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Cove Rangers vs Ayr United Live Stream, Predictions
Cove Rangers face off with Ayr United in Tuesdayโs big Scottish Cup meeting.
All Cove Rangers v Ayr United match predictions, user poll and stats are shown below - plus the latest betting odds.
๐ Form Guide
Cove Rangers
DWLLDL
Cove Rangers will be wanting a better result here after the 0-5 Championship defeat last time out to Ayr United.
Nick McAllister (21'), Ben Dempsey (55'), Josh Mullin (61', 89') and Fraser Bryden (82') scored for Ayr United.
Their most recent results reveal that much more can be done by the Cove Rangers backline. Cove Rangers have seen an embarrassing 20 goals fly into the back of their net during the period covering their previous 6 games.
Ayr United
WLLWDW
Throughout their 6 most recent matches, Lee Bullen's Ayr United have turned their attacks into goals a total of 12 times therefore giving them a goals per game average of 2.
๐ฅ Head to head
The previous league clash between the two was Championship match day 23 on 27/01/2023 which ended up with the score at Cove Rangers 0-5 Ayr United.
๐๏ธ Team News: Cove Rangers
The Cove Rangers boss Paul Hartley does not have any fitness worries at all coming into this clash thanks to a fully healthy group to choose from.
๐๏ธ Team News: Ayr United
With a completely injury-free group to pick from, the Ayr United boss Lee Bullen does not have any fitness worries to report coming into this clash.
๐ง Prediction
In our opinion, Cove Rangers might need a bit of good fortune to score against this Ayr United side who should score at least once to gain the upper hand.
We therefore fancy a hard-fought 0-1 winning margin for Ayr United at the end of the 90.
Expecting it to be tight.
Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Peter Guest, 01:35 27/01/2023

๐๏ธ Team Focus:
Cove Rangers
Formed: 1922
Stadium: Balmoral Stadium (2,602)
Captain: Mitch Megginson
Chairman: Keith Moorhouse
Manager: Paul Hartley
Competitions: Championship position 8
โญ Star Player: Connor Scully
Typically deployed in the Central Defensive Midfielder position, Connor Scully was born in Scotland. After making a first senior appearance for Cove Rangers in the 2022 - 2023 season, the goalscoring Midfielder has hit 7 league goals in this Championship 2022 - 2023 campaign to date from a total of 21 appearances.
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1 |
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22 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 40 | WWWDL |
2 |
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22 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 39 | LLWDW |
3 |
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21 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 38 | WWLDW |
4 |
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22 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 33 | WWLWL |
5 |
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22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 31 | LWWDD |
6 |
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21 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 30 | DDLLL |
7 |
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23 | 8 | 6 | 9 | -1 | 30 | DWDDD |
8 |
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22 | 5 | 7 | 10 | -17 | 22 | WLLDL |
9 |
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23 | 4 | 9 | 10 | -15 | 21 | LWLDW |
10 |
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22 | 4 | 5 | 13 | -21 | 17 | LLLWW |
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Ayr United |
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Raith Rovers |
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Queen's Park |
Inverness C.T. |
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Ayr United |
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Ayr United |
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Ayr United |
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Arbroath |
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Hamilton Academical |
Ayr United |
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Dundee |
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Ayr United |
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Raith Rovers |
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Queen's Park |
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Hamilton Academical |
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Partick Thistle |
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Greenock Morton |
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Ayr United |
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Inverness C.T. |
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Hamilton Academical |
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Arbroath |
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Dundee |
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Ayr United |
Connor Scully | 7 |
Leighton McIntosh | 6 |
Mitch Megginson | 6 |
Mark Reynolds | 3 |
Jamie Masson | 2 |
Dipo Akinyemi | 15 |
Josh Mullin | 7 |
Ben Dempsey | 6 |
Mark McKenzie | 3 |
Logan Chalmers | 2 |
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Arbroath |
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Queen's Park |
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Raith Rovers |
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Hamilton Academical |
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Elgin City |
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Raith Rovers |
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Inverness C.T. |
Dundee |
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Hamilton Academical |
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Arbroath |
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