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Cove Rangers
Scottish Championship Playoffs | Final | 1st Leg
May 14, 2025 at 8.10pm UK
Balmoral Stadium
Airdrieonians

Cove Rangers
1 - 2
Airdrieonians

McGrattan (35' og.)
Glass (44')
FT(HT: 1-1)
McDonald (16'), Strapp (63')
McGrattan (50')
Coverage of the Scottish Championship Playoffs Final clash between Cove Rangers and Airdrieonians.

Form, Standings, Stats

Last Game: Cove Rangers 2-1 QotS
Saturday, May 10 at 3pm in Scottish Championship Playoffs
Last Game: Airdrieonians 2-1 Stenhousemuir
Saturday, May 10 at 3pm in Scottish Championship Playoffs

Data Analysis

Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Cove Rangers win with a probability of 38.18%. A win for Airdrieonians had a probability of 36.38% and a draw had a probability of 25.4%.

The most likely scoreline for a Cove Rangers win was 1-0 with a probability of 8.82%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-1 (8.44%) and 2-0 (6.19%). The likeliest Airdrieonians win was 0-1 (8.57%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (12.02%). The actual scoreline of 1-2 was predicted with an 8.2% likelihood.

Result
Cove RangersDrawAirdrieonians
38.18%25.45%36.38%
Both teams to score 56.15% (0.0019999999999953 0)
Goals
Over 2.5Under 2.5
52.28% (0.0030000000000001 0)47.72% (-0.0030000000000001 -0)
Over 3.5Under 3.5
30.09% (0.0019999999999989 0)69.91% (-0.0030000000000001 -0)
Cove Rangers Goals
Over 0.5Under 0.5
75.43% (0.0020000000000095 0)24.57% (-0.0010000000000012 -0)
Over 1.5Under 1.5
40.94% (0.0019999999999953 0)59.06% (-0.0030000000000001 -0)
Airdrieonians Goals
Over 0.5Under 0.5
74.44% (0.0019999999999953 0)25.56% (-0.0010000000000012 -0)
Over 1.5Under 1.5
39.57% (0.0019999999999953 0)60.43% (-0.0019999999999953 -0)
Score Analysis
    Cove Rangers 38.18%
    Airdrieonians 36.38%
    Draw 25.44%
Cove RangersDrawAirdrieonians
1-0 @ 8.82% (-0.0010000000000012 -0)
2-1 @ 8.44%
2-0 @ 6.19%
3-1 @ 3.95%
3-0 @ 2.9%
3-2 @ 2.69%
4-1 @ 1.39% (0.00099999999999989 0)
4-0 @ 1.02%
4-2 @ 0.95%
Other @ 1.85%
Total : 38.18%
1-1 @ 12.02%
0-0 @ 6.28%
2-2 @ 5.76%
3-3 @ 1.23% (0.0010000000000001 0)
Other @ 0.16%
Total : 25.44%
0-1 @ 8.57% (-0.00099999999999945 -0)
1-2 @ 8.2%
0-2 @ 5.84%
1-3 @ 3.73%
0-3 @ 2.66%
2-3 @ 2.62%
1-4 @ 1.27%
0-4 @ 0.91%
Other @ 2.58%
Total : 36.38%

How you voted: Cove Rangers vs Airdrieonians

Cove Rangers
57.1%
Draw
0.0%
Airdrieonians
42.9%
7
Head to Head
Mar 26, 2022 3pm
Gameweek 31
Airdrieonians
1-1
Cove Rangers
McGill (2')
Agnew (77'), Paterson (83'), Frizzell (87')
Fyvie (90+3')
Megginson (25'), Ross (74')
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Airdrieonians
0-2
Cove Rangers

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Megginson (79'), Fyvie (83')
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Fordyce (55'), Turner (64'), Gallagher (68'), McKay (112')
Megginson (15'), McAllister (90+2')
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