Struggling Albion Rovers will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Cove Rangers in the upcoming league round. It’s 8th vs 1st and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on grass and that the visiting Cove Rangers have a different surface at their stadium (artificial turf). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on grass is 13-4-9 (win-draw-loss) from 26 matches.
Albion Rovers form and stats
4 victories, 1 draw and 4 defeats. That’s what Albion Rovers have to build on here at The Reigart Stadium in the League Two.
An away draw last time out for Albion Rovers, facing Queen's Park in a game that ended 2-2. Ahead of that match, Albion Rovers lost 0-3 at home to Stirling Albion.
Opportunity lost for Albion Rovers in the Queen's Park match as a lead 2-0 was lost and what looked like a victory ended in a draw.
Albion Rovers have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at The Reigart Stadium with 16 goals in 9 league matches. Albion Rovers are struggling defensively, conceding on average more than two goals per home game (18 from 9 played).
Cove Rangers form and stats
The visitors, who have the most scored goals (57) in League Two, are W6-D1-L3 on the road this term. That's in the League Two. Impressively, the visitors are on a six-match winning run which they hope continue versus Albion Rovers. Winning streaks in away matches are not that common, but Cove Rangers are close to a proper streak after winning their two previous away games.
Cove Rangers are travelling after their nice 2-0 home win in the League Two against Annan Athletic (placed 5th). Before that, Cove Rangers secured a home win against Cowdenbeath with the score 3-1.
Today's guests are confident travelers having scored 27 goals in 10 league games away this season. Cove Rangers have conceded 21 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: Cove Rangers - Albion Rovers 3-0. Albion Rovers-Cove Rangers H2H statistics last two meetings regardless of arena: Albion Rovers 0 wins, Cove Rangers 1 win, 1 draw. 2 of these two matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  M. Megginson 17 goals |  J. Masson 10 goals |   D. Byrne 9 goals |
Albion Rovers missing players
Cove Rangers missing players
| Albion Rovers | Cove Rangers | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 9 | 1 | Played | P | 4 | 10 | 21 |
| 5 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 3 | 6 | 17 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 28 | 16 | 1 | Scored | S | 14 | 27 | 57 |
| 38 | 18 | 3 | Conceded | C | 7 | 21 | 25 |
| 95% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 84% | 89% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 95% |
| 74% | 78% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 90% | 81% |
| 47% | 44% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 70% | 48% |
| 26% | 22% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 75% | 50% | 33% |
| 63% | 67% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 90% | 57% |
| 11% | 11% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 10% | 43% |
| 32% | 22% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 4.2 | 5.1 | 3 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 8.8 | 6.8 | 7.7 |
| 6.9 | 6.2 | 5 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 2 | 2 | 2.1 |
| 2.1 | 1.8 | 2 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.8 | 1.6 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 183 | 97 | 3 | Total Shots | T S | 75 | 143 | 345 |
| 69 | 37 | 1 | Shots on Target | S O | 34 | 60 | 145 |
| 41% | 43% | 100% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 41% | 45% | 37% |
- Albion Rovers have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Albion Rovers have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Albion Rovers haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- All of Cove Rangers's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Cove Rangers has the most clean sheets (9)
- Cove Rangers has the most scored goals (27) away
- Cove Rangers has the most scored goals (57)
- Cove Rangers has the most scored goals in the first half (28)
- Cove Rangers has the most scored goals in the second half (29)
- Cove Rangers has the the best goal difference (+32)
- Cove Rangers has the the best goal difference (+6) away
- Cove Rangers have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Cove Rangers have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Cove Rangers have scored in all their matches so far.
- Cove Rangers have scored more than double the goals of Albion Rovers.
- Cove Rangers have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Cove Rangers haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Cove Rangers is in the best form (6-0-0)
| 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 | 21 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 57 | 25 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 27 | 21 | 32 | 52 |
| 2 | Edinburgh City | 21 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 41 | 24 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 16 | 17 | 47 |
| 3 | Cowdenbeath | 20 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 29 | 23 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 35 |
| 4 | Elgin City | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 35 | 27 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 28 |
| 5 | Annan Athletic | 22 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 31 | 45 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 27 | -14 | 27 |
| 6 | Stirling Albion | 21 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 24 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 26 |
| 7 | Queen's Park | 21 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 29 | 32 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 13 | 15 | -3 | 26 |
| 8 | Albion Rovers | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 28 | 38 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 18 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 20 | -10 | 20 |
| 9 | Stenhousemuir | 22 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 26 | 43 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 24 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 19 | -17 | 20 |
| 10 | Brechin City | 21 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 27 | 49 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 21 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 16 | 28 | -22 | 15 |