Queen's Park vs Cove Rangers match preview

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Competition: Scotland League Two
Date: Sat 21.December
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Hampden Park (52103 seats)

This could be an interesting match as Queen's Park have their presumed home advantage while Cove Rangers are ahead 18 points in the League Two table.

Queen's Park and Cove Rangers should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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 60 goals and conceded 39 times in these games.

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Queen's Park form and stats

2 victories, 4 draws and 2 defeats. That’s what Queen's Park have to build on here at Hampden Park in the League Two.

The points were shared in Queen's Park's previous game, also at home. Visiting Stirling Albion (placed 7th) travelled back with a point after a 1-1 scoreline. Prior to that, an away loss at Albion Rovers.

Queen's Park are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 11 goals in 8 games. On the other hand, Queen's Park have conceded 11 goals.

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Cove Rangers form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team, who have the most scored goals (42) in League Two, on their League Two travels is 4 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats. Cove Rangers seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?

Cove Rangers are travelling after their nice 2-1 home win in the League Two against Stenhousemuir (placed 8th). A 1-2 defeat away at Edinburgh City before that.

Cove Rangers have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 19 goals from 8 away matches. For Cove Rangers, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.

Head 2 Head

The two sides played each other earlier this season: Cove Rangers - Queen's Park 3-0.

Top Goalscorers

Cove RangersM. Megginson
M. Megginson
9 goals
Queen's ParkS. Kouider-Aïssa
S. Kouider-Aïssa
6 goals
Cove RangersJ. Masson
J. Masson
5 goals

Queen's Park missing players

Cove Rangers missing players

Queen's Park Cove Rangers
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
16 8 2 Played P 2 8 16
5 2 1 Won W 1 4 12
4 4 0 Drew D 0 1 1
7 2 1 Lost L 1 3 3
20 11 2 Scored S 3 19 42
22 11 4 Conceded C 6 19 22
94% 88% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
81% 88% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 94%
56% 50% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 88% 88%
12% 12% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 62% 44%
6% 12% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 50% 38%
50% 75% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 88% 56%
25% 12% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 12% 44%
31% 25% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
6.3 7 4 Corners For (avg) C F 3.5 6.2 8
4.1 4.4 5 Corners Against (avg) C A 1.5 1.8 2.1
2.1 1.8 2 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 3.5 1.8 1.4
1 0 0 Red Cards R C 1 1 1
 
194 108 21 Total Shots T S 26 110 250
75 38 7 Shots on Target S O 8 43 99
27% 29% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 38% 44% 39%
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • All of Cove Rangers's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Cove Rangers has the most scored goals (19) away
  • Cove Rangers has the most scored goals (42)
  • Cove Rangers has the most scored goals in the first half (21)
  • Cove Rangers has the the best goal difference (+20)
  • Cove Rangers have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Cove Rangers have scored more than double the goals of Queen's Park.
  • Cove Rangers have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Cove Rangers have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Cove Rangers haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 16 12 1 3 42 22 8 8 0 0 23 3 8 4 1 3 19 19 20 37
2 Edinburgh City 16 11 2 3 34 21 8 7 1 0 19 6 8 4 1 3 15 15 13 35
3 Cowdenbeath 15 8 2 5 19 14 8 6 1 1 10 5 7 2 1 4 9 9 5 26
4 Annan Athletic 16 7 3 6 23 27 8 4 3 1 17 9 8 3 0 5 6 18 -4 24
5 Elgin City 16 4 7 5 24 19 8 3 2 3 16 11 8 1 5 2 8 8 5 19
6 Queen's Park 16 5 4 7 20 22 8 2 4 2 11 11 8 3 0 5 9 11 -2 19
7 Stirling Albion 16 4 5 7 15 16 8 3 2 3 10 8 8 1 3 4 5 8 -1 17
8 Stenhousemuir 16 4 4 8 18 30 8 2 1 5 10 18 8 2 3 3 8 12 -12 16
9 Albion Rovers 15 4 3 8 22 31 7 3 1 3 12 13 8 1 2 5 10 18 -9 15
10 Brechin City 16 4 1 11 21 36 8 2 1 5 10 16 8 2 0 6 11 20 -15 13

Read more about League Two

The Scottish League Two is the fourth level of football in Scotland. 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.