Cove Rangers vs Alloa Athletic: form, goals and key statistics

Key match information

Cove Rangers played Alloa Athletic in League One (Scotland). The match was played on 22 November 2025. Final score: 0:0.

Current form

Cove Rangers: 2-0-3, 1.20 points/match. Alloa Athletic: 4-1-0, 2.60 points/match.

Goal statistics

Cove Rangers scores 0.79 and concedes 1.57 goals per match. Alloa Athletic scores 1.31 and concedes 0.54. League average: 2.54 goals.

BTTS / Over / Under

BTTS: Cove Rangers 36%, Alloa Athletic 23%. Over 2.5: Cove Rangers 50%, Alloa Athletic 38%. League level: BTTS 43%, Over 2.5 54%.

xG, shots and style

Cove Rangers has higher xG: 1.25 vs 1.18. Cove Rangers: 10.1 shots per match, Alloa Athletic: 8.7.

Match halves

Cove Rangers: half-time lead 21%, second-half goals 0.36. Alloa Athletic: half-time lead 31%, second-half goals 0.69.

Goals by minute

Cove Rangers: 31-45+ (4 goals). Alloa Athletic: 61-75 (4 goals). This is historical distribution, not a predicted goal minute.

League context

League One: 2.54 goals per match, BTTS 43%, Over 2.5 54%.

Head-to-head

Before this fixture, 1 previous H2H matches were available: 0-0-1. Average goals 3.00, BTTS 100%.

Half-by-half

0 : 0
1st half
0 : 0
2nd half

Match statistics

50Possession (%)50
Cove RangersAlloa Athletic
10Shots13
Cove RangersAlloa Athletic
7Shots on target5
Cove RangersAlloa Athletic
1.56xG1.61
Cove RangersAlloa Athletic
8Corners8
Cove RangersAlloa Athletic
61Dangerous attacks61
Cove RangersAlloa Athletic
13Fouls7
Cove RangersAlloa Athletic
4Cards1
Cove RangersAlloa Athletic

Pre-match profilewhat do the season numbers say?

This is a team profile based on season data and form. Match-flow statistics are shown only after the fixture is played.

Cove RangersAlloa Athletic
0.79Goals scored / match1.31
Cove RangersAlloa Athletic
1.57Goals conceded / match0.54
Cove RangersAlloa Athletic
50%Average possession50%
Cove RangersAlloa Athletic
3.79Shots on target / match5.08
Cove RangersAlloa Athletic

Team statswho is more efficient?

Attack and defence comparison for both teams in the current season.

10.07Shots per match8.69
Cove RangersAlloa Athletic
3.79Shots on target5.08
Cove RangersAlloa Athletic
7.8%Shot conversion15%
Cove RangersAlloa Athletic
50%Possession50%
Cove RangersAlloa Athletic
1.25xG for1.18
Cove RangersAlloa Athletic
1.33xG against1.13
Cove RangersAlloa Athletic

Shooting quality

Cove Rangers: BalancedAlloa Athletic: Efficient finishing
Cove RangersAlloa Athletic
Accuracy (shots on target)38%58%
Chance quality (xG per shot)0.120.14
Finishing (goals per shot on target)0.210.26

xG per shot around 0.08 usually means long-range attempts; 0.15+ usually means box chances. The style label comes from possession, shot volume and conversion.

* xG (expected goals) says how many goals a team should score from its chances. If actual goals are above xG, finishing is above average; if below xG, chances are being missed.

Team formwho is in better shape?

Last five matches and season record, overall and split by home and away matches.

Alloa Athletic is 117% better for: last-5 form.

1.2 pts / match - Cove Rangers · 2.6 pts / match - Alloa Athletic

Cove Rangers
LWLLW
Season result split
14% W14% D71% L
Season (W-D-L)
2-2-10
0.57 pts / match · goal difference -11
Last 5 (W-D-L)
2-0-3
1.20 pts / match
Record at home (W-D-L)
1-1-5
Last 5 at home
1-0-4
LLLLW
Last 5 matches - averages
Goals scored: 1.2Goals conceded: 1.0xG: 1.11Opponent xG: 1.36BTTS: 40%Over 2.5: 60%
Alloa Athletic
WWDWW
Unbeaten in the last 5 matches
Season result split
62% W8% D31% L
Season (W-D-L)
8-1-4
1.92 pts / match · goal difference +10
Last 5 (W-D-L)
4-1-0
2.60 pts / match
Record away (W-D-L)
4-0-3
Last 5 away
2-0-3
LLLWW
Last 5 matches - averages
Goals scored: 2.0Goals conceded: 0.0xG: 1.29Opponent xG: 0.92BTTS: 0%Over 2.5: 40%

Goalshow do both teams score and concede?

How many goals both teams score and concede, plus how often they keep a clean sheet or fail to score.

Alloa Athletic is 66% better for: goals scored per match.

0.79 goals / match - Cove Rangers · 1.31 goals / match - Alloa Athletic

Alloa Athletic is 191% better for: goals conceded per match.

1.57 goals / match - Cove Rangers · 0.54 goals / match - Alloa Athletic

Cove Rangers scoring profile: more difficult

Cove Rangers scores in 43% of matches (6 of 14 matches), while Alloa Athletic keeps a clean sheet in 54% (7 of 13 matches).

Alloa Athletic scoring profile: very strong

Alloa Athletic scores in 69% of matches (9 of 13 matches), while Cove Rangers keeps a clean sheet in 14% (2 of 14 matches).

11Goals scored (season)17
Cove RangersAlloa Athletic
22Goals conceded (season)7
Cove RangersAlloa Athletic
2.36Average goals in match1.85
Cove RangersAlloa Athletic
6Goals scored (last 5)10
Cove RangersAlloa Athletic
5Goals conceded (last 5)0
Cove RangersAlloa Athletic

How often they score at least...

43%1 goal69%
Cove RangersAlloa Athletic
21%2 goals38%
Cove RangersAlloa Athletic
14%3 goals15%
Cove RangersAlloa Athletic
0%4 goals8%
Cove RangersAlloa Athletic

How often they concede at least...

86%1 goal46%
Cove RangersAlloa Athletic
50%2 goals8%
Cove RangersAlloa Athletic
21%3 goals0%
Cove RangersAlloa Athletic
0%4 goals0%
Cove RangersAlloa Athletic

* Statistics include both teams' home and away matches in the current season.

Both teams scored (BTTS)how often do both teams score?

How often both teams' matches have goals on both sides, compared with the league average.

43%
League average

Goal patterns

21%BTTS at half-time15%
Cove RangersAlloa Athletic
7%BTTS in both halves0%
Cove RangersAlloa Athletic
14%Scored in both halves31%
Cove RangersAlloa Athletic

BTTS and goal count

36%Min. 3 goals and BTTS23%
Cove RangersAlloa Athletic
14%Min. 3 goals without BTTS15%
Cove RangersAlloa Athletic
40%BTTS - last 50%
Cove RangersAlloa Athletic

Goal count (Over/Under)how often do these matches cross the goal lines?

How often matches involving these teams clear goal thresholds, in the full match and in each half.

1st half

71%Min. 1 goal before half-time46%
Cove RangersAlloa Athletic
36%Min. 2 goals before half-time31%
Cove RangersAlloa Athletic
14%Min. 3 goals before half-time8%
Cove RangersAlloa Athletic

2nd half

64%Min. 1 goal after half-time85%
Cove RangersAlloa Athletic
21%Min. 2 goals after half-time8%
Cove RangersAlloa Athletic
7%Min. 3 goals after half-time8%
Cove RangersAlloa Athletic

Match halveswhen do the teams score more often?

How teams split performance between first and second half: goals, points, clean sheets and half-time state.

Alloa Athletic is 54% better for: first-half form (half-time points).

1 pts / match - Cove Rangers · 1.54 pts / match - Alloa Athletic

Cove Rangers - half-time state
21% leading36% draw43% trailing
Alloa Athletic - half-time state
31% leading62% draw8% trailing

Before half-time (1st half)

1Points per match (1st half)1.54
Cove RangersAlloa Athletic
0.43Goals scored (1st half)0.62
Cove RangersAlloa Athletic
0.79Goals conceded (1st half)0.23
Cove RangersAlloa Athletic
1.21Average goals (1st half)0.85
Cove RangersAlloa Athletic
36%Clean sheet before half-time85%
Cove RangersAlloa Athletic
71%No goal before half-time54%
Cove RangersAlloa Athletic

After half-time (2nd half)

0.86Points per match (2nd half)1.77
Cove RangersAlloa Athletic
0.36Goals scored (2nd half)0.69
Cove RangersAlloa Athletic
0.57Goals conceded (2nd half)0.31
Cove RangersAlloa Athletic
0.93Average goals (2nd half)1
Cove RangersAlloa Athletic
50%Clean sheet after half-time69%
Cove RangersAlloa Athletic
71%No goal after half-time46%
Cove RangersAlloa Athletic

Cove Rangers - second-half results

14% W43% D43% L
14
Half-time points
6
Half-time goals
-5
Goal difference (1st half)
12
Second-half points
-3
Goal difference (2nd half)
1.00
PPG before half-time
Lead holding67%

Leads at half-time in 21% of matches and wins 14%. Sometimes loses the lead after half-time.

Defence after half-time-0.2

Defence stays stable across the full match.

Alloa Athletic - second-half results

54% W15% D31% L
20
Half-time points
8
Half-time goals
+5
Goal difference (1st half)
23
Second-half points
+5
Goal difference (2nd half)
1.54
PPG before half-time
Lead holding200%

Leads at half-time in 31% of matches and wins 62%. Also wins matches without a half-time lead.

Defence after half-time+0.1

Defence stays stable across the full match.

Cove Rangers - last 5 matches by half
1st half2nd half
Points per match1.601.00
Goals scored / match0.80.4
Goals conceded / match0.60.4
Average goals in match1.40.8
1 goal80%60%
2 goals40%20%
3 goals20%0%
Clean sheet40%60%
No goal40%80%
Goal difference+10
Half-time: 40% leading - 40% draw - 20% trailing
2nd half: 20% won - 40% draw - 40% lost
BTTS at half-time (last 5): 40% - Half-time goals total: 4
Alloa Athletic - last 5 matches by half
1st half2nd half
Points per match2.202.60
Goals scored / match0.81.2
Goals conceded / match0.00.0
Average goals in match0.81.2
1 goal60%80%
2 goals20%20%
3 goals0%20%
Clean sheet100%100%
No goal40%20%
Goal difference+4+6
Half-time: 60% leading - 40% draw - 0% trailing
2nd half: 80% won - 20% draw - 0% lost
BTTS at half-time (last 5): 0% - Half-time goals total: 4

* Colours in tables show event frequency: green is common, yellow is moderate, red is rare. It is frequency, not a team rating.

Goals by minutewhen do goals arrive?

Match phases in which both teams most often score and concede.

Cove Rangers
ScoredConceded
1
9
0-15
1
3
16-30
4
2
31-45
1
2
46-60
3
3
61-75
1
3
76-90

Most dangerous in minutes 31-45 (4 goals). Concedes most in 0-15 (9). Late-goal balance (76-90): -2 - late phases are a weakness.

Alloa Athletic
ScoredConceded
2
2
0-15
3
1
16-30
3
0
31-45
3
0
46-60
4
1
61-75
2
3
76-90

Most dangerous in minutes 61-75 (4 goals). Concedes most in 76-90 (3). Late-goal balance (76-90): -1 - late phases are a weakness.

* Buckets 31-45 and 76-90 include added-time goals.

Additional team indicatorswhat do xG, efficiency and form show?

A comparison of chance quality, results and trends based on completed matches from the current season.

Match profile

2.10
Estimated goals
attack vs opponent defence
0.7 : 1.4
Estimated goal split
home : away
83%
Pace vs league
100% = league average
30%
Both teams scored (BTTS)
average from both teams' seasons
+43%
Derby effect
H2H goals vs typical matches
30%
BTTS estimate
from both teams' scoring frequency
18%
0:0 risk
about 1 in 6 matches
0-1
Most common goal range
attack vs defence on both sides

Cove Rangers

Net xG balance
Difference between the quality of chances created and allowed per match.
-0.08
Results compared with xG
Difference between the actual goal balance and the balance suggested by xG.
-0.70
Points compared with goal balance
Comparison between collected points and the points implied by the team's goal balance.
-0.4 pts
Finishing efficiency
Does the team convert chances? Positive means it scores more than the quality of chances suggests.
-0.46
Defensive efficiency
Does the defence or goalkeeper save the team? Positive means it concedes less than the chances allowed suggest.
-0.24
Attack vs league
How much the team scores compared with the league average for this role. 120% means 20% above average.
60%
Defence vs league
How much the team concedes compared with the league average. 80% means 20% fewer goals conceded.
129%
Form trend
Compares points from the last 5 matches with the whole-season average.
+0.63
Stronger second half?
How many more goals the team scores after half-time than before it.
-0.1
Late goals
9% of this team's goals come in minutes 76-90. For comparison, 9% come in the first quarter-hour.
9%

Alloa Athletic

Net xG balance
Difference between the quality of chances created and allowed per match.
+0.05
Results compared with xG
Difference between the actual goal balance and the balance suggested by xG.
+0.72
Points compared with goal balance
Comparison between collected points and the points implied by the team's goal balance.
-8.3 pts
Finishing efficiency
Does the team convert chances? Positive means it scores more than the quality of chances suggests.
+0.13
Defensive efficiency
Does the defence or goalkeeper save the team? Positive means it concedes less than the chances allowed suggest.
+0.59
Attack vs league
How much the team scores compared with the league average for this role. 120% means 20% above average.
107%
Defence vs league
How much the team concedes compared with the league average. 80% means 20% fewer goals conceded.
41%
Form trend
Compares points from the last 5 matches with the whole-season average.
+0.68
Stronger second half?
How many more goals the team scores after half-time than before it.
+0.1
Late goals
12% of this team's goals come in minutes 76-90. For comparison, 12% come in the first quarter-hour.
12%

* The estimated goal total and split, BTTS estimate, 0:0 risk and goal range are calculated from public season averages and frequencies for both teams. This is a statistical match profile, not a private model prediction or betting pick. The remaining indicators describe completed matches from the season.

League contextis this a high-scoring league?

How both teams compare with league-wide averages (League One).

Teams vs league

Cove RangersLigaAlloa Athletic
Average goals in match 2.362.54 1.85
Both teams scored 36%43% 23%
Min. 3 goals (Over 2.5) 50%54% 38%
Clean sheets 14%30% 54%
Goal before half-time 71%71% 46%
Goal after half-time 64%83% 85%

^ green = above league average, ˇ red = below league average. This shows direction of the gap, not a team rating.

2.54
Average goals per match
43%
Both teams scored
54%
Min. 3 goals (Over 2.5)
30%
Clean sheets
1.32
Home goals / match
1.22
Away goals / match
+8%
Home attack advantage
+8%
Home defence advantage
+9%
Total home advantage
Goals in 1st half (whole league)
71%
1 goal
41%
2 goals
10%
3 goals
1%
4 goals
Goals in 2nd half (whole league)
83%
1 goal
32%
2 goals
12%
3 goals
0%
4 goals

Lineups and player events

Verified starters, substitutes and recorded player events for this match.

Match timeline

Goals, cards and substitutions arranged in chronological order.

  1. Alloa AthleticYellow cardStefan Scougall
  2. Cove RangersYellow cardLayton Bisland
  3. Cove RangersSubstitutionOn: Michael DoyleOff: Layton Bisland
  4. Cove RangersYellow cardLewis O'Donnell
  5. Cove RangersYellow cardBlair Yule
  6. Cove RangersYellow cardMitchel Megginson
  7. Alloa AthleticSubstitutionOn: Luke DonnellyOff: Kurtis Roberts

Referee and managers

Open their season profiles to compare match records, goals and disciplinary trends.

Referee context

See how often this referee shows cards, awards penalties and how their matches tend to finish.

Joel KennedyMatches officiated: 10
5.1Cards per match
0Penalties per match
1 / X / 240%Home wins20%Draws40%Away wins

Head-to-head

Previous meeting: Cove Rangers 0 - 0 - 1 Alloa Athletic. Average goals 3.00, both teams scored in 100% matches.

Alloa Athletic FC
2 : 1
Cove Rangers FC

FAQ

What was the result of Cove Rangers vs Alloa Athletic?

The League One match finished Cove Rangers 0:0 Alloa Athletic. Full match statistics, the half-by-half breakdown and head-to-head are on this page.

What do the goal statistics show before Cove Rangers vs Alloa Athletic?

Cove Rangers score 0.79 goals per game on average and Alloa Athletic 1.31. The League One average is 2.54 goals, with Over 2.5 landing in 54% of games. Both teams score in 36% of Cove Rangers's matches and 23% of Alloa Athletic's.

What form are Cove Rangers and Alloa Athletic in?

Over the last 5 games Cove Rangers have a 2-0-3 record (1.20 points per game) and Alloa Athletic 4-1-0 (2.60 points per game).

Where can I find a betting tip and analysis for Cove Rangers vs Alloa Athletic?

The statistical background for Cove Rangers vs Alloa Athletic — form, head-to-head, goals, BTTS and Over/Under — is on this page. The tip with full reasoning and a value assessment is in the NoFluffPicks app.