70 18 4 5 9 17 26 18 1 3 14 14 44 -39 23

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Kilmarnock 3 2 1 0 7 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 6 1 5 8
2 Stenhousemuir 3 2 0 1 6 2 2 1 0 1 4 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 4 6
3 Partick Thistle 3 2 1 0 5 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 1 1 0 3 2 3 6
4 Montrose 3 1 0 2 4 7 2 0 0 2 0 5 1 1 0 0 4 2 -3 3
5 Fraserburgh 4 0 0 4 3 12 2 0 0 2 3 7 2 0 0 2 0 5 -9 0

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