Forfar Athletic vs Cove Rangers match preview

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Competition: Scotland League One
Competition: Sat 26.December
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Station Park (4602 seats)

Season ticket holders at Station Park haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Forfar Athletic languishing in the 10th position so far. The guesting Cove Rangers will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.

Insights:
  • Forfar Athletic is in the worst form (1-0-5)
  • Cove Rangers has the most dropped points from leading position (8) in League One

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Forfar Athletic form and stats

Forfar Athletic, who have the the worst goal difference (-9) in League One, have played 4 League One games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 0-1-3 (wins-draws-losses). Game days at Station Park have recently become somewhat of a nightmare for Forfar Athletic as they have lost three home games in a row. It hurts.

B. Barr was the last player to score a league goal for Forfar Athletic and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Forfar haven't scored in 226 minutes.

Forfar lost their last game at East Fife (placed 8th) after a 0-2 scoreline. Preceding that match was a defeat to Partick Thistle (0-2).

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Forfar here at Station Park in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (3 from 4 games). Goals are flowing in at the wrong end for Forfar Athletic with 8 goals conceded in these matches.

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Cove Rangers form and stats

1-1-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Cove Rangers in their League One matches away. It's a growing despair in Cove Rangers as they have recorded three consecutive losses.

Home advantage was not enough for Cove in their previous game, as they lost their League One-match, hosting Clyde, 2-3. Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting Dumbarton's place.

Late heartbreak for Cove in the Clyde match, as the deciding 2-3 goal came deep into overtime.

The visitors have scored 3 goals from 4 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's not easy to score on Cove as they have only conceded 3 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: Cove Rangers - Forfar 3-0. As for the last four games between these two teams, there's one Forfar victory, one draw and two Cove Rangers wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, one match with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Cove RangersM. Megginson
M. Megginson
7 goals
Forfar AthleticC. Antoniazzi
C. Antoniazzi
2 goals
Cove RangersH. Milne
H. Milne
2 goals

Forfar Athletic missing players

Cove Rangers missing players

Forfar Athletic Cove Rangers
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
8 4 1 Played P 1 4 9
1 0 0 Won W 0 1 4
2 1 0 Drew D 0 1 1
5 3 1 Lost L 1 2 4
5 3 1 Scored S 0 3 13
14 8 3 Conceded C 1 3 9
88% 75% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
75% 75% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 50% 67%
38% 50% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 44%
25% 50% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 22%
12% 25% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 11%
38% 50% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 25% 44%
25% 25% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 25% 33%
50% 50% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 50% 22%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.9 1.5 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.2 1.3
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
6.6 7.8 10 Shots (avg) S ( 0 6 10.8
2.4 3.2 7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 2.5 5.1
26% 23% 14% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 30% 28%
Key stats in League One this season:
  • Cove Rangers has the most conceded goals in the second half (8) in League One
  • Cove Rangers has the most dropped points from leading position (8) in League One
  • Cove Rangers have scored more than double the goals of Forfar Athletic.
  • Cove Rangers haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Forfar Athletic has the fewest points (1) at home in League One
  • Forfar Athletic has the most conceded goals (8) at home in League One
  • Forfar Athletic has the the worst goal difference (-5) at home in League One
  • Forfar Athletic has the the worst goal difference (-9) in League One
  • Forfar Athletic have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Forfar Athletic have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Forfar Athletic have yet to win a game at home.
  • Forfar Athletic is in the worst form (1-0-5)

  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 9 6 2 1 17 6 5 3 1 1 6 3 4 3 1 0 11 3 11 20
2 Montrose 9 5 1 3 18 14 4 2 0 2 8 6 5 3 1 1 10 8 4 16
3 Partick Thistle 9 4 2 3 9 6 5 2 2 1 6 4 4 2 0 2 3 2 3 14
4 Airdrieonians 9 4 1 4 13 9 5 2 1 2 8 4 4 2 0 2 5 5 4 13
5 Cove Rangers 9 4 1 4 13 9 5 3 0 2 10 6 4 1 1 2 3 3 4 13
6 Peterhead 9 4 0 5 9 11 4 2 0 2 3 4 5 2 0 3 6 7 -2 12
7 Dumbarton 9 3 2 4 5 10 3 2 0 1 2 3 6 1 2 3 3 7 -5 11
8 East Fife 8 3 1 4 10 12 4 3 1 0 8 3 4 0 0 4 2 9 -2 10
9 Clyde 7 3 0 4 7 15 4 2 0 2 4 7 3 1 0 2 3 8 -8 9
10 Forfar Athletic 8 1 2 5 5 14 4 0 1 3 3 8 4 1 1 2 2 6 -9 5

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.