Cove Rangers (Home)
- Cove Rangers are on a two-game tie streak, after holding out for a 2-2 away tie at Alloa Athletic and following up with a 1-1 home tie against Queen of the South at the weekend.
- Cove Rangers now sit 9th in League One 2025/2026 after 23 games, picking up 19 points.
- Cove have won just one of their 11 home games in the division (D4, L6), averaging just 0.64 goals per game at home.
Montrose (Away)
- Montrose, meanwhile, are attempting to break into the League One playoff spots, and currently sit 5th in the 2025/2026 standings, having picked up 28 points from 22 games.
- Stewart Petrie’s team are a well-organised and compact unit who like to sit in a mid-block before springing into life when they can do so on the counter or from set pieces.
Head-to-Head
Cove Rangers have failed to win either of their last two home meetings with Montrose .
Key Players
- Mitchell Megginson is the hosts’ most dangerous player, with Megginson netting eight League One goals in 19 appearances, three of which have come in Cove’s last four games.
- Callum Sandilands is Montrose’s sharpest player so far this term, having netted five times in 22 League One appearances.
- He will need to be closely marked in this game, particularly as Taylor Sutherland has hit the net four times in Montrose’s last four, turning his team into a genuine threat going forward.
