Only a win will satisfy the Cove Rangers supporters in this Balmoral Stadium clash with Dumbarton, having a healthy lead on the opposition in the League One table.
- Cove Rangers is in the best form (3-3-0)
- Dumbarton have the fewest scored goals (8) in League One
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Cove's stadium, Balmoral Stadium, has a artifical turf surface. Dumbarton have grass on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Dumbarton when playing on artifical turf; 6 wins, 6 draws and 12 losses from 24 matches. They have scored 25 goals in these games and conceded 46.
Cove Rangers form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at Balmoral Stadium as Cove Rangers have scored 13 goals to get 15 points from 7 games. The overall stats in the League One are 5-0-2 (wins-draws-losses). Two home wins in a row for Cove bring valid hopes of a third.
Cove Rangers travelled for their previous game, a trip to Clyde that ended 1-1. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Rangers (0-4).
Cove Rangers are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found five matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won four, drew one and lost zero.
The Cove Rangers fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 13 goals in 7 league matches. Cove have only conceded 6 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Dumbarton form and stats
There's been little loot from Dumbarton's travels as they have only collected 6 points from 7 away games in the League One. Dumbarton, who have the fewest scored goals (8) in League One, only have 1 win to counter their 3 defeats and 3 draws.
A draw for Dumbarton before that, at their own venue hosting Montrose (0-0).
You'll want to know how Dumbarton managed when outsiders such as today. Our database found two similar matches resulting in zero away wins, one draw and one home win.
The attacking power of Dumbarton when travelling is not overwhelming with 4 goals scored from 7 league matches away. Dumbarton have conceded 8 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Dumbarton - Cove 1-0 entered in the official records.Top Goalscorers
  M. Megginson 9 goals | J. Masson 3 goals | R. McAllister 3 goals |
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| Cove Rangers | Dumbarton | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 7 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 15 |
| 7 | 5 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 19 | 13 | 6 | Scored | S | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 11 | 6 | 3 | Conceded | C | 5 | 8 | 15 |
| 93% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 71% | 80% |
| 60% | 71% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 57% | 40% |
| 27% | 57% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 29% | 27% |
| 13% | 29% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 14% | 7% |
| 7% | 14% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 40% | 43% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 29% | 20% |
| 47% | 57% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 43% | 40% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 57% | 60% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.4 | 1.6 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1 | 1.4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11.4 | 14.7 | 15.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.5 | 7.2 | 5.9 |
| 4.9 | 7 | 7.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 2.2 | 1.9 |
| 26% | 27% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 15% | 23% |
- 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 Dumbarton.
- Cove Rangers have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (1) in League One
- Cove Rangers have the fewest matches over the total-line (2) in League One
- Cove Rangers have the most dropped points from leading position (10) in League One
- Cove Rangers haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Cove Rangers is in the best form (3-3-0)
- Dumbarton have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Dumbarton have the fewest scored goals (4) away in League One
- Dumbarton have the fewest scored goals (8) in League One
- Dumbarton have the fewest scored goals in the first half (3) in League One
- Dumbarton is in the worst form (1-2-3)
| 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 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 13 | 28 |
| 2 | Cove Rangers | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 25 |
| 3 | Montrose | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 24 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 23 |
| 4 | Airdrieonians | 15 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 22 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 22 |
| 5 | Partick Thistle | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 21 |
| 6 | East Fife | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 15 | -2 | 21 |
| 7 | Peterhead | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 9 | -3 | 20 |
| 8 | Clyde | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 18 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -8 | 17 |
| 9 | Dumbarton | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -7 | 16 |
| 10 | Forfar Athletic | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 23 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | -14 | 11 |