Match Report
Cove Rangers (9th, 5 pts) visited Montrose (3rd, 15 pts) with 10 points between them. Per game in the league, Montrose were scoring 1.63 and conceding 1.63, Cove Rangers 0.63 and 1.38, against a competition average of 1.32 goals per team per game.
Momentum sat with Montrose, winners of their last five.
GioScore's database holds 15 meetings between the two: 3 for Montrose, 8 for Cove Rangers and 4 drawn, at 2.8 goals per meeting. Whoever hosts gains little here: home teams have taken just 33% of the wins in this fixture. Recent editions have opened up: 4.4 goals per game across the last five meetings against 2.8 historically.
G. Irvine took charge of the match — our records show 100 games refereed with an average of 1.3 yellow cards per game. Links Park staged the fixture, a ground that holds 3,292. Montrose led 1-0 at the break, and the second half added 2 goals for the 2-1 full-time score.
Goal scorers
Montrose: Blair Lyons (10'), Harry Craig (48') · Cove Rangers: Destiny Oladipo (67')
Key stats
Possession: Montrose 50% · Cove Rangers 50% · Total shots: 8-8 · On target: 6-5 · Corners: 7-4