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Cove Rangers will be at Palmerston Park on Saturday for the League One meeting with home team Queen Of The South.
Our predictions, user poll and statistics for Queen Of The South v Cove Rangers can be found here - along with the latest match odds.
๐ Form Guide
Queen Of The South
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Queen Of The South go into this fixture following on from a 0-0 League One drawn match versus Stirling Albion.
Marvin Bartley's Queen Of The South have celebrated scoring a sum total of 6 times in their past half-dozen outings. The comparative tally of goals that they have conceded in those same fixtures stands at 6.
Cove Rangers
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Following on from a loss in their previous game against Alloa Athletic in League One competition, Cove Rangers and their travelling supporters will be hoping that they can get a better result in this one.
For Cove Rangers, the scorers were Mitch Megginson (70') and Rumarn Burrell (74'). Miko Virtanen (26') and Bobby Wales (51', 89') scored for Alloa Athletic.
Illustrating their fondness for fruitful encounters, the back of the net has been hit 28 times in the previous 6 games in which Cove Rangers have sent out their troops, giving a mean average of 4.67 goals per meeting. Opposition teams have managed 17 of these goals. We will find out if that trend can be continued on here.
Heading into this contest, Cove Rangers have not won away from home in their last 2 league games.
๐ค๐ค Head to head
The last league encounter between these sides was League One match day 22 on 27/01/2024 when it ended Cove Rangers 0-2 Queen Of The South.
The referee was Greg Soutar.
๐๏ธ Team News: Queen Of The South
The Queen Of The South boss Marvin Bartley will be happy not to have any fitness worries to speak of ahead of this clash owing to a fully injury-free group available for selection.
We think that The Doonhamers look set to opt for a 3-4-2-1 formation this time featuring Aynsley Pears, Hayden Carter, Dominic Hyam, Kyle McFadzean, Callum Brittain, Joe Rankin-Costello, Sondre Tronstad, Harry Pickering, Samuel Szmodics, Tyrhys Dolan and Sam Gallagher.
๐ฐ Team News: Cove Rangers
Due to a fully injury-free squad to choose from, the Cove Rangers boss Paul Hartley has no fitness concerns at all ahead of this clash.
Thereโs a good chance that The Wee Rangers could decide to play in a 4-2-3-1 system with a starting lineup of Brad Collins, Milan van Ewijk, Bobby Thomas, Liam Kitching, Jake Bidwell, Ben Sheaf, Liam Kelly, Kasey Palmer, Callum O'Hare, Haji Wright and Ellis Simms.
๐ง Prediction
Weโre of the opinion that Cove Rangers and Queen Of The South could both well score more than once here although itโs hard to see a clear-cut winner.
Letโs see how this one goes, but it looks this could have goals and the potential for a draw. We therefore see a very even match with a 2-2 score at the end of the 90.
Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Victor Martins, 13:05 27/04/2024
๐๏ธ Team Focus:
Queen Of The South
Formed: 1919
Stadium: Palmerston Park (8,690)
Captain: Josh Todd
Chairman: Billy Hewitson
Manager: Marvin Bartley
Competitions: League One position 7
๐ Key Player: Lee Connelly
Mostly played in the Central Attacking Midfielder position, Lee Connelly was born in Scotland. Having made a first senior appearance for Queen Of The South in the 2022 - 2023 season, the goalscoring Midfielder has hit 5 league goals in this League One 2023 - 2024 season so far in 29 appearances.
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | +/- | Pts | Form |
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34 | 27 | 7 | 0 | 68 | 88 | WWWWD |
2 |
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34 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 41 | 68 | WDWLW |
3 |
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34 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 55 | LDWDW |
4 |
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34 | 13 | 8 | 13 | -2 | 47 | LLDLL |
5 |
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34 | 13 | 7 | 14 | -5 | 46 | LWLLL |
6 |
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34 | 12 | 8 | 14 | -10 | 44 | LWWWD |
7 |
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34 | 10 | 8 | 16 | -8 | 38 | WDLWD |
8 |
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34 | 9 | 10 | 15 | -13 | 37 | WDLWW |
9 |
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34 | 9 | 8 | 17 | -21 | 35 | WLLLD |
10 |
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34 | 3 | 5 | 26 | -56 | 8 | LLLWL |
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Stirling Albion |
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Edinburgh City |
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Hamilton Academical |
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Goals scored | 1.5 |
Goals conceded | 1.9 |
Time first goal scored | 36 |
Time first goal conceded | 36 |
Yellow cards | 2.2 |
Red cards | 0 |
Subs used | 4.3 |
Biggest victory | 3-1 |
Biggest defeat | 4-1 |
Goals scored | 1.3 |
Goals conceded | 1.7 |
Time first goal scored | 37 |
Time first goal conceded | 24 |
Yellow cards | 1.1 |
Red cards | 0.2 |
Subs used | 2.2 |
Biggest victory | 3-0 |
Biggest defeat | 5-1 |
Gavin Reilly | 9 |
Lee Connelly | 6 |
Alex Ferguson | 3 |
Craig McGuffie | 3 |
Joel Mumbongo | 3 |
Rumarn Burrell | 21 |
Mitch Megginson | 9 |
Connor Scully | 5 |
Kyle Connell | 4 |
Josh Kerr | 4 |
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