Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Cove Rangers & Kelty Hearts face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the League Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
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 Rangers and Kelty Hearts.
Cove Rangers form and stats
Cove Rangers participated in League Cup the last season, where they reached the group stage.44 points is a decent return from 18 League One games here at Balmoral Stadium for Cove Rangers. The data says 13 wins, 5 draws and 0 losses.
The Cove Rangers supporters got no joy from their last fixture, a League Cup duel also played here at Balmoral Stadium: A 1-2 defeat against Livingston.
The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Cove's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played 6 games, won 4 matches, drawn 0 and lost 2.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Cove Rangers as they are travelling to their away game against Inverness CT in the League Cup. That match is four days after this one.
Goals decide football matches and Cove Rangers are scoring many of them at home; 43 on target from 18 league matches. Cove are not conceding a lot of goals here at Balmoral Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 13 from 18 matches.
Kelty Hearts form and stats
Last season their League Cup adventure ended in the group stage.Kelty Hearts have an excellent away record in the League Two so far with 11-4-3 from 18 games.
This fixture can not go any worse than the last one, a League Cup home defeat versus Albion Rovers with 0-2 on the scoreboard.
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Kelty Hearts have another game away in just four nights, a League Cup fixture against Livingston. A strenuous schedule for the guests!
The travelling fans enjoy Hearts's attacking play in away games, having scored 32 goals in 18 league matches away. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (16 so far).
Head 2 Head
Cove Rangers missing players
Kelty Hearts missing players
| Cove Rangers | Kelty Hearts | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 8 | Won | W | 5 | 12 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 7 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Lost | L | 3 | 6 | ||
| 49 | 30 | Scored | S | 13 | 34 | ||
| 26 | 12 | Conceded | C | 13 | 26 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 82% | 92% | ||
| 72% | 69% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 55% | 60% | ||
| 48% | 46% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 36% | 36% | ||
| 32% | 31% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 18% | 28% | ||
| 24% | 31% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 9% | 8% | ||
| 56% | 46% | BTTS | BTTS | 27% | 40% | ||
| 32% | 38% | Clean Sheets | C S | 45% | 36% | ||
| 16% | 23% | Failed to Score | F T | 45% | 32% | ||
| 6.2 | 7.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 4.9 | ||
| 4.2 | 4.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4.3 | ||
| 1.5 | 0.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.7 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 13 | 14.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.1 | 9.7 | ||
| 5.8 | 6.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.5 | ||
| 29% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 23% | 36% | ||
| 8.2 | 7.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.5 | 9.1 | ||
| 3.2 | 2.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.6 | 3.4 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Inverness CT | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 2 | Livingston | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 3 | Albion Rovers | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | Cove Rangers | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | Kelty Hearts | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 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 | 36 | 23 | 10 | 3 | 73 | 32 | 18 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 43 | 13 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 30 | 19 | 41 | 79 |
| 2 | Airdrieonians | 36 | 21 | 9 | 6 | 68 | 37 | 18 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 36 | 21 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 32 | 16 | 31 | 72 |
| 3 | Montrose | 36 | 15 | 14 | 7 | 53 | 36 | 18 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 25 | 20 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 28 | 16 | 17 | 59 |
| 4 | Queen's Park | 36 | 11 | 18 | 7 | 51 | 36 | 18 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 29 | 15 | 18 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 22 | 21 | 15 | 51 |
| 5 | Alloa Athletic | 36 | 12 | 9 | 15 | 49 | 57 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 26 | 30 | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 23 | 27 | -8 | 45 |
| 6 | Falkirk | 36 | 12 | 8 | 16 | 49 | 55 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 23 | 31 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 26 | 24 | -6 | 44 |
| 7 | Peterhead | 36 | 11 | 9 | 16 | 46 | 51 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 17 | 18 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 22 | 34 | -5 | 42 |
| 8 | Clyde | 36 | 9 | 12 | 15 | 39 | 62 | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 23 | 36 | 18 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 16 | 26 | -23 | 39 |
| 9 | Dumbarton | 36 | 9 | 7 | 20 | 48 | 71 | 18 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 21 | 31 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 27 | 40 | -23 | 34 |
| 10 | East Fife | 36 | 5 | 8 | 23 | 31 | 70 | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 26 | 18 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 44 | -39 | 23 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Kelty Hearts | 36 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 68 | 28 | 18 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 36 | 12 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 32 | 16 | 40 | 81 |
| 2 | Forfar Athletic | 36 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 57 | 36 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 34 | 17 | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 23 | 19 | 21 | 60 |
| 3 | Annan Athletic | 36 | 18 | 5 | 13 | 64 | 51 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 33 | 29 | 18 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 31 | 22 | 13 | 59 |
| 4 | Edinburgh City | 36 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 43 | 49 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 23 | 25 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 24 | -6 | 52 |
| 5 | Stenhousemuir | 36 | 13 | 10 | 13 | 47 | 46 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 22 | 27 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 25 | 19 | 1 | 49 |
| 6 | Stranraer | 36 | 13 | 8 | 15 | 50 | 54 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 26 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 32 | 28 | -4 | 47 |
| 7 | Stirling Albion | 36 | 11 | 9 | 16 | 41 | 46 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 22 | 26 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 19 | 20 | -5 | 42 |
| 8 | Albion Rovers | 36 | 10 | 9 | 17 | 37 | 58 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 26 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 20 | 32 | -21 | 39 |
| 9 | Elgin City | 36 | 9 | 10 | 17 | 33 | 51 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 20 | 21 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 30 | -18 | 37 |
| 10 | Cowdenbeath | 36 | 7 | 8 | 21 | 28 | 49 | 18 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 21 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 15 | 28 | -21 | 29 |
