This league campaign has been grim for Cove Rangers so far, while Queen's Park have done well. Will the visiting team chalk up another victory at Balmoral Stadium?
- Cove Rangers haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Queen's Park have the most scored goals in the first half (19) in Championship
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on artifical turf and that the visiting Queen's Park have a different surface at their stadium (grass). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on artifical turf is 7-10-5 (win-draw-loss) from 22 matches.
Cove Rangers and Queen's Park should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Cove Rangers form and stats
All-inclusive Championship stats playing at home this season for Cove Rangers are 5-2-3 (wins-draws-losses). When Cove Rangers hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Ayr United and Dundee), they have won 1 of 2 matches!
No payout for Cove in their previous match, an away game at Inverness CT that ended in defeat 1-6. As you see from the result above, Cove Rangers suffered greatly in their last game. Thankfully the team has a new chance to prove themselves in this one.
Before that, Cove Rangers had a home game versus Hamilton Academical which ended with a victory 2-0.A decent goal production from Cove in their home games so far, with 16 goals from 10 league matches. Cove Rangers are not conceding a lot of goals here at Balmoral Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 9 from 10 matches. When Cove hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Hamilton Academical, Arbroath and Inverness CT), the matches have ended over 2.5 goals 2 of 2 times.
Queen's Park form and stats
5 wins, 1 draw and 3 losses. That’s the product of Queen's Park playing as the away team in the Championship this season. Impressively, the visitors are on a five-match winning run which they hope continue versus Cove Rangers.
Queen's Park are travelling after their nice 2-0 home win in the game against Partick Thistle (placed 5th).
Before that one, a nice away victory 4-1 at Arbroath.The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Raith Rovers in just four days.
Queen's Park struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 15 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
These competitors have played previously this season: Cove - Queen's Park 2-0. Last nine meetings involving these sides: Cove Rangers won four, Queen's Park triumphed in two and we saw three draws. four games with over 2,5 goals, five matches with less than 2,5 goals.
Top Goalscorers
  S. Murray 11 goals |  C. Scully 7 goals | M. Megginson 6 goals |
Cove Rangers missing players
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| Cove Rangers | Queen's Park | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 10 | 2 | Played | P | 4 | 9 | 19 |
| 5 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 3 | 5 | 11 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 28 | 16 | 4 | Scored | S | 9 | 18 | 38 |
| 34 | 9 | 3 | Conceded | C | 3 | 15 | 27 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 89% | 90% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 95% |
| 58% | 40% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 67% | 68% |
| 37% | 20% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 44% | 42% |
| 16% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 33% | 26% |
| 63% | 50% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 44% | 58% |
| 21% | 40% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 22% | 26% |
| 16% | 10% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 16% |
| 4.9 | 4.6 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.2 | 5.1 | 6.4 |
| 5 | 5.3 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 9 | 7.3 | 6.8 |
| 2.2 | 1.7 | 0.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 1.4 | 1.4 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8.7 | 9.5 | 8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.5 | 11.1 | 11.3 |
| 3.6 | 3.8 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 4.7 | 4.7 |
| 41% | 42% | 44% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 47% | 43% | 43% |
| 10.4 | 10.3 | 17.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.8 | 11 | 11.7 |
| 4.8 | 4.1 | 7.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 5.1 | 5.2 |
- All of Queen's Park's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Cove Rangers haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Queen's Park have the most scored goals in the first half (19) in Championship
- Queen's Park have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Queen's Park haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 19 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 38 | 27 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 11 | 36 |
| 2 | Dundee | 19 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 32 | 24 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 34 |
| 3 | Ayr United | 19 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 38 | 27 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 16 | 11 | 32 |
| 4 | Greenock Morton | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 27 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 8 | 30 |
| 5 | Partick Thistle | 20 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 40 | 35 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 27 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 5 | 30 |
| 6 | Raith Rovers | 20 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 25 | 26 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 11 | -1 | 27 |
| 7 | Inverness CT | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 26 | 27 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 17 | -1 | 26 |
| 8 | Cove Rangers | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 28 | 34 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 25 | -6 | 21 |
| 9 | Arbroath | 20 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 30 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 16 | -13 | 17 |
| 10 | Hamilton Academical | 19 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 38 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 21 | -22 | 11 |
