Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Cove Rangers 5th with 49 points, Edinburgh City 10th with 8, 41 apart. On recent form Cove Rangers sat only 9th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 5th overall. Against a league average of 1.59 goals per team per game, Cove Rangers ran at 1.61 scored and 1.75 conceded, Edinburgh City at 1.06 and 2.72.
Defeat had followed defeat for Cove Rangers — four in succession. Edinburgh City arrived off eight straight defeats.
The match was played at Balmoral Stadium in Aberdeen (capacity 2,000). On the scoreboard, Cove Rangers led 2-1 at the break; 1 second-half goal set the final 3-1.