Perhaps a welcome break from league football as St. Johnstone & Brechin City 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 Johnstone nor Brechin City 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.
St. Johnstone form and stats
Johnstone participated in League Cup the last season, where they reached the group stage.Regardless of arena the trend is looking very unhealthy for Johnstone with their four defeats in a row. Not since the St. Mirren game, 42 days ago, have they avoided a loss. We have seen two home losses in a row now for Johnstone, who are hoping that the phrase “third time lucky” applies to them.
St. Johnstone are returning here after visiting Kelty Hearts in a League Cup game and winning with a 2-1 scoreline. J. Kerr and C. Kane scored the goal(s). Preceding that match was a Premiership defeat to Celtic (0-2).
Brechin City form and stats
Brechin's mission in League Cup last season failed in the group stage.The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Brechin City so far with only 8 points returning home. The records show 2-2-10 (win-draw-lose). The sun doesn’t shine and the birds do not sing for Brechin, who have now gone eleven games without a victory. The Cowdenbeath game was their last win and it’s been a dry spell since.
Home advantage was not enough for Brechin City in their previous game, as they lost their League Cup-match, hosting Dundee United, 2-6. Prior to that match, the Brechin City manager M. Wilson faced defeat when travelling to Cove Rangers and losing 2-3.
Brechin City lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 2-6 beating and focus on this one.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The League Cup trip to Peterhead.
Brechin City find the net regularly in their away games. 19 goals from 14 away fixtures in the league. Brechin City are struggling defensively in their away games, having conceded 19 goals in these matches.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last nine meetings between these two teams are: eight wins for Johnstone, one draw and zero wins for Brechin City. Over 2,5 goals: seven times; under 2,5 goals: two games.Top Goalscorers
  L. Craig 1 goals |  D. Wotherspoon 1 goals |  S. May 1 goals |
St. Johnstone missing players
Brechin City missing players
| St. Johnstone | Brechin City | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 4 | 7 | ||
| 10 | 6 | Lost | L | 7 | 14 | ||
| 24 | 15 | Scored | S | 22 | 34 | ||
| 29 | 17 | Conceded | C | 35 | 60 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 88% | ||
| 60% | 57% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 88% | ||
| 40% | 43% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 85% | 72% | ||
| 8% | 14% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 77% | 52% | ||
| 4% | 7% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 54% | 40% | ||
| 40% | 36% | BTTS | BTTS | 85% | 76% | ||
| 20% | 21% | Clean Sheets | C S | 8% | 12% | ||
| 44% | 43% | Failed to Score | F T | 15% | 24% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.3 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | ||
| 258 | 141 | Total Shots | T S | 67 | 175 | ||
| 85 | 46 | Shots on Target | S O | 32 | 76 | ||
| 28% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 37% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Brechin City | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Dundee United | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Kelty Hearts | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Peterhead | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | St. Johnstone | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 | 28 | 22 | 2 | 4 | 76 | 34 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 7 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 39 | 27 | 42 | 68 |
| 2 | Edinburgh City | 27 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 49 | 28 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 28 | 9 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 19 | 21 | 55 |
| 3 | Elgin City | 28 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 48 | 34 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 30 | 19 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 15 | 14 | 43 |
| 4 | Cowdenbeath | 27 | 12 | 5 | 10 | 37 | 35 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 20 | 2 | 41 |
| 5 | Queen's Park | 28 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 37 | 35 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 21 | 17 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 18 | 2 | 40 |
| 6 | Stirling Albion | 28 | 10 | 6 | 12 | 34 | 35 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 21 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 14 | -1 | 36 |
| 7 | Annan Athletic | 27 | 9 | 4 | 14 | 33 | 54 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 22 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 9 | 32 | -21 | 31 |
| 8 | Stenhousemuir | 28 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 32 | 48 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 29 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 19 | -16 | 29 |
| 9 | Albion Rovers | 26 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 37 | 51 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 23 | 23 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 28 | -14 | 24 |
| 10 | Brechin City | 27 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 31 | 60 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 25 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 19 | 35 | -29 | 17 |