National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Cove Rangers or Forfar Athletic 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.
Cove Rangers form and stats
Last season, Cove Rangers's League Cup journey ended in the group stage.Perfect League One season at home so far for Cove Rangers 3 wins from 3 appearances. This match is a League Cup match, and the hometeam has the total statistics 0 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses in this competition. In general it's been a long time since Cove Rangers tasted defeat here at Balmoral Stadium, as they have taken at least one point from their last 36 home games in the league. The team is doing great wherever they are playing as Cove has won nine games in a row. The Elgin City match was the last time out without a victory.
Cove are confident in defense, having played 298 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
Cove Rangers are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-3 away versus Dundee. Before that game, the 3-0 home victory against Forfar Athletic.
The Cove manager P. Hartley has got the team scoring with 7 from 3 home games in the league. As for guarding their own goal, Cove Rangers have only let in 1 goal at home.
Forfar Athletic form and stats
Last season their League Cup adventure ended in the 2nd round.Still no away game victory in the League One for Forfar Athletic with 1 draw and 1 loss from their first 2 attempts.
Forfar played 3-3 against Brora Rangers (after extra-time, 4-3 on penalties) in their previous match. It was a League One defeat before that one as the away game against Cove Rangers wasn't a success with a 0-3 loss.
A crazy, crazy match with lots of goals last time out for Forfar, as mentioned above. 6 goals in that one, will this match be as much fun? As mentioned above, Forfar Athletic drew the match against Brora Rangers (after extra-time, 4-3 on penalties). Manager S. Malcolm brought on J. Allan to rescue the draw from a losing position and it worked.
It's early days yet, but Forfar Athletic has scored 1 and conceded 4 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last three meetings between these two teams are: one win for Cove, one draw and one win for Forfar Athletic. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: zero games.Top Goalscorers
  M. Megginson 5 goals | R. McAllister 2 goals | H. Milne 1 goals |
Cove Rangers missing players
Forfar Athletic missing players
| Cove Rangers | Forfar Athletic | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 18 | 12 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 4 | 8 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 8 | 14 | ||
| 57 | 28 | Scored | S | 8 | 26 | ||
| 30 | 8 | Conceded | C | 27 | 49 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 85% | 88% | ||
| 92% | 85% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 77% | 76% | ||
| 76% | 62% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 54% | 56% | ||
| 40% | 23% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 23% | 32% | ||
| 16% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 15% | 28% | ||
| 56% | 46% | BTTS | BTTS | 38% | 56% | ||
| 36% | 54% | Clean Sheets | C S | 15% | 12% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 62% | 44% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.4 | ||
| 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 361 | 229 | Total Shots | T S | 80 | 175 | ||
| 171 | 102 | Shots on Target | S O | 27 | 65 | ||
| 33% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 37% | ||
| 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 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 9 |
| 2 | Hibernian | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 3 | Brora Rangers | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | -4 | 3 |
| 4 | Forfar Athletic | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -4 | 1 |
| 5 | Cove Rangers | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | -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 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 12 |
| 2 | Airdrieonians | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 |
| 3 | Falkirk | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 8 |
| 4 | Montrose | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 7 |
| 5 | Dumbarton | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| 6 | Partick Thistle | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 4 |
| 7 | East Fife | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -3 | 4 |
| 8 | Peterhead | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -3 | 3 |
| 9 | Clyde | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | -7 | 3 |
| 10 | Forfar Athletic | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -4 | 2 |