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Competition: Scotland League One
Competition: Sat 12.February
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Balmoral Stadium (3000 seats)

1st place in the League One table for Cove Rangers right now, a competent campaign. The match-going fans hope for more excitement as 4th-placed Queen's Park visit Balmoral Stadium.

Insights:
  • Cove Rangers have the most scored goals (47) in League One
  • Queen's Park have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (6) in League One

It should be mentioned that Queen's Park play their home matches on grass, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on artifical turf. Does it matter? Recent statistics for Queen's Park on artifical turf are 7 victories, 11 draws and 7 defeats from 25 games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 30-38. You can compare this with overall results below.

The visiting Queen's Park played their last game only four days ago, a League One match.

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Cove Rangers form and stats

28 points is a decent return from 12 League One games here at Balmoral Stadium for Cove Rangers. The data says 8 wins, 4 draws and 0 losses. Cove Rangers has a nice streak going on as they have played 14 consecutive leaguegames without losing (regardless of home/away). They are keen to extend their tally, a streak that began after the East Fife defeat 119 days ago.

Cove drew their last game, also a home match. Airdrieonians (placed 2nd) was the opponent, 1-1 the score.

Preceding that game was the away draw at Dumbarton that finished 2-2.

The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Cove Rangers's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played six games, won four matches, drawn zero and lost two.

With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (28 in 12 games), Cove's attacking play is working. Cove Rangers have only conceded 10 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Queen's Park form and stats

2 wins, 8 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Queen's Park playing as the away team in the League One this season. One point away has become something of a habit for Queen's Park who have played out draws in their last three away games.

Queen's Park are travelling after their nice 2-1 home win in the match against Dumbarton (placed 9th).

A 1-1 draw at Falkirk's stadium before that.

Queen's have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 12 league away games 16 goals have been scored. As opposed to that, Queen's Park have seen the ball go into their own net 14 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The two duelists also faced each other earlier on this match year: Cove Rangers - Queen's Park 3-3. Murray (Queen's Park) was shown a red card when these teams last played each other. Previous five meetings with these squads: Cove won three, Queen's Park were winners in one and we saw one draw. three games with over 2,5 goals, two matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Cove RangersR. McAllister
R. McAllister
15 goals
Cove RangersM. Megginson
M. Megginson
10 goals
Cove RangersR. Leitch
R. Leitch
5 goals

Cove Rangers missing players

Queen's Park missing players

Cove Rangers Queen's Park
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
24 12 2 Played P 2 12 23
15 8 1 Won W 0 2 7
6 4 1 Drew D 1 8 13
3 0 0 Lost L 1 2 3
47 28 4 Scored S 1 16 38
22 10 1 Conceded C 2 14 24
96% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 91%
75% 83% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 83% 83%
50% 50% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 33% 39%
29% 25% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 17% 22%
17% 25% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 8% 17%
46% 50% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 75% 65%
50% 50% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 17% 30%
8% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 8% 13%
 
5.9 4.9 6.5 Corners for (avg) C F 3.5 5.4 5.9
3.8 3.2 3.5 Corners against (avg) C A 6 4.6 4.2
1.7 1.7 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2.3 1.9
3 1 0 Red cards R C 1 2 2
 
12.2 13.2 10.5 Shots (avg) S ( 6 9 10.7
4.8 5.8 4.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 3.2 4.3
41% 41% 44% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 42% 39%
 
7.2 7.1 8.5 Shots against (avg) S A 10 8.9 8.3
2.8 2.2 2.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.5 3.6 3.2
Key stats in League One this season:
  • Cove Rangers have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Cove Rangers have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Cove Rangers have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Cove Rangers have the most clean sheets (12) in League One
  • Cove Rangers have the most clean sheets (6) at home in League One
  • Cove Rangers have the most points (28) at home in League One
  • Cove Rangers have the most scored goals (28) at home in League One
  • Cove Rangers have the most scored goals (47) in League One
  • Cove Rangers have the most scored goals in the second half (36) in League One
  • Cove Rangers have the the best goal difference (+18) at home in League One
  • Cove Rangers have the the best goal difference (+25) in League One
  • Cove Rangers haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Cove Rangers is in the best form (4-2-0) in League One
  • Queen's Park have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (6) in League One
  • Queen's Park have the most dropped points from leading position (26) in League One
  • Queen's Park have the most matches under the total-line (13) in League One
  • Queen's Park haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  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 24 15 6 3 47 22 12 8 4 0 28 10 12 7 2 3 19 12 25 51
2 Airdrieonians 24 13 5 6 40 28 12 9 0 3 24 15 12 4 5 3 16 13 12 44
3 Montrose 24 11 10 3 39 20 13 5 6 2 19 14 11 6 4 1 20 6 19 43
4 Queen's Park 23 7 13 3 38 24 11 5 5 1 22 10 12 2 8 2 16 14 14 34
5 Falkirk 24 9 5 10 36 36 12 4 2 6 17 18 12 5 3 4 19 18 0 32
6 Clyde 24 7 9 8 29 39 12 4 4 4 17 23 12 3 5 4 12 16 -10 30
7 Alloa Athletic 24 6 7 11 30 40 11 3 3 5 15 19 13 3 4 6 15 21 -10 25
8 Peterhead 23 6 6 11 29 34 12 4 4 4 16 11 11 2 2 7 13 23 -5 24
9 Dumbarton 24 6 5 13 33 49 12 2 4 6 17 22 12 4 1 7 16 27 -16 23
10 East Fife 24 3 6 15 21 50 12 3 4 5 11 14 12 0 2 10 10 36 -29 15

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.