National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's St. Mirren or Rangers that keep their silverware dream alive.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Mirren and Rangers.
St. Mirren form and stats
Last season, Mirren's League Cup journey ended in the group stage.3W-2D-0L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the League Cup for St. Mirren. With eight home Premiership games in a row without a win, the Mirren fans could feel they are not getting value for their money. It remains to be seen whether this unfortunate streak, which started after the Livingston game long ago, can be stopped today.
Mirren enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Motherwell's place. The match ended 1-0 with Jamie McGrath scoring. Preceding that game was the home draw versus Aberdeen that ended 1-1.
Mirren goalkeeper Jak Alnwick did an outstanding job against Motherwell with nine saves, so vital to securing the victory.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as St. Johnstone are coming to town in three days.
Rangers form and stats
Rangers's mission in League Cup last season failed in the final.Things are running smoothly for Rangers who hasn't tasted defeat in their last 18 matches, regardless of venue and tournament. Their last defeat was against Hamilton Academical. Rangers are enjoying a nice run from their away games now, having played eleven in a row without losing.
Rangers play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-1 victory visiting Dundee United. Prior to that result Rangers won their away game at Lech Poznan in the Europa League. The scoreline was 2-0.
After this away game Rangers return home for a Premiership game against Motherwell. That game is only three sleeps after this.
Just as the home team, Rangers have been through a few friendly games in the intense training period that just finished. The results from these training matches are 4 Rangers wins, 0 draws and 0 losses.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Mirren won zero games, one match ended with a draw and Rangers has nine wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / sixTop Goalscorers
  J. Tavernier 11 goals |  K. Roofe 6 goals |  R. Kent 5 goals |
St. Mirren missing players
Rangers missing players
| St. Mirren | Rangers | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 15 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Won | W | 11 | 21 | ||
| 6 | 5 | Drew | D | 3 | 4 | ||
| 11 | 6 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | ||
| 20 | 12 | Scored | S | 38 | 71 | ||
| 34 | 19 | Conceded | C | 7 | 12 | ||
| 92% | 87% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 96% | ||
| 60% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 86% | 88% | ||
| 44% | 40% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 57% | 60% | ||
| 12% | 7% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 48% | ||
| 8% | 7% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 21% | 20% | ||
| 36% | 40% | BTTS | BTTS | 29% | 28% | ||
| 32% | 27% | Clean Sheets | C S | 71% | 72% | ||
| 40% | 47% | Failed to Score | F T | 7% | 4% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.4 | 1.1 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 9.8 | 10.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15.6 | 15.2 | ||
| 3.2 | 3.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.6 | 5.9 | ||
| 27% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 48% | 48% | ||