Struggling Fort William will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Cove Rangers in the upcoming league round. It’s 18th vs 1st and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Fort William form and stats
With 0 wins, 2 draws and 9 defeats from their home games, Fort William, who have the fewest wins (0) in Football League, are certainly not brimming with confidence. The home team are struggling everywhere these days as they haven't won a game, regardless of being the home or the away team, in 32 attempts. Fort William are slowly digging their own grave here at Claggan Park with the depressing streak of not having won a home game in 19 attempts. The last victory here came in the Spartans match.Fort William lost their last game at Keith (placed 12th) after a 0-11 scoreline. A defeat was the result before that one, 1-12 away at Turriff United.
Fort William are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home, having created 13 goals in 11 matches. Fort William have allowed more than three conceded goals on average in their home matches so far.
Cove Rangers form and stats
The strength of Cove Rangers on their travels this season is incredible with 21 points collected from 8 away games. Cove Rangers has 7-0-1 on the road, with 21 goals scored and 7 conceded. Things are running smoothly for Cove Rangers who hasn't tasted defeat in their last twelve matches, regardless of venue and tournament. Their last defeat was against Fraserburgh.Cove Rangers are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 1-1 draw at Brora Rangers (placed 4th). Preceding that game was the away victory against Deveronvale with the score of 1-0.
Today's guests are confident travelers having scored 21 goals in 8 away games this season. It's not easy to score on Cove Rangers as they have only conceded 7 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Fort William and Cove Rangers have met before this season: Cove Rangers - Fort William 11-0. Fort William-Cove Rangers H2H statistics last two meetings regardless of arena: Fort William 0 wins, Cove Rangers 2 wins, 0 draws.Top Goalscorers
Fort William missing players
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| Fort William | Cove Rangers | |||
| Total | Home | Statistic | Away | Total |
| 28 | 12 | Played | 15 | 29 |
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | 93% | 93% |
| 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | 87% | 76% |
| 96% | 92% | Over 2.5 | 53% | 52% |
| 96% | 92% | Over 3.5 | 33% | 38% |
| 89% | 92% | Over 4.5 | 27% | 28% |
| 43% | 67% | Both teams to score | 13% | 21% |
| 0% | 0% | Clean Sheet | 87% | 76% |
| 57% | 33% | Failed To Score | 7% | 10% |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | D | P |
| 1 | Cove Rangers | 17 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 54 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 7 | 47 | 48 |
| 2 | Fraserburgh | 19 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 66 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 37 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 29 | 10 | 49 | 46 |
| 3 | Inverurie Loco Works | 21 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 66 | 32 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 33 | 18 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 33 | 14 | 34 | 43 |
| 4 | Brora Rangers | 17 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 53 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 37 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 4 | 44 | 42 |
| 5 | Formartine United | 18 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 53 | 24 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 15 | 29 | 41 |
| 6 | Forres Mechanics | 20 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 51 | 23 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 29 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 22 | 13 | 28 | 40 |
| 7 | Buckie Thistle | 18 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 49 | 27 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 25 | 17 | 22 | 31 |
| 8 | Huntly | 19 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 41 | 35 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 29 | 20 | 6 | 29 |
| 9 | Wick Academy | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 45 | 34 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 21 | 11 | 27 |
| 10 | Deveronvale | 20 | 8 | 1 | 11 | 36 | 44 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 15 | 28 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 21 | 16 | -8 | 25 |
| 11 | Rothes | 19 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 44 | 33 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 20 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 16 | 11 | 24 |
| 12 | Keith | 19 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 33 | 39 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 25 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 14 | -6 | 24 |
| 13 | Strathspey Thistle | 19 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 27 | 44 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 22 | -17 | 21 |
| 14 | Nairn County | 18 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 32 | 37 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 22 | -5 | 20 |
| 15 | Turriff United | 20 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 39 | 51 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 20 | 35 | -12 | 18 |
| 16 | Clachnacuddin | 18 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 22 | 45 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 24 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 21 | -23 | 12 |
| 17 | Lossiemouth | 21 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 18 | 96 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 12 | 58 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 38 | -78 | 3 |
| 18 | Fort William | 21 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 14 | 146 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 67 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 79 | -132 | 2 |
