The wait is nearly over for the big Chamionship Play-offs semi-final battle between Cove Rangers and Queen Of The South on Saturday. Having both made it this far, and with the reward for the side that wins the clash being a place in the final, this really should be a beauty.
All Cove Rangers v Queen Of The South game predictions, stats and user poll are shown below - as well as the best betting odds.
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Form Guide
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Cove Rangers
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Cove Rangers head into this match following a 0-0 Chamionship Play-offs drawn game versus Queen Of The South.
It’s not been often in recent games that Cove Rangers haven’t conceded. The facts show that Cove Rangers have seen their defence breached in 5 of their previous 6 clashes, giving up 9 goals in the process. Still, we’ll just have to find out whether that pattern might be sustained in this game or not.
Queen Of The South
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A succession of outstanding performances from the Queen Of The South defensive unit has seen their ‘goals against’ tally standing at 3 from their last 6 clashes in total. Over that same time, the number of goals that they have scored themselves is 10.
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Head to head
A review of their prior head to head meetings going back to 27/04/2024 tells us that Cove Rangers have won 2 of them & Queen Of The South 3, with the number of drawn results standing at 1.
12 goals were scored between them in these games, with 6 from The Wee Rangers and 6 created by The Doonhamers. That is an average goals per game value of 2.
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Prediction
Our feeling is that Queen Of The South and Cove Rangers could both find goals hard to come by here.
Let’s see what happens, but it could well be that we end up with scores level and two clean sheets. We’re therefore tipping a close game with a 0-0 draw at the end of the match.
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⚽️ What are the top odds for the game?
Looking at what the bookmakers’ view is of this game on the 90 minute result market, a victory for Cove Rangers is best priced at 2.5, backing a draw is 3.25 and betting on victory for Queen Of The South is 2.8. They are the best of the market prices that can be secured right now.
Victor Martins,
09:00 08/05/2025
Odds correct at time of publishing. All odds subject to change.
⚽️ Team Focus:
Cove Rangers
Formed: 1922
Stadium: Balmoral Stadium (3,023)
Captain: Mitch Megginson
Chairman: Keith Moorhouse
Manager: Paul Hartley
Competitions: League One position 2, Chamionship Play-offs (Semi-Finals)
⭐ Key Man: Adam Emslie
Mostly taking to the field in the Left Wing position, Adam Emslie was born in Scotland. Having played his first senior match for Cove Rangers in the 2024 - 2025 season, the goalscoring Forward has scored 12 league goals in this League One 2024 - 2025 season to date in a total of 34 appearances.