The Cove Rangers & Airdrieonians managers Hartley and Murray are both fearful of and looking forward to this vital match in the higher area of the League One standings.
- Cove Rangers have the most scored goals (46) in League One
- Airdrieonians have the most scored goals in the first half (18) in League One
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Cove Rangers form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at Balmoral Stadium as Cove Rangers have scored 27 goals to get 27 points from 11 games. The overall stats in the League One are 8-3-0 (wins-draws-losses). Cove Rangers haven’t lost a league-game in 13 attempts regardless of arena, a great achievement. Their last loss was the fixture versus East Fife, 112 days ago.
An away draw last time out for Cove Rangers, facing Dumbarton in a game that ended 2-2.
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 Rangers's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played six games, won four matches, drawn zero and lost two.
With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (27 in 11 games), Cove Rangers's attacking play is working. Cove have only conceded 9 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Airdrieonians form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their League One travels is 4 wins, 4 draws and 3 defeats. Two points from the last two away games for Airdrieonians, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.
Airdrieonians are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 1-1 draw at Queen's Park (placed 4th).
Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Clyde that ended 2-2.As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Airdrieonians playing away, we found four games. Results were two away wins, zero draws and two home wins.
Airdrieonians find the net regularly in their away games. 15 goals from 11 away fixtures in the league. Airdrieonians have conceded 12 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Airdrieonians - Cove Rangers 0-2 was the score in these squads' latest head-to-head game, played this season. Previous nine meetings between these squads: Cove Rangers won four, Airdrieonians triumphed in three and we saw two draws. three games with over 2,5 goals, six matches with less than 2,5 goals.Top Goalscorers
  R. McAllister 15 goals | M. Megginson 10 goals |  C. Gallagher 7 goals |
Cove Rangers missing players
Airdrieonians missing players
| Cove Rangers | Airdrieonians | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 11 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 11 | 23 |
| 15 | 8 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 4 | 13 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 46 | 27 | 2 | Scored | S | 1 | 15 | 39 |
| 21 | 9 | 1 | Conceded | C | 2 | 12 | 27 |
| 96% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 91% | 96% |
| 74% | 82% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 64% | 78% |
| 52% | 55% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 55% | 70% |
| 30% | 27% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 27% | 30% |
| 17% | 27% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 9% | 13% |
| 43% | 45% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 55% | 57% |
| 52% | 55% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 36% | 30% |
| 9% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 18% | 17% |
| 5.8 | 4.7 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 8 | 6.2 | 6.7 |
| 3.6 | 2.9 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 4.7 | 3.8 |
| 1.7 | 1.8 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.6 | 1.6 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12.3 | 13.5 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12 | 12.2 | 11.7 |
| 4.8 | 5.7 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| 42% | 43% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 27% | 34% |
| 7.2 | 7.2 | 8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11 | 9.4 | 9 |
| 2.8 | 2.2 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6 | 3.8 | 3.8 |
- Airdrieonians have the fewest points from losing position (1) in League One
- Airdrieonians have the most matches over the total-line (14) in League One
- Airdrieonians have the most scored goals in the first half (18) in League One
- Cove Rangers have not yet lost a game at home.
- Cove Rangers have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Cove Rangers have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Cove Rangers have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Cove Rangers have the most clean sheets (12) in League One
- Cove Rangers have the most clean sheets (6) at home in League One
- Cove Rangers have the most scored goals (27) at home in League One
- Cove Rangers have the most scored goals (46) in League One
- Cove Rangers have the most scored goals in the second half (36) in League One
- Cove Rangers have the the best goal difference (+18) at home in League One
- Cove Rangers have the the best goal difference (+25) in League One
- Cove Rangers have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- Cove Rangers haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Cove Rangers is in the best form (5-1-0) in League One
| 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 | 23 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 46 | 21 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 27 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 25 | 50 |
| 2 | Airdrieonians | 23 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 39 | 27 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 43 |
| 3 | Montrose | 23 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 38 | 19 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 6 | 19 | 42 |
| 4 | Queen's Park | 21 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 35 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 20 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 30 |
| 5 | Clyde | 23 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 29 | 39 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 23 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 16 | -10 | 29 |
| 6 | Falkirk | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 32 | 35 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 18 | -3 | 28 |
| 7 | Peterhead | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 29 | 33 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 23 | -4 | 24 |
| 8 | Alloa Athletic | 22 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 29 | 37 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 21 | -8 | 22 |
| 9 | Dumbarton | 22 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 31 | 46 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 14 | 24 | -15 | 22 |
| 10 | East Fife | 23 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 21 | 50 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 36 | -29 | 14 |
