Cove Rangers 3:0 Peterhead: League One Match Result

Match report

Cove Rangers beat Peterhead 3-0 in the fourth round of League One's regular season on Saturday. The match finished with goals from J. Teasdale, J. White and E. Oppong, and it was enough to move the hosts off the bottom of the table. To be fair, the result came after a run of poor form that had seen them lose three of their last five games.

And here's the thing — the first real moment came forty-eight minutes in when Teasdale found the net. Before that, the game had been held together by yellow cards. Mercer picked one up at twenty-seven minutes, and Pawlett followed at the break. The visitors were creating space without taking advantage of it.

By then, Peterhead had made changes. Pawlett came off at sixty minutes, and Davies-Browne replaced someone at sixty-seven. The hosts kept their shape and waited. White equalled the scorer at eighty-three, and Oppong added a third at eighty-seven. Kerr and McAllister both went into the book at eighty-five and eighty-six, and Barry came on for the visitors at eighty-six minutes.

The numbers tell a story about control. Cove Rangers had sixty per cent possession against forty for Peterhead, but both sides registered similar attacks — ninety-six to ninety. The difference was in the finishing. Cove hit four shots on target with fifty-seven per cent accuracy, while Peterhead managed three on target at forty-three per cent. Three goalkeeper saves for the hosts, one for the visitors.

Eight points now separate the two sides in the table. Peterhead sit seventh with seven points from six games, while Cove move up to eighth with five points. The visitors had won two of their last five, including a 2-1 victory over East Fife on August fifteenth. The hosts had lost three in a row before this, including a 3-0 defeat by East Kilbride on the same date last week.

Prepared from match data

Key numbers

Possession, % 60 – 40

Shots on target 4 – 3

Shots off target 3 – 4

Attacks 96 – 90

🟨 27' J. Mercer — Yellow card 🟨 45+3' P. Pawlett — Yellow card ⚽ 48' J. Teasdale — Goal ⇄ 60' P. Pawlett — Substitution ⇄ 67' T. Davies-Browne — Substitution ⇄ 74' D. Strachan — Substitution ⇄ 80' J. Chalmers — Substitution ⇄ 80' C. Maguire — Substitution ⚽ 83' J. White — Goal 🟨 85' J. Kerr — Yellow card 🟨 86' R. McAllister — Yellow card ⇄ 86' M. Barry — Substitution ⚽ 87' E. Oppong — Goal ⇄ 90+1' J. Teasdale — Substitution

Match events

27' 0:0 Cove Rangers Yellow card J. Mercer
45+3' 0:0 Peterhead Yellow card P. Pawlett
48' 1:0 Cove Rangers Goal J. Teasdale assist: R. McAllister
60' 1:0 Peterhead Substitution P. Pawlett off: F. Mackie
67' 1:0 Peterhead Substitution T. Davies-Browne off: A. Carnwath
74' 1:0 Peterhead Substitution D. Strachan off: L. Carrol
80' 1:0 Cove Rangers Substitution J. Chalmers off: A. Francis-Burrell
80' 1:0 Cove Rangers Substitution C. Maguire off: D. Oladipo
83' 2:0 Cove Rangers Goal J. White assist: M. Barry
85' 2:0 Peterhead Yellow card J. Kerr
86' 2:0 Cove Rangers Yellow card R. McAllister
86' 2:0 Cove Rangers Substitution M. Barry off: E. Oppong
87' 3:0 Cove Rangers Goal E. Oppong assist: D. Oladipo
90+1' 3:0 Cove Rangers Substitution J. Teasdale off: A. Lindo

Statistics

60 Possession, % 40

4 Shots on target 3

3 Shots off target 4

0 Big chances 0

96 Attacks 90

3 Corners 4

14 Fouls 12

12 Free kicks 13

0 Offsides 0

2 Yellow cards 2

0 Red cards 0

11 Goal kicks 11

0 Throw-ins 0

All statistics

0 Blocked shots 0

3 Goalkeeper saves 1

0.57 Shot accuracy 0.43

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