It's advantage Cove Rangers so far with their 2nd position in the League One table, welcoming Montrose who are placed 5th.
- Cove Rangers has the fewest conceded goals (3) in League One
- Montrose has the most conceded goals (13) in League One
Cove Rangers and Montrose 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.
Cove Rangers form and stats
Perfect League One season at home so far for Cove Rangers, who have the fewest conceded goals (3) in League One, 3 wins from 3 appearances. The Cove fans aren't used to losing league-games here at Balmoral Stadium and will expect new points from this game. Cove Rangers has played 36 games in a row here without a defeat.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Falkirk (0-1).
Cove can score goals in their home matches. After 3 league matches they have found the net 7 times. As for guarding their own goal, Cove have only let in 1 goal at home.
Montrose form and stats
Things could have gone better for Montrose in their League One away matches, but 4 points from 3 games is all right.
Prior to that match, the Montrose manager S. Petrie faced defeat when travelling to Clyde and losing 2-3.
The Montrose manager S. Petrie has got the team scoring on the road, with 7 away goals in 3 league matches. The Montrose manager S. Petrie has some worries about the defense as 7 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last four matches): Cove two wins, one draw and Montrose one victory. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), zero games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Megginson 5 goals |  R. McLean 3 goals | R. McAllister 2 goals |
Cove Rangers missing players
Montrose missing players
| Cove Rangers | Montrose | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 | 7 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 7 | 11 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 7 | 13 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 67% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 83% |
| 33% | 67% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 83% |
| 17% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 100% | 83% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 67% | 50% |
| 33% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 83% |
| 50% | 67% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.2 | 1 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2 | 2.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | 16 | 6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 14 | 11.3 |
| 5.7 | 8 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 5.3 | 4.7 |
| 29% | 29% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 44% | 39% |
- All of Montrose's away-matches have had more than 3,5 goals.
- Cove Rangers has the fewest conceded goals (3) in League One
- Cove Rangers has the most points (9) at home in League One
- Cove Rangers has the the best goal difference (+6) at home in League One
- Cove Rangers have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Cove Rangers have won all their matches at home so far.
- Cove Rangers haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Montrose has the fewest matches under the total-line (0) in League One
- Montrose has the most conceded goals (13) in League One
- Montrose has the most conceded goals in the second half (7) in League One
- Montrose has the most matches over the total-line (5) in League One
- Montrose has the most scored goals in the second half (7) in League One
- Montrose have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Montrose have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Montrose 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 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 14 |
| 2 | Cove Rangers | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 13 |
| 3 | Airdrieonians | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 10 |
| 4 | Partick Thistle | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 |
| 5 | Montrose | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | -2 | 7 |
| 6 | Dumbarton | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | -2 | 7 |
| 7 | Peterhead | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -3 | 6 |
| 8 | Clyde | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | -6 | 6 |
| 9 | Forfar Athletic | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -5 | 5 |
| 10 | East Fife | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | -5 | 4 |