Match Report
Cove Rangers (2nd, 57 pts) visited Arbroath (1st, 64 pts) with 7 points between them. Arbroath had been under-performing their position — 5th on five-round form against 1st in the table. Per game in the league, Arbroath were scoring 1.61 and conceding 1.17, Cove Rangers 1.72 and 1.22, against a competition average of 1.35 goals per team per game.
Arbroath's unbeaten run stood at 6, having scored in 6 consecutive games.
The sides have met 7 times in the GioScore results database: 2 wins for Arbroath, 2 draws and 3 for Cove Rangers, at 2.71 goals per meeting. Clean sheets are rare between these two — both scored in 71% of the meetings.
Gayfield Park in Arbroath, capacity 5,900, hosted the game. On the scoreboard, Arbroath led 1-0 at the break, and no goals arrived after the restart: 1-0 the final score.
Goal scorers
Arbroath: Aaron Muirhead (8')