Match Report
4 points and 1 places separated them: Montrose 6th with 42, Cove Rangers 7th with 38. Recent form flatters Cove Rangers's table spot — 2nd league-wide over the last five rounds while sitting 7th. Per game in the league, Montrose were scoring 1.33 and conceding 1.86, Cove Rangers 1.14 and 1.25, against a competition average of 1.33 goals per team per game.
The head-to-head ledger counts 14 games: 3 Montrose wins, 7 for Cove Rangers, 4 draws, at 2.64 goals per meeting. Only 36% of these meetings ended in a home win. 3.8 goals per game in the last five meetings marks a step up from the historical 2.64.
The match was played at Links Park (capacity 3,292). On the scoreboard, Cove Rangers led 1-0 at the break; 4 second-half goals set the final 2-3.
Goal scorers
Montrose: Callum Sandilands (47'), Lewis Gibson (64') · Cove Rangers: Lewis O'Donnell (37'), Mitchell Megginson (71'), Adam Emslie (82')
Key stats
Possession: Montrose 51% · Cove Rangers 49% · Total shots: 10-7 · On target: 4-3 · Corners: 6-5