Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Rangers & Livingston 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 Rangers nor Livingston 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.
Rangers form and stats
Last season, Rangers's League Cup journey ended in the quarter-finals.In general it's been a long time since Rangers tasted defeat here at Ibrox Stadium, as they have taken at least one point from their last 22 home games in the league.
A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Rangers, who played 1-1 against Motherwell. That match was also played at this venue (Ibrox Stadium). Midfield player Joe Aribo got a match rating of 8.12 in that game, the max score being 10. Aribo served one assist, hit six key passes and dribled passed the opponent 4 of 4 times.
Preceding that match was a Europa League defeat to Olympique Lyonnais (0-2).Rangers are traveling soon after this match as the Premiership match at Dundee awaits in three days.
With the first game of the season soon underway, it's time to look at the results from the Rangers friendly games in pre-season: Rangers played five friendlies, won 2, drew 2 and lost 1. If you are really into statistics you might appreciate knowing that Rangers scored 5 goals and conceded 4 in these five games.
Livingston form and stats
Livingston was sent out of League Cup in the final last season.The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the League Cup stats, they have 2 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss both home and away.
Livingston won their last game, 1-0 versus Celtic played at home. Max Stryjek was the team player of the game with the player rating of 7.83. The agile goalkeeper Stryjek stopped the opponent with five saves and topped it up with a clean sheet.
Ahead of that match was the Premiership away draw versus Dundee that ended 0-0.The home team is given a winning chance of about 80 percent by the betting public. This does not leave much hope for the visitors, but some teams enjoy the outsider role and perform well in it. Looking at similar away games for Livingston we find four games. Results are zero Livingston wins, zero draws and four defeats.
The schedule is very tough for Livingston now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Premiership game at Hearts is waiting in only three days.
Livingston played two friendlies in their break from official games, resulting in 2 victories, 0 draws and 0 defeats. In these two matches Livingston scored 7 and conceded 0 goals.
Head 2 Head
Rangers-Livingston H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Rangers nine wins, Livingston zero wins, one draw. four of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  K. Roofe 2 goals |  J. Tavernier 1 goals |  F. Helander 1 goals |
Rangers missing players
Livingston missing players
| Rangers | Livingston | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 16 | Played | P | 10 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 10 | Won | W | 1 | 7 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 6 | 12 | ||
| 45 | 33 | Scored | S | 8 | 28 | ||
| 19 | 11 | Conceded | C | 20 | 36 | ||
| 92% | 94% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 80% | 88% | ||
| 72% | 81% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 76% | ||
| 52% | 56% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 70% | 64% | ||
| 24% | 31% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 30% | 20% | ||
| 12% | 12% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 10% | 4% | ||
| 44% | 44% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 48% | ||
| 44% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 30% | 28% | ||
| 20% | 12% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 36% | ||
| 7 | 6.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.7 | 4.2 | ||
| 3.5 | 3.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.6 | 4.7 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.3 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 14.8 | 15.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.3 | 8.3 | ||
| 5.3 | 5.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.2 | 2.9 | ||
| 36% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 32% | ||