Cove Rangers manager P. Hartley looking for three points in East Fife showdown

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Competition: Scotland League One
Competition: Sat 17.October
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Balmoral Stadium (3000 seats)

A new League One season is about to begin and this is the first proper game for Cove Rangers and East Fife. Bring it on!

The hosts Cove saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the League Cup. That game was an away game at Brora Rangers, so at least Cove are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!

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Cove Rangers form and stats

The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Cove matches with similar probabilities have ended with three wins, zero draws and zero defeats (from three games).

It's the first season at a new level for Cove as they were promoted from League Two last season. Happy days that were secured through 22 wins, 2 draws and 4 losses from 28 games. The team scored 37 goals at home last season and conceded 7. It will be interesting to see how they perform at this level.

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East Fife form and stats

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 Fife playing away, we found one game. Results were zero away wins, one draw and zero home wins.

It's finally time to play a game of importance again as a long period of training has passed. Fife have played a number of friendly games in this period, resulting in 0 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeats from one fixture.

Let's have a look at how East Fife performed last season in the League One: They landed a 5th position in the league table after playing out 12 victories, 9 draws and 7 defeats. In total they scored 44 and conceded 36 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 6 - drew 3 and lost 5 with 17/17 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

Cove Rangers missing players

East Fife missing players

Cove Rangers East Fife
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Total Shots T S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
Cove Rangers Last season East Fife
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
28 14   Played P   14 28
22 14   Won W   6 12
2 0   Drew D   3 9
4 0   Lost L   5 7
76 37   Scored S   17 44
34 7   Conceded C   17 36
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   93% 89%
96% 93%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   71% 68%
82% 71%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   43% 46%
46% 29%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   21% 36%
32% 21%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   7% 21%
57% 36%   BTTS BTTS   50% 57%
39% 64%   Clean Sheets C S   21% 25%
4% 0%   Failed to Score F T   36% 29%
 
0 0   Corners for (avg) C F   0 0
0 0   Corners against (avg) C A   0 0
1.6 1.4   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.3 2
1 0   Red cards R C   1 1
 
433 248   Total Shots T S   142 328
187 103   Shots on Target S O   63 121
39% 33%   Goal Efficiency G E   27% 36%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Airdrieonians 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Clyde 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Cove Rangers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Dumbarton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 East Fife 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Falkirk 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Forfar Athletic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Montrose 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Partick Thistle 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Peterhead 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Last season 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 28 22 2 4 76 34 14 14 0 0 37 7 14 8 2 4 39 27 42 68
2 Edinburgh City 27 17 4 6 49 28 14 10 2 2 28 9 13 7 2 4 21 19 21 55
3 Elgin City 28 12 7 9 48 34 14 7 2 5 30 19 14 5 5 4 18 15 14 43
4 Cowdenbeath 27 12 5 10 37 35 14 10 2 2 23 15 13 2 3 8 14 20 2 41
5 Queen's Park 28 11 7 10 37 35 14 6 5 3 21 17 14 5 2 7 16 18 2 40
6 Stirling Albion 28 10 6 12 34 35 13 3 3 7 13 21 15 7 3 5 21 14 -1 36
7 Annan Athletic 27 9 4 14 33 54 14 6 4 4 24 22 13 3 0 10 9 32 -21 31
8 Stenhousemuir 28 7 8 13 32 48 15 3 4 8 16 29 13 4 4 5 16 19 -16 29
9 Albion Rovers 26 6 6 14 37 51 12 5 2 5 23 23 14 1 4 9 14 28 -14 24
10 Brechin City 27 4 5 18 31 60 13 2 3 8 12 25 14 2 2 10 19 35 -29 17
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Raith Rovers 28 15 8 5 49 33 14 9 4 1 29 14 14 6 4 4 20 19 16 53
2 Falkirk 28 14 10 4 54 18 14 10 2 2 35 5 14 4 8 2 19 13 36 52
3 Airdrieonians 28 14 6 8 38 27 15 7 4 4 20 13 13 7 2 4 18 14 11 48
4 Montrose 28 15 2 11 48 38 14 9 0 5 29 19 14 6 2 6 19 19 10 47
5 East Fife 28 12 9 7 44 36 14 6 6 2 27 19 14 6 3 5 17 17 8 45
6 Dumbarton 28 11 5 12 35 44 14 6 3 5 16 14 14 5 2 7 19 30 -9 38
7 Clyde 28 9 7 12 35 43 14 7 4 3 27 18 14 2 3 9 8 25 -8 34
8 Peterhead 27 7 5 15 30 44 14 5 4 5 16 14 13 2 1 10 14 30 -14 26
9 Forfar Athletic 28 6 6 16 26 47 14 4 3 7 17 22 14 2 3 9 9 25 -21 24
10 Stranraer 27 2 10 15 28 57 12 2 4 6 13 20 15 0 6 9 15 37 -29 16

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.