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Scottish League Cup Predictions, Stats And Trends.

A group stage in July, a knockout from August and a final before Christmas: the Scottish League Cup is the first trophy of the season and the only one with a table. Football Hub covers the groups and the knockout rounds, grading every tie along the way.

2026/27 season · 45 clubs · 94 ties so far this season

Matches On Record
943
Seasons Of Detail
10
Goals A Game
3.12
Clubs On Record
51

Finished ties in Football Hub, 2017/18 to 2026/27, counted on 23 October 2026.

What Football Hub Is

Everything Football Hub Does, Pointed At The Scottish League Cup.

Football Hub puts a ridiculous amount of football data under one roof: ten seasons of stats, live matches, predictions and bookmaker prices for 22 leagues, 14 cups and 9 international competitions. Cheatsheets spot the patterns that keep repeating, and The Analyst, an AI that has read all of it, does the digging when you ask it a question. Here is what that means for the Scottish League Cup.

Groups With A Table. The only Scottish cup with a group stage. The app shows the group tables, then the bracket, as the season moves on.

Early-Season Form. The groups are the first competitive football of the season. Every club’s page shows them alongside the league, so pre-season guesswork gives way to results quickly.

Knockout Through To Hampden. Second round, quarter-finals, semi-finals and the final, each tie in the match centre with lineups as they land.

Best Prices. The bookmakers price League Cup ties, and the app shows the best price for each market across the bookmakers.

The Match Centre

Every Scottish League Cup Tie, Taken Apart.

Both team sheets on the pitch in their formations the moment they are confirmed, a timeline of goals, cards and substitutions, the statistics and a rating for every player, live and long after the final whistle. Ask The Analyst, the AI that has read every match in Football Hub, about any tie and it reads all of this before it answers.

4-1-4-1 Aberdeen 2–1 Queen's Park Scottish League Cup · 18 Jul 2026 · Full Time 4-3-3
27 M. Muller
24 N. Guinness-Walker
26 ● D. Happe
23 L. Mayo
22
8 B. Lyons
7
32 A. Aremu
25 C. Ronan
11 ● L. Smith
15 K. Nisbet
30
22 M. Shiels
4 E. Murray
5 R. Lamie
12 C. Pignatiello
8 S. Martin
7 L. Longridge
11 A. Connolly
10 ● J. Hamilton
9
27 C. Smith
Aberdeen 2–1 Queen's Park, Scottish League Cup, 18 July 2026. D. Happe opened the scoring in the third minute.

How It Plays

The Scottish League Cup, By The Numbers.

The Scottish League Cup, played as the Premier Sports Cup, opens the Scottish season with a group stage in July: eight groups of five, with the clubs in Europe entering at the knockout stage in August. The final is played in December. Football Hub holds every match since 2017/18, 943 finished games across 51 clubs. The group stage has its own rules, with a bonus point for winning a penalty shoot-out after a draw, so the tables look different from a league's. The app draws them as the competition plays them, group stage and knockout alike.

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How 943 ties ended

Every finished tie on record, 2017/18 to 2026/27.

Home Wins
47.2%
Draws
15.9%
Away Wins
36.9%
Goals A Game
3.12
Both Teams Scored
45.2%
Over 2.5 Goals
60.8%

Counted from Football Hub's own record of the competition on 23 October 2026. Past results describe the competition; they are no guarantee of any single tie.

Questions

Questions About The Scottish League Cup.

The ones people ask before they sign up. Anything else, send us a message.

How Does The Scottish League Cup Group Stage Work?

Forty clubs are drawn into eight groups of five and play each other once. Group winners and the best runners-up go through to join the clubs who were in Europe, in a knockout second round in August.

What Is The Bonus Point For?

A group match level after 90 minutes goes to a penalty shoot-out. Each side takes a point for the draw, and the shoot-out winner takes a bonus point, so a draw can be worth one or two.

When Is The Scottish League Cup Final?

In December at Hampden Park, so the League Cup is the first trophy of the Scottish season to be decided.

How Many Scottish League Cup Matches Are On Record?

943 finished matches across ten seasons from 2017/18, group stage and knockout rounds together, involving 51 different clubs.

Every Scottish League Cup Tie, In One Place.

The form, the trends, the numbers and the prices in one place, ready before the next round starts.