Cove Rangers are placed 1st, while Alloa Athletic are lagging 14 points behind in the league table. Can they reduce the gap?
- Cove Rangers have the most scored goals (34) in League One
- All of Alloa Athletic's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
This has all the signs of an interesting game with lots of fun and energy as both squads are well renewed since they last played a game. Get this show on the road!
Cove Rangers form and stats
18 points is a decent return from 8 League One games here at Balmoral Stadium for Cove Rangers. The data says 5 wins, 3 draws and 0 losses. The team is able to perform also as the away side, as they are nurturing a very healthy winning streak of four straight victories regardless of arena.
Nothing to worry about in defence for Cove, as their goalkeeper Stuart McKenzie has completely shut out the opponents for 457 minutes in the League One.
It's back home for Cove, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Falkirk away with the result 3-0. McAllister, McIntosh and Neill found the net in that victory.
A strong away win before that one, visiting Queen of the South and winning 3-0.With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (19 in 8 games), Cove's attacking play is working. Cove are not conceding a lot of goals here at Balmoral Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 7 from 8 matches.
Alloa Athletic form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their League One travels is 2 wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats. Visiting Alloa has seen their last two away games both end with a tied score and one point each.
Alloa failed to get anything from their last game, a League One home match vs Clyde (placed 7th) that ended with defeat 0-1.
Ahead of that match was the away draw versus East Fife that ended 1-1.Alloa Athletic find the net regularly in their away games. 11 goals from 8 away fixtures in the league. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Alloa's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 12 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
Here's the end result when the sides played each other earlier this season; Alloa Athletic - Cove 1-3. H2H stats regardless of arena (last two matches): Cove Rangers two wins, zero draws and Alloa Athletic zero victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), zero games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  R. McAllister 11 goals | M. Megginson 8 goals |   E. Henderson 7 goals |
Cove Rangers missing players
Alloa Athletic missing players
| Cove Rangers | Alloa Athletic | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 8 | 17 |
| 10 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 34 | 19 | 2 | Scored | S | 6 | 11 | 25 |
| 17 | 7 | 1 | Conceded | C | 3 | 12 | 27 |
| 94% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 82% | 88% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 94% |
| 53% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 38% | 53% |
| 29% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 12% | 29% |
| 18% | 25% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 12% | 12% |
| 47% | 50% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 75% | 76% |
| 47% | 50% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 12% | 12% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 12% | 12% |
| 5.8 | 4.6 | 3.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 2.5 | 2.8 |
| 3.9 | 3.2 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 5.8 | 6.9 |
| 1.8 | 2 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 2.1 | 1.6 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 11.6 | 13.2 | 7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 8.9 | 9.2 |
| 4.5 | 5.5 | 2.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 3.4 | 4.1 |
| 44% | 43% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 60% | 41% | 36% |
| 7.3 | 7.9 | 10 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.5 | 9.6 | 11.1 |
| 2.8 | 2.2 | 1.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.1 | 5 |
- All of Alloa Athletic's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Alloa Athletic have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
- Alloa Athletic haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Cove Rangers have created more than twice as many corners as Alloa Athletic.
- Cove Rangers have not yet lost a game at home.
- Cove Rangers have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Cove Rangers have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Cove Rangers have the fewest conceded goals (7) at home in League One
- Cove Rangers have the most clean sheets (8) in League One
- Cove Rangers have the most points (18) at home in League One
- Cove Rangers have the most scored goals (34) in League One
- Cove Rangers have the most scored goals in the second half (26) in League One
- Cove Rangers have the the best goal difference (+12) at home in League One
- Cove Rangers have the the best goal difference (+17) 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 (4-2-0) 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 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 34 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 17 | 34 |
| 2 | Montrose | 17 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 30 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 18 | 5 | 15 | 31 |
| 3 | Queen's Park | 16 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 31 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 14 | 26 |
| 4 | Airdrieonians | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 25 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 26 |
| 5 | Falkirk | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 26 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 13 | -6 | 22 |
| 6 | Alloa Athletic | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 25 | 27 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 12 | -2 | 20 |
| 7 | Clyde | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 21 | 32 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 14 | -11 | 20 |
| 8 | Peterhead | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 25 | 27 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 19 | -2 | 19 |
| 9 | Dumbarton | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 23 | 34 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 18 | -11 | 18 |
| 10 | East Fife | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 19 | 37 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 27 | -18 | 13 |