Airdrieonians welcome Cove Rangers for another interesting Championship Play-Offs fixture here at Penny Cars Stadium.
It's no vacation for neither Airdrieonians nor Cove Rangers as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Airdrieonians form and stats
It's the first season at a new level for Airdrieonians as they were promoted from League One last season. Happy days that were secured through 9 wins, 2 draws and 7 losses from 18 games. The team scored 17 goals at home last season and conceded 10. It will be interesting to see how they perform at this level.
The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Airdrieonians have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 15 matches with the results: Won seven, drawn three and lost five.
Cove Rangers form and stats
A job perfectly done for Cove last season as they secured promotion from League One. With a grand total of 9 wins, 4 draws and 5 defeats the season objective was secured. Of these wins, 2 were in away matches.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found three similar matches played by Cove in our archives, and the results are: one win for Cove Rangers, two draws and zero defeats.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Cove Rangers - Airdrieonians 1-1 entered in the official records. Numbers for the last six meetings between these two teams are: two wins for Airdrieonians, two draws and two wins for Cove Rangers. Over 2,5 goals: two times; under 2,5 goals: four games.Top Goalscorers
  M. Megginson 14 goals |  D. Carrick 9 goals |  K. Connell 6 goals |
Airdrieonians missing players
Cove Rangers missing players
| Airdrieonians | Cove Rangers | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| Airdrieonians | Last season | Cove Rangers | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 22 | 11 | Played | P | 11 | 22 | ||
| 12 | 7 | Won | W | 3 | 10 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 5 | 6 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Lost | L | 3 | 6 | ||
| 35 | 21 | Scored | S | 10 | 28 | ||
| 24 | 11 | Conceded | C | 8 | 18 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 91% | 95% | ||
| 77% | 91% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 55% | 64% | ||
| 41% | 45% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 9% | 27% | ||
| 27% | 27% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 9% | 18% | ||
| 14% | 18% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 5% | ||
| 41% | 45% | BTTS | BTTS | 36% | 36% | ||
| 32% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 36% | 45% | ||
| 27% | 18% | Failed to Score | F T | 36% | 23% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 1.4 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 9.6 | 9.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.1 | 12.2 | ||
| 3.6 | 4.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.1 | 5.1 | ||
| 47% | 46% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 25% | ||
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Partick Thistle | 22 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 40 | 18 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 22 | 40 |
| 2 | Airdrieonians | 22 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 35 | 24 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 38 |
| 3 | Cove Rangers | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 28 | 18 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 36 |
| 4 | Montrose | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 33 | 33 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 19 | 0 | 33 |
| 5 | Falkirk | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 29 | 26 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 3 | 32 |