Forthbank Stadium: Stirling Albion vs Cove Rangers League Two preview

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Competition: Scotland League Two
Date: Sat 24.August
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Forthbank Stadium (3808 seats)

The League Two season is still fresh and sports bettors should be cautious. This meeting between Stirling Albion and Cove Rangers promises to be an interesting one.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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 9-5-7 (win-draw-loss) from 21 matches.

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Stirling Albion form and stats

Stirling Albion's first home game here at Forthbank Stadium ended with defeat. Last season their home statistics were 8 wins, 2 draws and 8 defeats from 18 matches. The Stirling Albion manager K. Rutkiewicz might feel some added pressure to get something from this game after two straight home defeats.

Stirling Albion lost their last game at Edinburgh City after a 0-1 scoreline. Before that match, a Challenge Cup win away at East Fife.

It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Stirling Albion at home. 0 on target and 1 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.

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Cove Rangers form and stats

0 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses. That’s the product of Cove Rangers, who have the most scored goals (12) in League Two, playing as the away team this season.

Cove Rangers won their last game, 3-2 versus Cowdenbeath played at home. Before that one, a nice away victory 2-1 at Brora Rangers.

4 goals so far away for Cove Rangers, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 4. All from 1 match.

Head 2 Head

Top Goalscorers

H. Milne
3 goals
M. Megginson
3 goals
J. Masson
2 goals / 1 assists

Stirling Albion missing players

Cove Rangers missing players

Stirling Albion Cove Rangers
Total Home Home vs top Statistic Away vs low Away Total
3 1 1 Played 0 1 3
0 0 0 Won 0 0 2
0 0 0 Drew 0 1 1
3 1 1 Lost 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored 0 4 12
3 1 1 Conceded 0 4 6
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% BTTS 0% 100% 67%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets 0% 0% 33%
100% 100% 100% Failed To Score 0% 0% 0%
 
5.7 3 3 Corners For (avg) 0 5 6.7
5.3 4 4 Corners Against (avg) 0 1 2
2.3 3 3 Yellow Cards (avg) 0 2 2
2 1 1 Red Cards 0 0 0
Stirling Albion Last season Cove Rangers
Total Home Home vs top Statistic Away vs mid Away Total
36 18 0 Played 0 18 36
13 8 0 Won 0 15 32
8 2 0 Drew 0 2 3
15 8 0 Lost 0 1 1
44 19 0 Scored 0 42 105
45 18 0 Conceded 0 9 13
94% 94% 0% Over 0.5 0% 94% 94%
64% 50% 0% Over 1.5 0% 61% 75%
50% 39% 0% Over 2.5 0% 50% 56%
22% 6% 0% Over 3.5 0% 39% 36%
11% 6% 0% Over 4.5 0% 28% 28%
47% 33% 0% BTTS 0% 28% 22%
25% 28% 0% Clean Sheets 0% 67% 75%
33% 44% 0% Failed To Score 0% 11% 8%
 
5.4 6.4 0 Corners For (avg) 0 9 9
5.4 5.2 0 Corners Against (avg) 0 1.7 1.7
1.5 1.5 0 Yellow Cards (avg) 0 1 1
3 2 0 Red Cards 0 0 0
Key stats last season:
  • Cove Rangers have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Cove Rangers have scored more than double the goals of Stirling Albion.
  • Cove Rangers have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.

Stirling Albion
All League Cup Playoffs 3/4 League Two Scottish Cup Club Friendlies Challenge Cup
All Home Away
23-07-19 LC Alloa Athletic 2 - 1 Stirling Albion
03-08-19 LT Stirling Albion 0 - 1 Queen's Park
10-08-19 LT Cowdenbeath 1 - 0 Stirling Albion
13-08-19 CC East Fife 0 - 2 Stirling Albion
17-08-19 LT Edinburgh City 1 - 0 Stirling Albion
24-08-19 LT Stirling Albion 14:00 Cove Rangers
31-08-19 LT Albion Rovers 14:00 Stirling Albion
07-09-19 CC St. Mirren U21 - Stirling Albion
14-09-19 LT Stirling Albion 14:00 Elgin City
21-09-19 LT Annan Athletic 14:00 Stirling Albion
Cove Rangers
All Football League League Cup League Two Club Friendlies Scottish Cup Challenge Cup
All Home Away
03-08-19 LT Cove Rangers 5 - 0 Edinburgh City
06-08-19 CC St. Johnstone U21 1 - 4 Cove Rangers
10-08-19 LT Albion Rovers 4 - 4 Cove Rangers
13-08-19 CC Brora Rangers 1 - 2 Cove Rangers
17-08-19 LT Cove Rangers 3 - 2 Cowdenbeath
24-08-19 LT Stirling Albion 14:00 Cove Rangers
31-08-19 LT Cove Rangers 14:00 Queen's Park
07-09-19 CC Connah's Quay - Cove Rangers
14-09-19 LT Brechin City 14:00 Cove Rangers
21-09-19 LT Elgin City 14:00 Cove Rangers

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Cove Rangers 3 2 1 0 12 6 2 2 0 0 8 2 1 0 1 0 4 4 6 7
2 Queen's Park 3 2 1 0 5 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 4 0 4 7
3 Annan Athletic 3 2 1 0 5 3 2 1 1 0 4 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 7
4 Edinburgh City 3 2 0 1 3 6 2 2 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 5 -3 6
5 Elgin City 3 1 1 1 4 2 2 1 0 1 3 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 4
6 Albion Rovers 3 1 1 1 9 9 1 0 1 0 4 4 2 1 0 1 5 5 0 4
7 Stenhousemuir 3 1 1 1 4 4 1 0 0 1 2 3 2 1 1 0 2 1 0 4
8 Cowdenbeath 3 1 0 2 3 6 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 2 6 -3 3
9 Stirling Albion 3 0 0 3 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 2 -3 0
10 Brechin City 3 0 0 3 1 6 2 0 0 2 0 4 1 0 0 1 1 2 -5 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 D P
1 Peterhead 36 24 7 5 65 29 18 12 4 2 27 12 18 12 3 3 38 17 36 79
2 Clyde 36 23 5 8 63 35 18 12 3 3 35 18 18 11 2 5 28 17 28 74
3 Edinburgh City 36 20 7 9 58 31 18 11 3 4 31 12 18 9 4 5 27 19 27 67
4 Annan Athletic 36 20 6 10 70 39 18 10 4 4 42 21 18 10 2 6 28 18 31 66
5 Stirling Albion 36 13 8 15 44 45 18 8 2 8 19 18 18 5 6 7 25 27 -1 47
6 Cowdenbeath 36 12 7 17 46 46 18 8 3 7 28 24 18 4 4 10 18 22 0 43
7 Queen's Park 36 11 10 15 44 47 18 7 6 5 24 21 18 4 4 10 20 26 -3 43
8 Elgin City 36 13 4 19 52 67 18 7 2 9 27 35 18 6 2 10 25 32 -15 43
9 Albion Rovers 36 7 6 23 32 71 18 3 3 12 14 40 18 4 3 11 18 31 -39 27
10 Berwick Rangers 36 5 4 27 27 91 18 3 2 13 13 40 18 2 2 14 14 51 -64 19
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Cove Rangers 17 16 0 1 54 7 9 9 0 0 33 0 8 7 0 1 21 7 47 48
2 Fraserburgh 19 15 1 3 66 17 9 8 0 1 37 7 10 7 1 2 29 10 49 46
3 Inverurie Loco Works 21 13 4 4 66 32 10 5 2 3 33 18 11 8 2 1 33 14 34 43
4 Brora Rangers 17 14 0 3 53 9 10 9 0 1 37 5 7 5 0 2 16 4 44 42
5 Formartine United 18 13 2 3 53 24 9 6 1 2 24 9 9 7 1 1 29 15 29 41
6 Forres Mechanics 20 13 1 6 51 23 10 7 1 2 29 10 10 6 0 4 22 13 28 40
7 Buckie Thistle 18 10 1 7 49 27 9 7 0 2 24 10 9 3 1 5 25 17 22 31
8 Huntly 19 9 2 8 41 35 8 2 1 5 12 15 11 7 1 3 29 20 6 29
9 Wick Academy 18 8 3 7 45 34 8 3 2 3 25 13 10 5 1 4 20 21 11 27
10 Deveronvale 20 8 1 11 36 44 10 2 1 7 15 28 10 6 0 4 21 16 -8 25
11 Rothes 19 7 3 9 44 33 9 3 0 6 20 17 10 4 3 3 24 16 11 24
12 Keith 19 7 3 9 33 39 11 3 1 7 13 25 8 4 2 2 20 14 -6 24
13 Strathspey Thistle 19 6 3 10 27 44 9 2 1 6 10 22 10 4 2 4 17 22 -17 21
14 Nairn County 18 6 2 10 32 37 9 4 1 4 19 15 9 2 1 6 13 22 -5 20
15 Turriff United 20 5 3 12 39 51 9 3 3 3 19 16 11 2 0 9 20 35 -12 18
16 Clachnacuddin 18 3 3 12 22 45 9 2 1 6 9 24 9 1 2 6 13 21 -23 12
17 Lossiemouth 21 1 0 20 18 96 12 0 0 12 12 58 9 1 0 8 6 38 -78 3
18 Fort William 21 0 2 19 14 146 11 0 2 9 13 67 10 0 0 10 1 79 -132 2

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