National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Rangers or Hibernian that keep their silverware dream alive.
This has all the signs of an intriguing match with lots of fun and bustle as both sides are well rested since they last ran out on the pitch. Let's get started!
Rangers form and stats
Last season their League Cup adventure ended in the quarter-finals.Rangers has a nice streak going on as they have played eleven consecutive leaguegames without losing (regardless of home/away). They are keen to extend their tally, a streak that began after the Dundee United defeat 106 days ago.
Rangers's last game was hosting Ross County and winning 4-2. As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today? Midfield player Joe Aribo got a match rating of 8.32 in that game, the max score being 10. Aribo scored one goal, served one assist, hit two key passes and had 39 successful passes (of 45 total).
1-1 away at Brøndby before that.Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Sparta Praha are coming to town in four days.
Rangers have spent many days and weeks preparing for this match, with countless hours on the training pitches and five practice matches played. These training games have ended with 2 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat. Some might be interested in the goal production stats for these matches; Rangers scored 5 goals and let in 4 goals during these five games.
Hibernian form and stats
Last season their League Cup adventure ended in the semi-finals.It's looking increasingly bleak for Hibernian who now has to deal with a four game losing streak. St. Johnstone was the last time a defeat was avoided.
The manager J. Ross was unhappy after their last game, a Premiership match played at their home ground Easter Road Stadium. Hibernian suffered a 1-3 loss to Celtic. Midfield player Jake Doyle Hayes was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.42/10. Hayes hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 47 successful passes (of 50 total).
It was a Premiership defeat before that one as the away game against Aberdeen wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The Premiership trip to Ross County.
Just as the home team, Hibernian have been through a few friendly games in the intense training period that just finished. The results from these training matches are 3 Hibernian wins, 1 draw and 1 loss.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: eight - two - zero (Rangers wins - draws - Hibernian wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Boyle 7 goals |   K. Roofe 5 goals |  A. Morelos Aviléz 4 goals |
Rangers missing players
Hibernian missing players
| Rangers | Hibernian | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 15 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 9 | Won | W | 6 | 12 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 5 | 7 | ||
| 44 | 27 | Scored | S | 22 | 39 | ||
| 22 | 12 | Conceded | C | 20 | 30 | ||
| 92% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 92% | ||
| 72% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 64% | 72% | ||
| 48% | 47% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 57% | 56% | ||
| 20% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 43% | 32% | ||
| 16% | 13% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 21% | 12% | ||
| 52% | 47% | BTTS | BTTS | 64% | 52% | ||
| 36% | 47% | Clean Sheets | C S | 14% | 32% | ||
| 20% | 13% | Failed to Score | F T | 29% | 24% | ||
| 8.1 | 8.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.8 | 4.6 | ||
| 2.7 | 1.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.8 | 5.5 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 1.9 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 4 | ||
| 17.5 | 18.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.5 | 10.7 | ||
| 5.8 | 6.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.9 | 3.9 | ||
| 30% | 28% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 37% | 38% | ||
| 5.3 | 4.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.5 | 10.6 | ||
| 2 | 1.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 4 | ||