Football preview: Home crowd has big expectations when Cove Rangers greet Clyde

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Competition: Scotland League One
Competition: Sat 23.October
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Balmoral Stadium (3000 seats)

Cove Rangers are prepared for Clyde with hopes of acquiring all three points. Can they? Read our match guide!

Insights:
  • Cove Rangers have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Clyde have the most conceded goals in the first half (9) in League One

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Cove Rangers form and stats

The League One results playing at home this season for Cove Rangers are 2-2-0 (wins-draws-losses).

In their previous game, the manager P. Hartley led his Cove to a defeat in the League One match away at East Fife. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Balmoral Stadium. As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today?

Before that, Cove had a Challenge Cup home game versus Albion Rovers which ended with a victory 4-1.

Goals decide football matches and Cove Rangers are scoring many of them at home; 8 on target from 4 league matches. On the other hand, Cove have conceded 4 goals.

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Clyde form and stats

Playing away, Clyde have won 1 game, drawn 1 and suffered 3 defeats in the League One this season.

The manager D. Lennon was unhappy after their last game, a League One match played at their home ground Broadwood Stadium. Clyde suffered a 0-5 loss to Montrose (placed 4th). Clyde lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 0-5 beating and focus on this one.

Prior to that match, the Clyde manager D. Lennon faced defeat when travelling to Airdrieonians and losing 1-2.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Clyde have scored 7 goals in 5 league games away. The Clyde manager D. Lennon has some worries about the defense as 10 goals have been conceded in these travels.

Head 2 Head

The records show that this isn''t the first time these two sides meet this season, as the statistics show this recent fixture: Clyde - Cove 2-1. Last three meetings between these sides: Cove won zero, Clyde were winners in two and we saw one draw. two games with more than 2,5 goals, one match with less than 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

Cove RangersR. McAllister
R. McAllister
9 goals
ClydeD. Goodwillie
D. Goodwillie
9 goals
CoveM. Megginson
M. Megginson
4 goals

Cove Rangers missing players

Clyde missing players

Cove Rangers Clyde
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
10 4 1 Played P 1 5 10
5 2 1 Won W 0 1 3
2 2 0 Drew D 0 1 2
3 0 0 Lost L 1 3 5
18 8 5 Scored S 1 7 13
14 4 2 Conceded C 2 10 22
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
80% 75% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 100%
50% 25% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 80% 90%
40% 25% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 40% 40%
20% 25% 100% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 20% 20%
70% 75% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 60% 60%
20% 25% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 20% 10%
10% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 20% 30%
 
6.2 3 1 Corners for (avg) C F 2 2.4 3.3
3.9 3 1 Corners against (avg) C A 11 6.4 6
2.1 2.8 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.2 1.4
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
10.7 9.8 15 Shots (avg) S ( 6 7.6 6.7
4.1 4.8 11 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1 2.6 2.5
44% 42% 45% Goal Efficiency G E 100% 54% 52%
Key stats in League One this season:
  • All of Clyde's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Clyde have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Clyde have the most conceded goals in the first half (9) in League One
  • Clyde have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Clyde haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Cove Rangers have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Cove Rangers have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Cove Rangers have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • 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 Queen's Park 10 5 5 0 17 7 5 3 2 0 9 3 5 2 3 0 8 4 10 20
2 Cove Rangers 10 5 2 3 18 14 4 2 2 0 8 4 6 3 0 3 10 10 4 17
3 Airdrieonians 10 5 2 3 16 12 5 3 0 2 8 7 5 2 2 1 8 5 4 17
4 Montrose 10 4 4 2 18 10 5 1 2 2 6 8 5 3 2 0 12 2 8 16
5 Falkirk 10 4 2 4 13 14 6 3 0 3 8 8 4 1 2 1 5 6 -1 14
6 Dumbarton 10 4 2 4 16 19 5 1 2 2 9 9 5 3 0 2 7 10 -3 14
7 Peterhead 10 4 0 6 19 17 5 3 0 2 12 6 5 1 0 4 7 11 2 12
8 Alloa Athletic 10 3 2 5 14 16 5 2 1 2 9 9 5 1 1 3 5 7 -2 11
9 Clyde 10 3 2 5 13 22 5 2 1 2 6 12 5 1 1 3 7 10 -9 11
10 East Fife 10 2 1 7 12 25 5 2 1 2 8 7 5 0 0 5 4 18 -13 7

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.