National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Brora Rangers or Cove Rangers that keep their silverware dream alive.
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.
It should be mentioned that Cove Rangers play their home matches on artifical turf, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on grass. Does it matter? Recent statistics for Cove Rangers on grass are 15 victories, 4 draws and 9 defeats from 28 games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 59-38. You can compare this with overall results below.
Brora Rangers form and stats
Brora haven’t lost a league-game in 15 attempts regardless of arena, a great achievement. Their last loss was the fixture versus Fraserburgh, 367 days ago. After failing to beat Fraserburgh here at Dudgeon Park, Brora Rangers has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with seven wins in a row.
Brora's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-2 versus Dundee (placed 1st). Prior to that, an away loss at Hibernian in the League Cup.
Cove Rangers form and stats
Cove was sent out of League Cup in the group stage last season.8-2-4 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Cove Rangers in their League Two matches away. Impressively, the visitors are on a five-match winning run which they hope continue versus Brora Rangers. Winning streaks in away matches are not that common, but Cove are close to a proper streak after winning their two previous away games.
Cove Rangers might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Hibernian proved too strong as Cove slumped to a 1-2 defeat in front of their own fans at Balmoral Stadium. Preceding that game was the away League Two victory against Stirling Albion with the score of 7-1.
A new game in only four days for Cove, the League One home match versus East Fife. Busy days.
Today's guests are confident travelers having scored 39 goals in 14 league games away this season. Cove struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 27 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last six matches): Brora Rangers one win, three draws and Cove Rangers two victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.Brora Rangers missing players
Cove Rangers missing players
| Brora Rangers | Cove Rangers | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 20 | 8 | Won | W | 7 | 18 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Lost | L | 5 | 6 | ||
| 81 | 31 | Scored | S | 33 | 60 | ||
| 21 | 11 | Conceded | C | 23 | 30 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 84% | 82% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 72% | 73% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 85% | 76% | ||
| 60% | 64% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 62% | 40% | ||
| 40% | 36% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 38% | 24% | ||
| 48% | 45% | BTTS | BTTS | 69% | 56% | ||
| 44% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 15% | 36% | ||
| 8% | 18% | Failed to Score | F T | 15% | 8% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.4 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 1.7 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 57 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 184 | 386 | ||
| 27 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 80 | 163 | ||
| 44% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 41% | 35% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Dundee | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| 2 | Hibernian | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | Cove Rangers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 4 | Forfar Athletic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 0 |
| 5 | Brora Rangers | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -4 | 0 |
| 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 | 28 | 22 | 2 | 4 | 76 | 34 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 7 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 39 | 27 | 42 | 68 |
| 2 | Edinburgh City | 27 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 49 | 28 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 28 | 9 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 19 | 21 | 55 |
| 3 | Elgin City | 28 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 48 | 34 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 30 | 19 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 15 | 14 | 43 |
| 4 | Cowdenbeath | 27 | 12 | 5 | 10 | 37 | 35 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 20 | 2 | 41 |
| 5 | Queen's Park | 28 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 37 | 35 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 21 | 17 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 18 | 2 | 40 |
| 6 | Stirling Albion | 28 | 10 | 6 | 12 | 34 | 35 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 21 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 14 | -1 | 36 |
| 7 | Annan Athletic | 27 | 9 | 4 | 14 | 33 | 54 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 22 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 9 | 32 | -21 | 31 |
| 8 | Stenhousemuir | 28 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 32 | 48 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 29 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 19 | -16 | 29 |
| 9 | Albion Rovers | 26 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 37 | 51 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 23 | 23 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 28 | -14 | 24 |
| 10 | Brechin City | 27 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 31 | 60 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 25 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 19 | 35 | -29 | 17 |