Cove Rangers have journeyed here for an exciting battle versus the home team Dumbarton. Read up on the fixture with this thorough League One preview!
- Cove Rangers have the fewest scored goals (0) away in League One
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
It should be mentioned that Cove Rangers play their home matches on artifical turf, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on grass. Does it matter? Recent statistics for Cove Rangers on grass are 21 victories, 6 draws and 12 defeats from 39 games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 76-50. You can compare this with overall results below.
Dumbarton form and stats
When playing at home in the League One, Dumbarton have managed 0 wins, 1 draw and suffered 0 defeats from 1 games.
In their previous game, the manager S. Farrell led his Dumbarton to a defeat in the League One match away at Queen's Park. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at The C&G Systems Stadium.
Preceding that match was a Challenge Cup defeat to Rangers U21 (2-3).Dumbarton has scored 2 goals so far and conceded 2 goals from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.
Cove Rangers form and stats
The visitors' first away game in the League One ended in defeat. Last season Cove Rangers had these away match statistics: Played 11; won 3, drew 5 and lost 3. Cove Rangers seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?
Cove won their last game, 5-2 versus East Fife played at home. A crazy, crazy match with lots of goals last time out for Cove, as mentioned above. 7 goals in that one, will this match be as much fun? M. Megginson certainly enjoyed Cove's last game versus East Fife, appearing multiple times in the match report with three goals and the 5-2 victory.
A 0-2 defeat away at Queen's Park before that.As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Cove Rangers has managed 0 goals and let in 2 from 1 match.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last two meetings: one - zero - one (Dumbarton wins - draws - Cove Rangers wins). As for goals, zero matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Megginson 3 goals | R. McAllister 2 goals |  R. McGeever 1 goals |
Dumbarton missing players
Cove Rangers missing players
| Dumbarton | Cove Rangers | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 33% | 100% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 33% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 67% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 100% | 33% |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 2 | 2.3 |
| 6.7 | 7 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 3 | 2.7 |
| 2.3 | 3 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2 | 1.7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8.7 | 8 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 4 | 8.7 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 1 | 4.7 |
| 42% | 67% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 43% |
- Cove Rangers have the fewest scored goals (0) away in League One
| Dumbarton | Last season | Cove Rangers | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 4 | 2 | Played | P | 11 | 22 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Won | W | 3 | 10 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 5 | 6 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 6 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Scored | S | 10 | 28 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Conceded | C | 8 | 18 | ||
| 75% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 91% | 95% | ||
| 25% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 55% | 64% | ||
| 25% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 9% | 27% | ||
| 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 9% | 18% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 5% | ||
| 25% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 36% | 36% | ||
| 50% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 36% | 45% | ||
| 50% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 36% | 23% | ||
| 5.3 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 5.3 | ||
| 3.7 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.3 | 3.7 | ||
| 0.7 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 1.4 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 8.7 | 4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.1 | 12.2 | ||
| 3.7 | 1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.1 | 5.1 | ||
| 27% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 25% | ||
| 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 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| 2 | Montrose | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 3 | Falkirk | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 4 | Cove Rangers | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | Dumbarton | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | Clyde | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -2 | 4 |
| 7 | Peterhead | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | Alloa Athletic | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -1 | 3 |
| 9 | Airdrieonians | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -4 | 1 |
| 10 | East Fife | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | -5 | 1 |
| 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 | Partick Thistle | 22 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 40 | 18 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 22 | 40 |
| 2 | Airdrieonians | 22 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 35 | 24 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 38 |
| 3 | Cove Rangers | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 28 | 18 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 36 |
| 4 | Montrose | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 33 | 33 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 19 | 0 | 33 |
| 5 | Falkirk | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 29 | 26 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 3 | 32 |