Perhaps a welcome break from league football as St. Mirren & Partick Thistle face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the League Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
St. Mirren form and stats
Last season their League Cup adventure ended in the group stage.It's trouble wherever Mirren are playing these days as they have suffered six straight defeats now, regardless of arena. They really need to get back to winning ways. Three consecutive losses here at The Simple Digital Arena is hard to swallow for the home team. Both players, staff and the home crowd are desperate to get something from this match.
Mirren lost their last game at Aberdeen after a 1-2 scoreline. Before that game, the home loss against Kilmarnock with the scoreline 0-1.
The defeat against Aberdeen was especially painful as the deciding goal against was scored one minutes into stoppage time (by L. Ferguson).
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Mirren as they are travelling to their away game against Queen of the South in the League Cup. That match is three days after this one.
Partick Thistle form and stats
Partick was sent out of League Cup in the quarter-finals last season.4 wins, 4 draws and 6 losses. That’s the product of Partick Thistle playing as the away team in the Championship this season. Partick Thistle have had a generous will to share for some time now, running a streak of three draws in a row.
There were no winners in Partick's previous match, a Championship home game that ended 1-1 vs Dunfermline Athletic. Before that, Partick travelled to Dundee United and returned home with a draw after the Championship game finished 1-1.
A new game in only three days for Partick, the League Cup home match versus Queen's Park. Busy days.
Partick have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 14 league away games 19 goals have been scored. As for defending, Partick Thistle rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 25 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Mirren-Partick Thistle H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: St. Mirren three wins, Partick Thistle five wins, two draws. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  J. Obika 2 goals |  R. Tait 1 goals |  E. Erhahon 1 goals |
St. Mirren missing players
Partick Thistle missing players
| St. Mirren | Partick Thistle | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Won | W | 4 | 7 | ||
| 7 | 5 | Drew | D | 2 | 7 | ||
| 12 | 5 | Lost | L | 6 | 11 | ||
| 23 | 11 | Scored | S | 16 | 31 | ||
| 36 | 13 | Conceded | C | 22 | 41 | ||
| 92% | 86% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 64% | 57% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 84% | ||
| 48% | 29% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 58% | 56% | ||
| 12% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 32% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 16% | ||
| 44% | 36% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 76% | ||
| 28% | 43% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 8% | ||
| 36% | 36% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 20% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.3 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 249 | 154 | Total Shots | T S | 114 | 238 | ||
| 85 | 48 | Shots on Target | S O | 56 | 100 | ||
| 27% | 23% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 28% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Greenock Morton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Partick Thistle | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Queen of the South | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Queen's Park | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | St. Mirren | 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 | Dundee United | 28 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 52 | 22 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 35 | 10 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 30 | 59 |
| 2 | Inverness CT | 27 | 14 | 3 | 10 | 39 | 32 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 15 | 18 | 7 | 45 |
| 3 | Dundee | 27 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 32 | 31 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 1 | 41 |
| 4 | Ayr United | 27 | 12 | 4 | 11 | 38 | 35 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 20 | 21 | 3 | 40 |
| 5 | Dunfermline Athletic | 28 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 41 | 36 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 19 | 5 | 37 |
| 6 | Arbroath | 26 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 24 | 26 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 16 | -2 | 36 |
| 7 | Greenock Morton | 28 | 10 | 6 | 12 | 45 | 52 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 27 | 22 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 18 | 30 | -7 | 36 |
| 8 | Alloa Athletic | 28 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 33 | 43 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 19 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 21 | 24 | -10 | 31 |
| 9 | Queen of the South | 28 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 28 | 40 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 20 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 20 | -12 | 28 |
| 10 | Partick Thistle | 27 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 32 | 47 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 22 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 25 | -15 | 26 |