With the nervous opening game out of the way it’s time for the second League One game of the season. Queen's Park look forward to welcoming Cove Rangers in front of their home support.
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.
This pitch has grass, which is not Cove Rangers's usual surface at their own ground. When playing on grass Cove Rangers have performed like this: Played 38 matches resulting in 21 wins, 6 draws and 11 defeats with the goal stats 76-48 (scored/conceded).
Queen's Park form and stats
Last season, Queen's Park's league statistics were 15 wins, 3 draws and 0 losses, resulting in a 1st position in the League Two. Over these 18 matches they scored 37 goals and conceded 8. Playing at home last season Queen's Park managed 7-2-0 (win-draw-lost) with 19 goals and 4 conceded.
The home team returns to Firhill Stadium after being equal after 90 minutes with East Fife (placed 5th) on their last time out; the League One game ended 1-1.
Before that match, a League Cup win away at Annan Athletic.Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Challenge Cup game versus Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic in only three days. This game is also played here at Firhill Stadium.
Cove Rangers form and stats
Let's have a look at how Cove Rangers performed last season in the League Two: They landed a 3rd position in the league table after playing out 9 victories, 4 draws and 5 defeats. In total they scored 22 and conceded 12 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 2 - drew 4 and lost 3 with 6/6 goals scored/conceded.
Cove's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Falkirk that finished 1-1. As mentioned above, Cove Rangers drew the match against Falkirk. Manager P. Hartley brought on R. McAllister to rescue the draw from a losing position and it worked.
A home win before that, celebrating 3-1 vs Inverness CT.Head 2 Head
As for the last three games between these two teams, there's zero Queen's Park victories, zero draws and three Cove Rangers wins. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, one match with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  R. McAllister 1 goals |
Queen's Park missing players
Cove Rangers missing players
| Queen's Park | Cove Rangers | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 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% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| Queen's Park | Last season | Cove Rangers | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 22 | 11 | Played | P | 11 | 22 | ||
| 17 | 8 | Won | W | 3 | 10 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 5 | 6 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 6 | ||
| 43 | 21 | Scored | S | 10 | 28 | ||
| 13 | 5 | Conceded | C | 8 | 18 | ||
| 91% | 91% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 91% | 95% | ||
| 68% | 64% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 55% | 64% | ||
| 55% | 45% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 9% | 27% | ||
| 23% | 18% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 9% | 18% | ||
| 14% | 9% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 5% | ||
| 32% | 18% | BTTS | BTTS | 36% | 36% | ||
| 64% | 73% | Clean Sheets | C S | 36% | 45% | ||
| 14% | 18% | Failed to Score | F T | 36% | 23% | ||
| 6.6 | 7.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 5.3 | ||
| 3.2 | 2.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.3 | 3.7 | ||
| 2.1 | 2.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 1.4 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 10.7 | 11.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.1 | 12.2 | ||
| 4.4 | 4.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.1 | 5.1 | ||
| 44% | 44% | 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 | Dumbarton | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | Montrose | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | Peterhead | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | Cove Rangers | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | East Fife | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Falkirk | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Queen's Park | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Alloa Athletic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 9 | Airdrieonians | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 |
| 10 | Clyde | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 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 | Queen's Park | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 54 |
| 2 | Elgin City | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 38 |
| 3 | Stranraer | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | -1 | 38 |
| 4 | Edinburgh City | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -2 | 38 |
| 5 | Stirling Albion | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -2 | 36 |
| 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 |