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Edinburgh City vs Cove Rangers Live Stream, Predictions
Edinburgh City are going up against visiting opponents Cove Rangers at Meadowbank Stadium in this League One game on Saturday.
Our tips, poll and stats for Edinburgh City v Cove Rangers can all be found here - plus the latest betting odds.
📏 Form Guide
Edinburgh City
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Edinburgh City will be hoping to bounce back here after the 4-0 League One loss in their previous game against Stirling Albion.
Three or more goals per game have been seen in 5 of the last 6 fixtures where Edinburgh City have taken part. Their opponents scored 17 times in these games whereas Edinburgh City bagged a total of 3.
Looking at the pre-match facts, Edinburgh City:
- have not won against Cove Rangers in their previous 3 matches in the league.
- haven’t won at home in the past 5 matches in the league. That's never good.
Cove Rangers
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Cove Rangers go into this encounter after a 2-1 League One win with the eclipse of Annan Athletic in their most recent outing.
For Cove Rangers, the goalscorers were Rumarn Burrell (30') and Josh Kerr (86'). Michael Ndiweni (53') scored for Annan Athletic.
Demonstrating their penchant for fruitful encounters, the back of the net has been hit 20 times in the prior 6 matches in which Cove Rangers have played, giving an average of 3.33 goals for each fixture. Opposition teams have hit 12 of these goals. Even so, time will tell if that trend will be sustained in this upcoming game.
Coming into this contest, Cove Rangers are without an away win for the past 5 matches in the league.
👥 Head to head
The last league encounter between these sides was League One match day 18 on 23/12/2023 when the final score was Cove Rangers 7-2 Edinburgh City.
The referee was Ross Hardie.
🗞️ Team News: Edinburgh City
The Edinburgh City boss Michael McIndoe doesn’t have any fitness worries to speak of ahead of this game with a completely injury-free squad to choose from. Frankie Deane will not be able to play in this game through being suspended.
📰 Team News: Cove Rangers
Thanks to a fully healthy squad to pick from, the Cove Rangers boss Paul Hartley does not have any fitness concerns whatsoever coming into this clash.
⚡ Prediction
Cove Rangers are likely to be able to create a high number of chances and successful shots on target.
However, Edinburgh City could well struggle scoring goals of their own but we do fancy them getting enough chances to score, too.
We can therefore see a 1-3 winning score for Cove Rangers after 90 minutes.
Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Andre Moura, 14:04 02/03/2024
⚽️ Team Focus:
Edinburgh City
Formed: 1928
Stadium: Meadowbank Stadium (1,320)
Captain: Alieu Faye
Chairman: John Dickson
Manager: Michael McIndoe
Competitions: League One position 10
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | +/- | Pts | Form |
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1 |
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25 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 48 | 65 | DWWWW |
2 |
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26 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 29 | 49 | WLLLD |
3 |
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25 | 12 | 5 | 8 | -1 | 41 | WWWWW |
4 |
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26 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 39 | WWWLW |
5 |
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25 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 37 | LLDLW |
6 |
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25 | 8 | 7 | 10 | -5 | 31 | WDWLL |
7 |
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26 | 8 | 6 | 12 | -11 | 30 | LLLWD |
8 |
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26 | 8 | 5 | 13 | -7 | 29 | WLDDL |
9 |
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26 | 5 | 7 | 14 | -16 | 22 | LWLWL |
10 |
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26 | 2 | 5 | 19 | -43 | 5 | LLLDL |
Falkirk |
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Alloa Athletic |
Hamilton Academical |
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Cove Rangers |
Stirling Albion |
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Edinburgh City |
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Queen Of The South |
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Hamilton Academical |
Kelty Hearts |
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Cove Rangers |
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Montrose |
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Falkirk |
Edinburgh City |
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Cove Rangers |
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Annan Athletic |
Edinburgh City |
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Queen Of The South |
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Kelty Hearts |
Edinburgh City |
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Falkirk |
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Hamilton Academical |
Edinburgh City |
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Stirling Albion |
Edinburgh City |
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Alloa Athletic |
Alloa Athletic |
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Cove Rangers |
Stirling Albion |
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Cove Rangers |
Hamilton Academical |
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Cove Rangers |
Falkirk |
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Montrose |
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Annan Athletic |
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Cove Rangers |
Goals scored | 1.3 |
Goals conceded | 2.6 |
Time first goal scored | 37 |
Time first goal conceded | 32 |
Yellow cards | 2.5 |
Red cards | 0.1 |
Subs used | 3.8 |
Biggest victory | 3-0 |
Biggest defeat | 5-1 |
Goals scored | 1.2 |
Goals conceded | 1.5 |
Time first goal scored | 39 |
Time first goal conceded | 26 |
Yellow cards | 1 |
Red cards | 0.3 |
Subs used | 2.4 |
Biggest victory | 3-0 |
Biggest defeat | 4-0 |
Robbie Mahon | 7 |
Danny Handling | 3 |
Innes Murray | 3 |
Ouzy See | 3 |
Robbie Leitch | 2 |
Rumarn Burrell | 19 |
Mitch Megginson | 8 |
Connor Scully | 5 |
Kyle Connell | 3 |
Blair Yule | 3 |
Falkirk |
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Kelty Hearts |
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Edinburgh City |
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Montrose |
Queen Of The South |
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Edinburgh City |
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Annan Athletic |
Edinburgh City |
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Stirling Albion |
Cove Rangers |
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Edinburgh City |
Cove Rangers |
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Stirling Albion |
Falkirk |
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Cove Rangers |
Annan Athletic |
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Alloa Athletic |
Queen Of The South |
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Edinburgh City |