National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Peterhead or St. Johnstone that keep their silverware dream alive.
It's no vacation for neither Peterhead nor St. Johnstone 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.
Peterhead form and stats
Last season, Peterhead's League Cup journey ended in the group stage.Overall League One stats at home this season for Peterhead are 0-0-1 (wins-draw-losses). This match is a League Cup match, and the hometeam has the total statistics 2 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses in this competition.
Peterhead shared the glory with Kelty Hearts (after extra-time, 3-5 on penalties) in their last match, an away game that ended all square 1-1. A League One defeat was the result before that one, 2-3 away at Montrose.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Peterhead at home in the league. 0 on target and 2 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.
St. Johnstone form and stats
They also participated in League Cup last season. This ended in the group stage.The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the League Cup stats, they have 2 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses both home and away.
There were no winners in Johnstone's previous match, a League Cup home game that ended 0-0 vs Dundee United (after extra-time, 3-4 on penalties). Prior to that match, a home win 1-0 against Kilmarnock in the Premiership.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  S. May 3 goals |   B. Armour 2 goals |  D. Wotherspoon 2 goals |
Peterhead missing players
St. Johnstone missing players
| Peterhead | St. Johnstone | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Won | W | 5 | 10 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 7 | ||
| 14 | 5 | Lost | L | 3 | 8 | ||
| 28 | 14 | Scored | S | 14 | 31 | ||
| 35 | 13 | Conceded | C | 14 | 26 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 91% | 88% | ||
| 80% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 73% | 52% | ||
| 44% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 45% | 36% | ||
| 16% | 17% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 9% | 16% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 9% | 12% | ||
| 44% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 55% | 36% | ||
| 28% | 42% | Clean Sheets | C S | 18% | 32% | ||
| 32% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 36% | 44% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.1 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.6 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 233 | 131 | Total Shots | T S | 133 | 313 | ||
| 96 | 55 | Shots on Target | S O | 43 | 95 | ||
| 29% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 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 | St. Johnstone | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 |
| 2 | Dundee United | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 3 | Peterhead | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 4 | Kelty Hearts | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 1 |
| 5 | Brechin City | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 10 | -13 | 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 | Cove Rangers | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 12 |
| 2 | Airdrieonians | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 |
| 3 | Falkirk | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 8 |
| 4 | Montrose | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 7 |
| 5 | Dumbarton | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| 6 | Partick Thistle | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 4 |
| 7 | East Fife | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -3 | 4 |
| 8 | Peterhead | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -3 | 3 |
| 9 | Clyde | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | -7 | 3 |
| 10 | Forfar Athletic | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -4 | 2 |