Football betting preview: Cove Rangers favourites when Clyde visits

Days
Hours
Minutes
Seconds
Competition: Scotland League One
Competition: Sat 19.December
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Balmoral Stadium (3000 seats)

The league table in League One tells a story about these teams so far, with Cove Rangers leading Clyde by 7 points. Match preview to follow:

Insights:
  • Cove Rangers has the most dropped points from leading position (5) in League One
  • Clyde has the fewest scored goals (4) in League One

Cove Rangers and Clyde should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

L L D L W

Cove Rangers form and stats

3-0-1 (win-draw-lost) are the League One numbers at home for Cove Rangers, who have the the best goal difference (+5) at home in League One, so far this season.

Before that game, the home loss against Montrose with the scoreline 1-2.

With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (8 in 4 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 3 from 4 matches.

L W L L L

Clyde form and stats

It's not happening yet for Clyde on their League One travels, with zero points from their first 2 away games. Maybe today will be different? With two straight losses from their last two away games, Clyde are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.

Before that, Clyde secured a home win against Montrose with the score 3-2.

Clyde have the goal stats of 0-6 (for/against) from 2 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.

Head 2 Head

Top Goalscorers

Cove RangersM. Megginson
M. Megginson
5 goals
ClydeD. Goodwillie
D. Goodwillie
3 goals
CoveH. Milne
H. Milne
2 goals

Cove Rangers missing players

Clyde missing players

Cove Rangers Clyde
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
8 4 2 Played P 0 2 6
4 3 2 Won W 0 0 2
1 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
3 1 0 Lost L 0 2 4
11 8 6 Scored S 0 0 4
6 3 1 Conceded C 0 6 13
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
62% 75% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 50% 67%
38% 75% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 50% 50%
12% 25% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 50% 33%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 50% 33%
38% 50% 50% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 17%
38% 50% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 17%
25% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 100% 67%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.1 1 0.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1 1.5
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
10.5 15 21 Shots (avg) S ( 0 4 6.5
4.9 7.2 10.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 1.5 2.7
28% 28% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 25%
Key stats in League One this season:
  • Clyde has the fewest scored goals (0) away in League One
  • Clyde has the fewest scored goals (4) in League One
  • Clyde has the fewest scored goals in the first half (1) in League One
  • Clyde has the the worst goal difference (-9) in League One
  • Clyde have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Clyde have failed to score a single goal away.
  • Clyde have lost all their away matches so far.
  • Clyde haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Cove Rangers has the fewest matches over the total-line (1) in League One
  • Cove Rangers has the most dropped points from leading position (5) in League One
  • Cove Rangers has the the best goal difference (+5) at home in League One
  • 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 at home.
  • Cove Rangers have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Cove Rangers have scored more than double the goals of Clyde.
  • Cove Rangers haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Falkirk 8 6 2 0 17 5 4 3 1 0 6 2 4 3 1 0 11 3 12 20
2 Partick Thistle 8 4 2 2 9 5 4 2 2 0 6 3 4 2 0 2 3 2 4 14
3 Cove Rangers 8 4 1 3 11 6 4 3 0 1 8 3 4 1 1 2 3 3 5 13
4 Montrose 8 4 1 3 14 14 3 1 0 2 4 6 5 3 1 1 10 8 0 13
5 Dumbarton 8 3 2 3 5 6 3 2 0 1 2 3 5 1 2 2 3 3 -1 11
6 Airdrieonians 8 3 1 4 12 9 5 2 1 2 8 4 3 1 0 2 4 5 3 10
7 Peterhead 8 3 0 5 8 11 4 2 0 2 3 4 4 1 0 3 5 7 -3 9
8 East Fife 7 2 1 4 8 12 3 2 1 0 6 3 4 0 0 4 2 9 -4 7
9 Clyde 6 2 0 4 4 13 4 2 0 2 4 7 2 0 0 2 0 6 -9 6
10 Forfar Athletic 7 1 2 4 5 12 4 0 1 3 3 8 3 1 1 1 2 4 -7 5

Read more about League One

The Scottish League One is the third division in the Scottish football league pyramid. It holds ten teams who play each other four times for a total of 36 fixtures in a season from August to May. The top team in the league table is promoted, the bottom team relegated. There are also playoffs to promote and relegate.