Perhaps a welcome break from league football as St. Johnstone & Annan Athletic face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the League Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
St. Johnstone's stadium, McDiarmid Park, has a grass surface. Annan Athletic have artifical turf on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Annan Athletic when playing on grass; 13 wins, 5 draws and 8 losses from 26 matches. They have scored 42 goals in these games and conceded 25.
The visiting Annan Athletic played their last game only three days ago, a League Cup match. That game, against Queen of the South, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Annan Athletic.
St. Johnstone form and stats
Johnstone participated in League Cup the last season, where they reached the semi-finals.The St. Johnstone supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Inverness CT and win 4-0. As mentioned above, St. Johnstone "killed" Inverness CT in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency.
Before that game, the 4-0 home victory against Inverness CT.There will be little rest for Johnstone after this match as they are travelling to Queen of the South for a League Cup game in only four days.
St. Johnstone have prepared for this season with two friendly games versus mixed opposition. Results from training matches should always be treated with caution, but the takeaways from these two matches are 1 victories, 1 draws and 0 losses. In these games, St. Johnstone have scored 4 goals and conceded 3 times.
Annan Athletic form and stats
They also participated in League Cup last season. This ended in the group stage.Two away matches in a row for Annan Athletic, whose manager Murphy could celebrate last time after the League Cup win against Queen of the South.
Before that, Annan secured a home win against Edinburgh City with the score 2-1.The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Elgin City in just four days.
Just as the home team, Annan Athletic have been through a few friendly games in the intense training period that just finished. The results from these training matches are 0 Annan Athletic wins, 1 draw and 1 loss.
Head 2 Head
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| St. Johnstone | Annan Athletic | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 7 | 6 | Won | W | 6 | 11 | ||
| 8 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | ||
| 10 | 4 | Lost | L | 5 | 10 | ||
| 25 | 15 | Scored | S | 22 | 42 | ||
| 37 | 11 | Conceded | C | 21 | 43 | ||
| 88% | 83% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 68% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 88% | ||
| 48% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 72% | ||
| 28% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 42% | 40% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 28% | ||
| 52% | 42% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 68% | ||
| 24% | 42% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 20% | ||
| 36% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 8% | 16% | ||
| 4.8 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.8 | 3.9 | ||
| 5.5 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 5.2 | ||
| 2 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.2 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 9.4 | 7.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.5 | 9.8 | ||
| 3.1 | 2.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 4.1 | ||
| 32% | 45% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 40% | ||
| 12.1 | 11.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.7 | 11.2 | ||
| 4.1 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 4 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Annan Athletic | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | Ayr United | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Elgin City | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | St. Johnstone | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Queen of the South | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 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 | Annan Athletic | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | Ayr United | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Elgin City | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | St. Johnstone | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Queen of the South | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
