Cove Rangers vs Montrose

Cove Rangers

3 - 3

Montrose

🕒 Sat, 16 Aug 2025 15:00 Europe/London 📍 Balmoral Stadium 🧑‍⚖️ Duncan Nicolson 🔁 Regular Season - 3 🏁 match finished

Season

2025-2026 Season

Stage

Regular Season - 3

Regular Season Table

Cove Rangers 8 · Montrose 7

Referee Stats

Duncan Nicolson

2 matches · 0.00 yellow cards avg

Yellow cards avg	0.00
Reds avg	0.00
Penalties avg	0.00
Over 4.5 cards	0%
Home wins	50%
Draws	50%
Away wins	0%

How the match was played

Match ended level at 3-3.

Team Overview

Cove Rangers (Home stats)

Games / Record

W-D-L: 4-7-7

Goals For / Against

17 / 20

Avg: 0.94 / 1.11

Points

Avg: 1.06

Clean Sheets

Failed to Score

Montrose (Away stats)

Games / Record

W-D-L: 3-7-8

Goals For / Against

23 / 33

Avg: 1.28 / 1.83

Points

Avg: 0.89

Clean Sheets

Failed to Score

Match Context & Trends

Venue-only form, goal timing, first-goal trends and league context around this League One fixture.

Quick comparison bars

1.06

PPG

0.89

0.94

1.28

1.11

1.83

33%

O2.5

56%

44%

BTTS

72%

22%

Score 1st

28%

League-position context

Cove Rangers rank8th

Montrose rank7th

Cove Rangers points38

Montrose points42

Cove Rangers: #8 · 38 pts · GD -3

29 pts off the top 2. 2 pts above the play-off edge. 5 pts from safety.

Montrose: #7 · 42 pts · GD -19

25 pts off the top 2. 6 pts above the play-off edge. 1 pts from safety.

4-point gap between the two sides coming into kick-off.

Cove Rangers last 5 home

D W L D W

Points8/15

Weighted index49

Goals6-4

Record2-2-1

Weighted index gives more importance to the most recent venue-specific matches. 100 means maximum recent points return.

Recent venue-specific form is balanced.

Montrose last 5 away

D L D L D

Points3/15

Weighted index20

Goals6-10

Record0-3-2

Weighted index gives more importance to the most recent venue-specific matches. 100 means maximum recent points return.

Unbeaten, but draw-heavy in the recent venue-specific run.

Cove Rangers trend breakdown

Over 2.533%

BTTS44%

BTTS + O2.533%

1H Over 0.561%

Also: Over 0.5 83% · Over 1.5 61% · Over 3.5 17% · 1H BTTS 17%

Montrose trend breakdown

Over 2.556%

BTTS72%

BTTS + O2.550%

1H Over 0.567%

Also: Over 0.5 100% · Over 1.5 83% · Over 3.5 50% · 1H BTTS 17%

Scoring reliability

Cove Rangers score at home50%

Cove Rangers clean sheet at home22%

Montrose score away83%

Montrose clean sheet away11%

First-goal patterns

Cove Rangers score first22%

Cove Rangers win after scoring first75%

Montrose score first28%

Montrose win after scoring first20%

Comeback rate after conceding first: Cove Rangers 67% · Montrose 0%

Avg first goal minute: Cove Rangers 14.3' · Montrose 30.2'

Vs league average

Cove Rangers score at home0.94 vs 1.42

Cove Rangers concede at home1.11 vs 1.23

Montrose score away1.28 vs 1.23

Montrose concede away1.83 vs 1.42

Cove Rangers score 33% below league average, while Montrose score 4% above league average.

Defensive side: Cove Rangers are 10% below league average at home, and Montrose are 29% above league average away.

Head-to-head trends

Recent games5

Avg goals4.40

BTTS80%

Over 2.5100%

At this venue setup: 3.60 goals on average across the last 5.

Cove Rangers goal timing (home)

1H scored: 42% 2H scored: 58% Danger: 16-30 Vulnerable: 31-45

Goals scored by 15-minute interval

16-30 3

61-75 3

76-90+ 3

0-15 2

46-60 1

31-45 0

Goals conceded by 15-minute interval

31-45 2

0-15 1

16-30 1

46-60 1

61-75 1

76-90+ 0

Montrose goal timing (away)

1H scored: 40% 2H scored: 60% Danger: 31-45 Vulnerable: 76-90+

Goals scored by 15-minute interval

31-45 4

61-75 4

46-60 3

76-90+ 2

0-15 1

16-30 1

Goals conceded by 15-minute interval

76-90+ 5

16-30 4

46-60 4

61-75 4

31-45 2

0-15 0

Match Statistics

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Shots off Goal

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Blocked Shots

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Shots Inside Box

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Shots Outside Box

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Ball Possession

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Corner Kicks

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Fouls

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Offsides

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Yellow Cards

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Red Cards

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Goalkeeper Saves

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Total Passes

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Passes Accurate

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Head-to-Head Overview

All Meetings (Any Venue)

Total Games	19
Home Wins	10
Draws	6
Away Wins	3
Over 2.5 Goals	9 (47.4%)
BTTS	10 (52.6%)

Home vs Away as Scheduled

Total Games	9
Home Wins	4
Draws	3
Away Wins	2
Over 2.5 Goals	4 (44.4%)
BTTS	6 (66.7%)

Cove Rangers vs Montrose Head-to-Head History by Season

2025-2026 Season

07 Apr 2026 Montrose vs Cove Rangers 2 - 3 17 Feb 2026 Cove Rangers vs Montrose 3 - 1 25 Oct 2025 Montrose vs Cove Rangers 0 - 3 16 Aug 2025 Cove Rangers vs Montrose 3 - 3

2024-2025 Season

15 Mar 2025 Montrose vs Cove Rangers 2 - 2 11 Feb 2025 Cove Rangers vs Montrose 1 - 1 26 Oct 2024 Montrose vs Cove Rangers 0 - 2 31 Aug 2024 Cove Rangers vs Montrose 1 - 0

2023-2024 Season

09 Mar 2024 Cove Rangers vs Montrose 1 - 4 30 Dec 2023 Montrose vs Cove Rangers 1 - 1 14 Nov 2023 Cove Rangers vs Montrose 1 - 0 19 Aug 2023 Montrose vs Cove Rangers 0 - 3

2021-2022 Season

19 Mar 2022 Montrose vs Cove Rangers 1 - 2 15 Jan 2022 Cove Rangers vs Montrose 1 - 0 06 Nov 2021 Montrose vs Cove Rangers 0 - 0 11 Sep 2021 Cove Rangers vs Montrose 1 - 1

2020-2021 Season

01 May 2021 Cove Rangers vs Montrose — - — 29 Apr 2021 Montrose vs Cove Rangers 0 - 2 20 Apr 2021 Montrose vs Cove Rangers 1 - 0 05 Dec 2020 Cove Rangers vs Montrose 1 - 2