Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Queen of the South & Cove Rangers face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Scottish Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Queen of the South and Cove Rangers.
Queen of the South form and stats
Last season their Scottish Cup adventure ended in the 3rd round.With 1 Championship win, 3 draws and 4 defeats from their home games, Queen of the South are certainly not brimming with confidence.
The home supporters saw a 0-0 draw versus Partick Thistle in the Championship last time out and are looking for a win here.
Before that game, the 2-1 home victory against Greenock Morton.This is expected to be a close game, with Queen perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Queen of the South as a small favourite), we find 13 games. Queen of the South has won five of these, drawn one and lost seven.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Queen of the South as they are travelling to their away game against Dunfermline Athletic in the Championship. That match is four days after this one.
Queen have scored 4 goals here in 8 league matches, a depressing statistic. 8 goals have been conceded.
Cove Rangers form and stats
Cove Rangers's mission in Scottish Cup last season failed in the 3rd round.As the visiting team in League One matches, Cove Rangers have produced an overall stat of 4-1-3 so far.
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Cove goalkeeper Stuart McKenzie is eager to challenge this, with his 367 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
Cove had fun at their own home (Palmerston Park) last time out, beating Dumbarton 2-0. I. Vigurs and F. Fyvie scored.
Before that, Cove secured a home win against Rangers U21 with the score 5-1.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Cove playing away and similar expectations, we found five relevant matches. Results were one Cove Rangers win, two draws and two defeats.
The schedule is very tough for Cove Rangers now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A League One game at Falkirk is waiting in only four days.
Cove has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 12 goals from 8 games. Cove have conceded 10 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Cove Rangers - Queen 2-2 was the scoreline in these teams' latest head-to-head game, earlier this season.Top Goalscorers
  R. McAllister 10 goals | M. Megginson 8 goals |  L. Connelly 5 goals |
Queen of the South missing players
Cove Rangers missing players
| Queen of the South | Cove Rangers | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 6 | Won | W | 4 | 12 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 1 | 6 | ||
| 11 | 5 | Lost | L | 6 | 7 | ||
| 33 | 17 | Scored | S | 15 | 50 | ||
| 33 | 12 | Conceded | C | 19 | 34 | ||
| 92% | 86% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 91% | 92% | ||
| 72% | 64% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 82% | 84% | ||
| 56% | 43% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 64% | 64% | ||
| 28% | 7% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 45% | 48% | ||
| 16% | 7% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 18% | 28% | ||
| 56% | 43% | BTTS | BTTS | 55% | 60% | ||
| 24% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 27% | 32% | ||
| 28% | 36% | Failed to Score | F T | 27% | 16% | ||
| 5.3 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.4 | 5.8 | ||
| 5.5 | 4.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.3 | 4 | ||
| 1.2 | 0.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.7 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | ||
| 10.7 | 13.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.2 | 12.5 | ||
| 4 | 4.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.1 | 4.8 | ||
| 32% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 42% | 41% | ||
| 11.8 | 9.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.3 | 8.2 | ||
| 4.1 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 3.3 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Inverness CT | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 31 |
| 2 | Raith Rovers | 16 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 26 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 10 | 30 |
| 3 | Kilmarnock | 16 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 10 | 29 |
| 4 | Partick Thistle | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 29 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 10 | 15 | 28 |
| 5 | Arbroath | 16 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 26 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 13 | 28 |
| 6 | Hamilton Academical | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 29 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 13 | -15 | 16 |
| 7 | Ayr United | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 28 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 15 | -13 | 14 |
| 8 | Greenock Morton | 16 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 22 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | -8 | 13 |
| 9 | Dunfermline Athletic | 16 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 25 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 13 | -10 | 13 |
| 10 | Queen of the South | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 23 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 15 | -10 | 13 |
| 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 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 31 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 14 | 31 |
| 2 | Queen's Park | 16 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 31 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 14 | 26 |
| 3 | Airdrieonians | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 24 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 26 |
| 4 | Montrose | 15 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 25 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 12 | 25 |
| 5 | Falkirk | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 13 | -3 | 22 |
| 6 | Alloa Athletic | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 25 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 12 | -1 | 20 |
| 7 | Peterhead | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 24 | 26 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 19 | -2 | 18 |
| 8 | Dumbarton | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 22 | 31 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 18 | -9 | 18 |
| 9 | Clyde | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 32 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 18 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 14 | -12 | 17 |
| 10 | East Fife | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 18 | 36 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 26 | -18 | 12 |