This could be an interesting match as Elgin City have their presumed home advantage while Cove Rangers are ahead 22 points in the League Two table.
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
Cove Rangers play their home games on artificial turf, while this game is played on grass. Recent stats for Cove Rangers when playing on grass are 12 wins, 5 draws and 9 defeats from 26 matches. They have scored 54 goals and conceded 40 times in these games.
Elgin City form and stats
When playing at home in the League Two, Elgin City have managed 4 wins, 2 draws and suffered 5 defeats from 11 games. Elgin City are very eager to stop a potential losing streak at Borough Briggs, having lost their two previous games here.
Happy days for Elgin City in their previous game, a League Two match away at Brechin City (placed 10th) that ended with a 2-1 victory. In the preceding match a 2-1 victory visiting Stirling Albion.
World class coaching! That was the thoughts of G. Price when S. Osadolor scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 71st minute.
Elgin City have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Borough Briggs with 21 goals in 11 league matches. 16 goals have been conceded.
Cove Rangers form and stats
6 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses. That’s the product of Cove Rangers, who have the most scored goals (59) in League Two, playing as the away team in the League Two this season.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Albion Rovers (placed 9th) in their previous outing. The League Two match ended in a draw 2-2. A home win before that, celebrating 2-0 vs Annan Athletic.
Drawing 2-2 against Albion Rovers after 90 minutes last time out was very disappointing after leading the match 2-0. Their manager P. Hartley needs to evaluate why the team couldn't defend their result.
Cove Rangers create on average more than 2,5 goals per away game (in the league) all by themselves, having scored 29 goals in 11 travels. For Cove Rangers, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
Elgin City and Cove Rangers have met before this season: Cove Rangers - Elgin City 2-0. Head-2-head stats last two meetings: zero - zero - two (Elgin City 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 17 goals |   S. Sutherland 15 goals |  J. Masson 11 goals |
Elgin City missing players
Cove Rangers missing players
| Elgin City | Cove Rangers | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 11 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 11 | 22 |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 6 | 17 |
| 7 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 8 | 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 37 | 21 | 6 | Scored | S | 5 | 29 | 59 |
| 28 | 16 | 4 | Conceded | C | 2 | 23 | 27 |
| 91% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 78% | 82% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 95% |
| 61% | 73% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 91% | 82% |
| 39% | 55% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 73% | 50% |
| 9% | 18% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 45% | 32% |
| 57% | 55% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 91% | 59% |
| 22% | 18% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 9% | 41% |
| 30% | 27% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 4.9 | 5.3 | 6.3 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 6 | 6.4 | 7.5 |
| 4.8 | 3.9 | 3.3 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 4 | 2.4 | 2.3 |
| 1.8 | 1.9 | 2 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.8 | 1.6 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 271 | 142 | 44 | Total Shots | T S | 19 | 151 | 353 |
| 112 | 63 | 24 | Shots on Target | S O | 8 | 65 | 150 |
| 33% | 33% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 62% | 45% | 37% |
- 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 (29) away
- Cove Rangers has the most scored goals (59)
- Cove Rangers has the most scored goals in the first half (29)
- Cove Rangers has the most scored goals in the second half (30)
- 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 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 (5-1-0)
- Elgin City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Elgin City haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| 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 | 22 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 59 | 27 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 4 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 29 | 23 | 32 | 53 |
| 2 | Edinburgh City | 22 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 41 | 25 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 16 | 16 | 47 |
| 3 | Cowdenbeath | 21 | 11 | 2 | 8 | 29 | 24 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 15 | 5 | 35 |
| 4 | Elgin City | 23 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 37 | 28 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 9 | 31 |
| 5 | Stirling Albion | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 25 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 29 |
| 6 | Queen's Park | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 30 | 32 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 13 | 15 | -2 | 29 |
| 7 | Annan Athletic | 23 | 8 | 3 | 12 | 31 | 48 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 21 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 27 | -17 | 27 |
| 8 | Stenhousemuir | 23 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 29 | 43 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 24 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 19 | -14 | 23 |
| 9 | Albion Rovers | 20 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 30 | 40 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 20 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 20 | -10 | 21 |
| 10 | Brechin City | 22 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 28 | 51 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 23 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 16 | 28 | -23 | 15 |