Perhaps a welcome break from league football as St. Mirren & Forfar Athletic face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the League Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
St. Mirren form and stats
St. Mirren participated in League Cup the last season, where they reached the group stage.0 victories, 0 draws and 0 defeats. That’s what St. Mirren have to build on here at The Smisa Stadium in the league.
Mirren are returning here after guesting Cowdenbeath in a League Cup fixture and winning with a 1-0 scoreline.
A home win ahead of that game, as expected. The team were huge favourites against Arbroath and won 4-0.
Forfar Athletic form and stats
Forfar Athletic was sent out of League Cup in the group stage last season.6-4-8 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Forfar Athletic in their League Two matches away.
The supporters enjoyed Forfar Athletic's previous fixture versus Arbroath, a League Cup win (3-1) played at home.
Ahead of that, the League Cup victory away at Montrose.
The visitors have scored 17 goals from 18 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Forfar have conceded 20 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
St. Mirren missing players
Forfar Athletic missing players
| St. Mirren | Forfar Athletic | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 9 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Won | W | 6 | 14 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 12 | 5 | Lost | L | 4 | 6 | ||
| 31 | 12 | Scored | S | 16 | 32 | ||
| 40 | 15 | Conceded | C | 14 | 23 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 76% | 78% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 77% | 68% | ||
| 56% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 38% | 44% | ||
| 28% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 15% | 12% | ||
| 12% | 11% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 4% | ||
| 44% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 54% | 56% | ||
| 32% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 31% | 28% | ||
| 28% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 23% | 24% | ||
| 4.7 | 4.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.9 | 5 | ||
| 3.8 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.4 | 5.2 | ||
| 1.1 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.4 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | ||
| 11.8 | 10.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.2 | 8.2 | ||
| 4 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3.2 | ||
| 31% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 39% | 40% | ||
| 10.6 | 10.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.8 | 8.7 | ||
| 3.8 | 3.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.8 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Forfar Athletic | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 2 | St. Mirren | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 3 | Montrose | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | Cowdenbeath | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 2 |
| 5 | Arbroath | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | -6 | -1 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Forfar Athletic | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 2 | St. Mirren | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 3 | Montrose | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | Cowdenbeath | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 2 |
| 5 | Arbroath | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | -6 | -1 |
