National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's St. Mirren or Aberdeen that keep their silverware dream alive.
Aberdeen could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Premiership game only three sleeps ago. That game, against Hamilton Academical, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Aberdeen.
St. Mirren form and stats
Mirren have reached this League Cup stage through battling and winning against Queen of the South, Queen's Park, Greenock Morton and Partick Thistle. Mirren participated in League Cup the last season, where they reached the group stage.This match is a League Cup match, and the hometeam has the total statistics 2 wins, 2 draws and 0 losses in this competition.
A good away victory last time out for Mirren, who won 1-0 against Livingston. A strong away win before that one, visiting Queen's Park and winning 1-0.
Aberdeen form and stats
Last season their League Cup adventure ended in the quarter-finals.It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Hamilton Academical in their previous outing. The Premiership match ended in a draw 1-1. Preceding that game, the 0-4 loss visiting Rangers's place.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: one win for Mirren, two draws and seven wins for Aberdeen. Over 2,5 goals: seven times; under 2,5 goals: three games.Top Goalscorers
  L. Ferguson 8 goals |  R. Hedges 3 goals |   J. Obika 2 goals |
St. Mirren missing players
Aberdeen missing players
| St. Mirren | Aberdeen | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Won | W | 7 | 14 | ||
| 8 | 6 | Drew | D | 3 | 4 | ||
| 10 | 4 | Lost | L | 3 | 7 | ||
| 25 | 11 | Scored | S | 19 | 44 | ||
| 35 | 13 | Conceded | C | 14 | 30 | ||
| 92% | 85% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 64% | 62% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 69% | 76% | ||
| 44% | 23% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 38% | 56% | ||
| 16% | 8% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 31% | 32% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 16% | ||
| 48% | 46% | BTTS | BTTS | 31% | 44% | ||
| 28% | 31% | Clean Sheets | C S | 46% | 36% | ||
| 32% | 38% | Failed to Score | F T | 31% | 24% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.2 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | ||
| 9.5 | 10.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.6 | 10.6 | ||
| 3.2 | 2.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.4 | 4.1 | ||
| 31% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 43% | ||
Aberdeen:
- Aberdeen FC
- Daily Record - (local newspaper)
- Evening Express - (local newspaper)