National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Cove Rangers or Inverness CT that keep their silverware dream alive.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Cove and Inverness CT.
It should be mentioned that Inverness CT play their home matches on grass, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on artifical turf. Does it matter? Recent statistics for Inverness CT on artifical turf are 6 victories, 2 draws and 2 defeats from ten games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 17-9. You can compare this with overall results below.
Cove Rangers form and stats
Last season, Cove's League Cup journey ended in the group stage.This match is a League Cup match, and the hometeam has the total statistics 0 wins, 0 draws and 3 losses in this competition.
The fans are hoping that Cove will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 1-3 away loss in the League Cup game against Peterhead (placed 4th).
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Hearts (0-3).Inverness CT form and stats
Inverness CT was sent out of League Cup in the group stage last season.5-4-5 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Inverness CT in their Championship matches away.
There were no winners in Inverness's previous match, a League Cup home game that ended 2-2 vs Stirling Albion (after extra-time, 2-3 on penalties) (placed 3rd). An inspired comeback made the scores level in Inverness's duel with Stirling Albion (after extra-time, 2-3 on penalties). It looked bad at 0-2 but the team were not done and fought back to 2-2 after S. Sutherland found the equalizer.
Prior to that match, a home win 2-0 against Peterhead in the League Cup.Inverness are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 20 away goals from 14 games (in the league). 18 goals have been conceded by Inverness in these games.
Head 2 Head
Cove-Inverness CT H2H statistics last two meetings regardless of arena: Cove Rangers zero wins, Inverness CT two wins, zero draws. one of these two matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Cove Rangers missing players
Inverness CT missing players
| Cove Rangers | Inverness CT | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 10 | Played | P | 15 | 25 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Won | W | 7 | 9 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Drew | D | 5 | 11 | ||
| 11 | 4 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | ||
| 28 | 14 | Scored | S | 27 | 38 | ||
| 36 | 13 | Conceded | C | 17 | 27 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 72% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 87% | 76% | ||
| 40% | 40% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 53% | 44% | ||
| 32% | 30% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 32% | ||
| 16% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 12% | ||
| 48% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 60% | ||
| 28% | 40% | Clean Sheets | C S | 27% | 28% | ||
| 28% | 10% | Failed to Score | F T | 7% | 16% | ||
| 5.4 | 6.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.3 | 4.5 | ||
| 4.1 | 3.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.6 | 5.2 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 1.5 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | ||
| 11.7 | 13.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.2 | 9 | ||
| 4.5 | 6.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.4 | 4.3 | ||
| 24% | 22% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 42% | 36% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Hearts | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| 2 | Inverness CT | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | Stirling Albion | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | Peterhead | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 3 |
| 5 | Cove Rangers | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -6 | 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 | Hearts | 27 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 63 | 24 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 44 | 16 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 8 | 39 | 57 |
| 2 | Dundee | 27 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 49 | 40 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 17 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 24 | 23 | 9 | 45 |
| 3 | Raith Rovers | 27 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 45 | 36 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 18 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 18 | 9 | 43 |
| 4 | Dunfermline Athletic | 27 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 38 | 34 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 21 | 4 | 39 |
| 5 | Inverness CT | 27 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 36 | 31 | 13 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 18 | 5 | 36 |
| 6 | Queen of the South | 27 | 9 | 5 | 13 | 38 | 51 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 24 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 21 | 27 | -13 | 32 |
| 7 | Arbroath | 27 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 28 | 34 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 23 | -6 | 30 |
| 8 | Ayr United | 27 | 6 | 11 | 10 | 31 | 37 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 25 | -6 | 29 |
| 9 | Greenock Morton | 27 | 6 | 11 | 10 | 22 | 33 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 15 | -11 | 29 |
| 10 | Alloa Athletic | 27 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 30 | 60 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 29 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 31 | -30 | 22 |