Cove Rangers vs East Fife: form, goals and key statistics

Key match information

Cove Rangers played East Fife in League One (Scotland). The match was played on 13 December 2025. Final score: 0:1.

Current form

Cove Rangers: 1-2-2, 1.00 points/match. East Fife: 2-2-1, 1.60 points/match.

Goal statistics

Cove Rangers scores 0.75 and concedes 1.44 goals per match. East Fife scores 1.27 and concedes 1.33. League average: 2.54 goals.

BTTS / Over / Under

BTTS: Cove Rangers 38%, East Fife 60%. Over 2.5: Cove Rangers 44%, East Fife 53%. League level: BTTS 44%, Over 2.5 53%.

xG, shots and style

East Fife has higher xG: 1.37 vs 1.28. Cove Rangers: 10.2 shots per match, East Fife: 10.5.

Match halves

Cove Rangers: half-time lead 25%, second-half goals 0.31. East Fife: half-time lead 7%, second-half goals 0.60.

Goals by minute

Cove Rangers: 31-45+ (5 goals). East Fife: 46-60 (6 goals). This is historical distribution, not a predicted goal minute.

League context

League One: 2.54 goals per match, BTTS 44%, Over 2.5 53%.

Head-to-head

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

Half-by-half

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

Match statistics

50Possession (%)50
Cove RangersEast Fife
6Shots8
Cove RangersEast Fife
3Shots on target5
Cove RangersEast Fife
0.95xG1.23
Cove RangersEast Fife
4Corners3
Cove RangersEast Fife
49Dangerous attacks52
Cove RangersEast Fife
6Fouls8
Cove RangersEast Fife
0Cards0
Cove RangersEast Fife

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 RangersEast Fife
0.75Goals scored / match1.27
Cove RangersEast Fife
1.44Goals conceded / match1.33
Cove RangersEast Fife
49%Average possession50%
Cove RangersEast Fife
4.13Shots on target / match4.53
Cove RangersEast Fife

Team statswho is more efficient?

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

10.19Shots per match10.53
Cove RangersEast Fife
4.13Shots on target4.53
Cove RangersEast Fife
7.4%Shot conversion12%
Cove RangersEast Fife
49%Possession50%
Cove RangersEast Fife
1.28xG for1.37
Cove RangersEast Fife
1.34xG against1.22
Cove RangersEast Fife

Shooting quality

Cove Rangers: BalancedEast Fife: Balanced
Cove RangersEast Fife
Accuracy (shots on target)41%43%
Chance quality (xG per shot)0.130.13
Finishing (goals per shot on target)0.180.28

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.

East Fife is 60% better for: last-5 form.

1 pts / match - Cove Rangers · 1.6 pts / match - East Fife

Cove Rangers
LLWDD
Season result split
13% W25% R63% P
Season (W-D-L)
2-4-10
0.63 pts / match · goal difference -11
Last 5 (W-D-L)
1-2-2
1.00 pts / match
Record at home (W-D-L)
1-2-5
Last 5 at home
1-1-3
LLLWD
Last 5 matches - averages
Goals scored: 0.8Goals conceded: 1.0xG: 1.22Opponent xG: 1.60BTTS: 60%Over 2.5: 40%
East Fife
WDLWD
Season result split
40% W27% R33% P
Season (W-D-L)
6-4-5
1.47 pts / match · goal difference -1
Last 5 (W-D-L)
2-2-1
1.60 pts / match
Record away (W-D-L)
2-2-4
Last 5 away
1-1-3
LLWLD
Last 5 matches - averages
Goals scored: 1.2Goals conceded: 1.0xG: 1.27Opponent xG: 1.19BTTS: 40%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.

East Fife is 69% better for: goals scored per match.

0.75 goals / match - Cove Rangers · 1.27 goals / match - East Fife

East Fife is 8% better for: goals conceded per match.

1.44 goals / match - Cove Rangers · 1.33 goals / match - East Fife

Cove Rangers scoring profile: mixed

Cove Rangers scores in 44% of matches (7 of 16 matches), while East Fife keeps a clean sheet in 20% (3 of 15 matches).

East Fife scoring profile: very strong

East Fife scores in 80% of matches (12 of 15 matches), while Cove Rangers keeps a clean sheet in 19% (3 of 16 matches).

12Goals scored (season)19
Cove RangersEast Fife
23Goals conceded (season)20
Cove RangersEast Fife
2.19Average goals in match2.6
Cove RangersEast Fife
4Goals scored (last 5)6
Cove RangersEast Fife
5Goals conceded (last 5)5
Cove RangersEast Fife

How often they score at least...

44%1 goal80%
Cove RangersEast Fife
19%2 goals33%
Cove RangersEast Fife
13%3 goals13%
Cove RangersEast Fife
0%4 goals0%
Cove RangersEast Fife

How often they concede at least...

81%1 goal80%
Cove RangersEast Fife
44%2 goals20%
Cove RangersEast Fife
19%3 goals20%
Cove RangersEast Fife
0%4 goals13%
Cove RangersEast Fife

* 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.

44%
League average

Goal patterns

19%BTTS at half-time40%
Cove RangersEast Fife
6%BTTS in both halves0%
Cove RangersEast Fife
13%Scored in both halves20%
Cove RangersEast Fife

BTTS and goal count

31%Min. 3 goals and BTTS33%
Cove RangersEast Fife
13%Min. 3 goals without BTTS20%
Cove RangersEast Fife
60%BTTS - last 540%
Cove RangersEast Fife

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

69%Min. 1 goal before half-time60%
Cove RangersEast Fife
31%Min. 2 goals before half-time47%
Cove RangersEast Fife
13%Min. 3 goals before half-time7%
Cove RangersEast Fife

2nd half

63%Min. 1 goal after half-time80%
Cove RangersEast Fife
19%Min. 2 goals after half-time33%
Cove RangersEast Fife
6%Min. 3 goals after half-time7%
Cove RangersEast Fife

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.

Cove Rangers is 22% better for: first-half form (half-time points).

1.13 pts / match - Cove Rangers · 0.93 pts / match - East Fife

Cove Rangers - half-time state
25% leading38% draw38% trailing
East Fife - half-time state
7% leading73% draw20% trailing

Before half-time (1st half)

1.13Points per match (1st half)0.93
Cove RangersEast Fife
0.44Goals scored (1st half)0.47
Cove RangersEast Fife
0.69Goals conceded (1st half)0.73
Cove RangersEast Fife
1.13Average goals (1st half)1.2
Cove RangersEast Fife
44%Clean sheet before half-time47%
Cove RangersEast Fife
69%No goal before half-time53%
Cove RangersEast Fife

After half-time (2nd half)

0.81Points per match (2nd half)1.33
Cove RangersEast Fife
0.31Goals scored (2nd half)0.6
Cove RangersEast Fife
0.56Goals conceded (2nd half)0.6
Cove RangersEast Fife
0.88Average goals (2nd half)1.2
Cove RangersEast Fife
50%Clean sheet after half-time53%
Cove RangersEast Fife
75%No goal after half-time53%
Cove RangersEast Fife

Cove Rangers - second-half results

13% W44% R44% P
18
Half-time points
7
Half-time goals
-4
Goal difference (1st half)
13
Second-half points
-4
Goal difference (2nd half)
1.13
PPG before half-time
Lead holding52%

Leads at half-time in 25% of matches and wins 13%. Sometimes loses the lead after half-time.

Defence after half-time-0.1

Defence stays stable across the full match.

East Fife - second-half results

33% W33% R33% P
14
Half-time points
7
Half-time goals
-4
Goal difference (1st half)
20
Second-half points
0
Goal difference (2nd half)
0.93
PPG before half-time
Lead holding571%

Leads at half-time in 7% of matches and wins 40%. 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 match1.600.60
Goals scored / match0.80.0
Goals conceded / match0.60.4
Average goals in match1.40.4
1 goal80%40%
2 goals40%0%
3 goals20%0%
Clean sheet40%60%
No goal40%100%
Goal difference+1-2
Half-time: 40% leading - 40% draw - 20% trailing
2nd half: 0% won - 60% draw - 40% lost
BTTS at half-time (last 5): 40% - Half-time goals total: 4
East Fife - last 5 matches by half
1st half2nd half
Points per match1.201.60
Goals scored / match0.40.8
Goals conceded / match0.60.4
Average goals in match1.01.2
1 goal60%80%
2 goals40%40%
3 goals0%0%
Clean sheet60%60%
No goal60%40%
Goal difference-1+2
Half-time: 20% leading - 60% draw - 20% trailing
2nd half: 40% won - 40% draw - 20% lost
BTTS at half-time (last 5): 20% - Half-time goals total: 2

* 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
5
2
31-45
1
2
46-60
3
3
61-75
1
4
76-90

Most dangerous in minutes 31-45 (5 goals). Concedes most in 0-15 (9). Late-goal balance (76-90): -3 - late phases are a weakness.

East Fife
ScoredConceded
4
3
0-15
2
4
16-30
4
4
31-45
6
3
46-60
1
4
61-75
2
2
76-90

Most dangerous in minutes 46-60 (6 goals). Concedes most in 16-30 (4). Late-goal balance (76-90): 0.

* 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

2.40
Estimated goals
attack vs opponent defence
1.0 : 1.4
Estimated goal split
home : away
94%
Pace vs league
100% = league average
49%
Both teams scored (BTTS)
average from both teams' seasons
+25%
Derby effect
H2H goals vs typical matches
35%
BTTS estimate
from both teams' scoring frequency
11%
0:0 risk
about 1 in 9 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.
-0.06
Results compared with xG
Difference between the actual goal balance and the balance suggested by xG.
-0.63
Points compared with goal balance
Comparison between collected points and the points implied by the team's goal balance.
-0.3 pts
Finishing efficiency
Does the team convert chances? Positive means it scores more than the quality of chances suggests.
-0.53
Defensive efficiency
Does the defence or goalkeeper save the team? Positive means it concedes less than the chances allowed suggest.
-0.10
Attack vs league
How much the team scores compared with the league average for this role. 120% means 20% above average.
56%
Defence vs league
How much the team concedes compared with the league average. 80% means 20% fewer goals conceded.
120%
Form trend
Compares points from the last 5 matches with the whole-season average.
+0.37
Stronger second half?
How many more goals the team scores after half-time than before it.
-0.1
Late goals
8% of this team's goals come in minutes 76-90. For comparison, 8% come in the first quarter-hour.
8%

East Fife

Net xG balance
Difference between the quality of chances created and allowed per match.
+0.15
Results compared with xG
Difference between the actual goal balance and the balance suggested by xG.
-0.21
Points compared with goal balance
Comparison between collected points and the points implied by the team's goal balance.
+0.7 pts
Finishing efficiency
Does the team convert chances? Positive means it scores more than the quality of chances suggests.
-0.10
Defensive efficiency
Does the defence or goalkeeper save the team? Positive means it concedes less than the chances allowed suggest.
-0.11
Attack vs league
How much the team scores compared with the league average for this role. 120% means 20% above average.
106%
Defence vs league
How much the team concedes compared with the league average. 80% means 20% fewer goals conceded.
99%
Form trend
Compares points from the last 5 matches with the whole-season average.
+0.13
Stronger second half?
How many more goals the team scores after half-time than before it.
+0.1
Late goals
11% of this team's goals come in minutes 76-90. For comparison, 21% come in the first quarter-hour.
11%

* 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 RangersLigaEast Fife
Average goals in match 2.192.54 2.60
Both teams scored 38%44% 60%
Min. 3 goals (Over 2.5) 44%53% 53%
Clean sheets 19%31% 20%
Goal before half-time 69%72% 60%
Goal after half-time 63%81% 80%

^ 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
44%
Both teams scored
53%
Min. 3 goals (Over 2.5)
31%
Clean sheets
1.34
Home goals / match
1.20
Away goals / match
+12%
Home attack advantage
+10%
Home defence advantage
+9%
Total home advantage
Goals in 1st half (whole league)
72%
1 goal
41%
2 goals
9%
3 goals
1%
4 goals
Goals in 2nd half (whole league)
81%
1 goal
33%
2 goals
13%
3 goals
1%
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. Cove RangersSubstitutionOn: David Didi EguaiborOff: Reuben McAllister
  2. East FifeSubstitutionOn: Liam NewtonOff: Alan Trouten
  3. Cove RangersSubstitutionOn: Jackson MylchreestOff: Lewis O'Donnell
  4. East FifeSubstitutionOn: Gregor NicolOff: Lewis Latona
  5. East FifeGoalGregor NicolAssist: Sam Culbert

Referee and managers

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

Head-to-head

Previous meeting: Cove Rangers 0 - 0 - 1 East Fife. Average goals 3.00, both teams scored in 0% matches.

East Fife FC
3 : 0
Cove Rangers FC

FAQ

What was the result of Cove Rangers vs East Fife?

The League One match finished Cove Rangers 0:1 East Fife. 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 East Fife?

Cove Rangers score 0.75 goals per game on average and East Fife 1.27. The League One average is 2.54 goals, with Over 2.5 landing in 53% of games. Both teams score in 38% of Cove Rangers's matches and 60% of East Fife's.

What form are Cove Rangers and East Fife in?

Over the last 5 games Cove Rangers have a 1-2-2 record (1.00 points per game) and East Fife 2-2-1 (1.60 points per game).

Where can I find a betting tip and analysis for Cove Rangers vs East Fife?

The statistical background for Cove Rangers vs East Fife — 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.