Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Cove Rangers & Queen of the South face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Challenge Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
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 Cove and Queen of the South.
Cove Rangers form and stats
Last season, Cove Rangers's Challenge Cup journey ended in the 3rd round.The home supporters can't complain about results here at Balmoral Stadium as Cove Rangers have scored 30 goals to get 32 points from 14 games. The overall stats in the League One are 9-5-0 (wins-draws-losses).
An away draw last time out for Cove, facing Alloa Athletic in a game that ended 2-2.
Ahead of that match, Cove Rangers won a home game hosting Falkirk (2-0).There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Cove Rangers, as the League One home game vs Peterhead is only four days away.
The Cove Rangers manager Hartley has got the team scoring with 30 from 14 home games in the league. Cove have only conceded 10 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Queen of the South form and stats
Queen of the South's mission in Challenge Cup last season failed in the 3rd round.There's been little loot from Queen of the South's travels as they have only collected 13 points from 13 away games in the Championship. Queen of the South only have 3 wins to counter their 6 defeats and 4 draws.
The Queen of the South goalkeeper Solomon Brynn is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 189 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
Two away games in a row for Queen, whose manager Gibson could celebrate last time after the win against Ayr United.
Preceding that match was the 0-0 draw at home vs Arbroath.After this away game Queen of the South return home for a Championship game against Greenock Morton. That game is only four sleeps after this.
The visiting Queen have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 19 goals from 13 games. In the opposite end, Queen of the South have conceded 25 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
As for the last two games between these two teams, there's one Cove Rangers victory, one draw and zero Queen of the South wins. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, zero matches with two goals or less. The matches between these teams have sometimes been from the last two duels. One of the profiles has been Megginson with 2 goals scored against Queen of the South in these 2 meetings.Top Goalscorers
  R. McAllister 16 goals | M. Megginson 11 goals |  L. Connelly 7 goals |
Cove Rangers missing players
Queen of the South missing players
| Cove Rangers | Queen of the South | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 16 | 10 | Won | W | 1 | 5 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Drew | D | 5 | 9 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 5 | 11 | ||
| 53 | 34 | Scored | S | 15 | 25 | ||
| 20 | 10 | Conceded | C | 22 | 38 | ||
| 92% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | ||
| 72% | 79% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 82% | 76% | ||
| 56% | 57% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 73% | 52% | ||
| 36% | 36% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 45% | 20% | ||
| 20% | 29% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 18% | 8% | ||
| 40% | 43% | BTTS | BTTS | 73% | 44% | ||
| 56% | 57% | Clean Sheets | C S | 9% | 28% | ||
| 12% | 7% | Failed to Score | F T | 18% | 40% | ||
| 6.4 | 6.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.3 | 5.1 | ||
| 4.1 | 3.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.9 | 6 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.3 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 13.5 | 15.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.5 | 9.7 | ||
| 5.6 | 6.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.1 | 3.4 | ||
| 38% | 37% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 44% | 30% | ||
| 7 | 6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.4 | 12.7 | ||
| 2.4 | 1.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.3 | 4.6 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Cove Rangers | 27 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 51 | 24 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 30 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 14 | 27 | 56 |
| 2 | Airdrieonians | 27 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 46 | 30 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 29 | 17 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 16 | 51 |
| 3 | Montrose | 27 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 42 | 25 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 20 | 15 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 10 | 17 | 47 |
| 4 | Queen's Park | 26 | 7 | 15 | 4 | 39 | 26 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 22 | 11 | 14 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 17 | 15 | 13 | 36 |
| 5 | Falkirk | 27 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 40 | 40 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 20 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 20 | 0 | 36 |
| 6 | Clyde | 27 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 32 | 44 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 26 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 14 | 18 | -12 | 32 |
| 7 | Alloa Athletic | 27 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 35 | 46 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 24 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 22 | -11 | 29 |
| 8 | Peterhead | 26 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 34 | 39 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 24 | -5 | 28 |
| 9 | Dumbarton | 27 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 40 | 56 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 24 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 22 | 32 | -16 | 26 |
| 10 | East Fife | 27 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 26 | 55 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 14 | 40 | -29 | 19 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Arbroath | 26 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 38 | 18 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 20 | 9 | 20 | 47 |
| 2 | Kilmarnock | 27 | 14 | 5 | 8 | 34 | 19 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 11 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 8 | 15 | 47 |
| 3 | Inverness CT | 27 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 35 | 26 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 9 | 40 |
| 4 | Raith Rovers | 27 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 34 | 30 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 20 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 39 |
| 5 | Partick Thistle | 24 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 37 | 23 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 23 | 15 | 14 | 38 |
| 6 | Greenock Morton | 27 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 30 | 35 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 19 | 22 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 13 | -5 | 31 |
| 7 | Hamilton Academical | 27 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 29 | 41 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 23 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 18 | -12 | 31 |
| 8 | Ayr United | 27 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 25 | 40 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 22 | -15 | 29 |
| 9 | Dunfermline Athletic | 26 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 24 | 40 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 19 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 21 | -16 | 24 |
| 10 | Queen of the South | 26 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 26 | 40 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 25 | -14 | 23 |
