Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Cove Rangers & Stenhousemuir face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Challenge Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
Both teams have had ample time to rest since their last exertion in an official match. Let's wish for an animated fixture!
Cove Rangers form and stats
Cove was eliminated in the 3rd round last season in the Challenge Cup.Only two League One home games for Cove Rangers so far, yet both highs and lows with 1 win, 1 draw and 0 defeat.
Cove lost their last game at Clyde after a 1-2 scoreline.
In the game before, an away victory in the League One match versus Dumbarton with a 3-1 scoreline.It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Cove Rangers at home in the league. 6 on target and 3 scored by the opposition; from 2 matches.
Stenhousemuir form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Dundee United II in order to reach 2nd round of Challenge Cup. Stenhousemuir was sent out of Challenge Cup in the quarter-finals last season.The League Two season is young and Stenhousemuir have only just started going through their travel schedule, with 2 away games done and still no victory. 1 draw and 1 defeat so far.
Home advantage was not enough for Stenhousemuir in their previous game, as they lost their League Two-match, hosting Kelty Hearts, 1-4.
Ahead of that game was the 1-1 draw at home against Cowdenbeath in the League Two.As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Stenhousemuir has managed 2 goals and let in 3 from 2 matches.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last five meetings: three - zero - two (Cove wins - draws - Stenhousemuir wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Megginson 4 goals | R. McAllister 4 goals |  R. Leitch 2 goals |
Cove Rangers missing players
Stenhousemuir missing players
| Cove Rangers | Stenhousemuir | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 6 | Won | W | 4 | 7 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 4 | ||
| 9 | 2 | Lost | L | 6 | 14 | ||
| 36 | 20 | Scored | S | 16 | 27 | ||
| 37 | 12 | Conceded | C | 24 | 45 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 84% | 82% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 69% | 72% | ||
| 48% | 36% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 54% | 52% | ||
| 40% | 36% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 46% | 40% | ||
| 16% | 18% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 23% | 16% | ||
| 56% | 55% | BTTS | BTTS | 62% | 52% | ||
| 24% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 15% | 20% | ||
| 24% | 9% | Failed to Score | F T | 23% | 28% | ||
| 4.8 | 5.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.6 | 5.1 | ||
| 3.9 | 2.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.8 | 5.9 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.8 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 11.7 | 13.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.2 | 9.4 | ||
| 4.9 | 6.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 3.6 | ||
| 29% | 28% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 23% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Queen's Park | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 |
| 2 | Montrose | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 10 |
| 3 | Falkirk | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 |
| 4 | Cove Rangers | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 5 | Dumbarton | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | -1 | 7 |
| 6 | Clyde | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | -4 | 7 |
| 7 | Alloa Athletic | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -1 | 4 |
| 8 | Airdrieonians | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | -3 | 4 |
| 9 | East Fife | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | -4 | 4 |
| 10 | Peterhead | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | -4 | 3 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Kelty Hearts | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 13 |
| 2 | Annan Athletic | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 12 |
| 3 | Forfar Athletic | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 4 | Stirling Albion | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 9 |
| 5 | Edinburgh City | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | -2 | 6 |
| 6 | Elgin City | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -1 | 5 |
| 7 | Cowdenbeath | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 4 |
| 8 | Albion Rovers | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -3 | 4 |
| 9 | Stenhousemuir | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -5 | 2 |
| 10 | Stranraer | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -6 | 2 |
