Cove Rangers vs Hamilton

Scotland • League One • 2026/2027 • Round 14

Cove Rangers

15:007 November 2026

Hamilton

Match information

Country: Scotland
Competition: League One
Season: 2026/2027
Round: 14
Date: 7 November 2026
Kick-off: 15:00
Stadium: Balmoral Stadium

Prediction

Cove Rangers win4%

Draw16%

Hamilton win81%

Full prediction

Clubs

Cove Rangers

Founded: 1922
Country: Scotland
Stadium: Balmoral Stadium
City: Aberdeen
Capacity: 2 602
Surface: artificial turf

Hamilton

Founded: 1874
Country: Scotland
Stadium: Fountain of Youth Stadium
City: Hamilton
Capacity: 6 078
Surface: artificial turf

Recent form

Cove Rangers

WLDWL

Hamilton

WWWWD

Standings

#	Team	P	GD	Pts
1	Ross County	12	+36	32
2	Hamilton	12	+21	32
3	Montrose	12	-3	19
…
9	East Fife	12	-7	9
10	Cove Rangers	11	-9	6

Full standings

Head-to-head

29 August 2026 • League One • Hamilton 1 : 0 Cove Rangers (Half-time 1 : 0)
21 March 2026 • League One • Cove Rangers 2 : 2 Hamilton (Half-time 0 : 2)
24 January 2026 • League One • Hamilton 2 : 0 Cove Rangers (Half-time 0 : 0)
15 November 2025 • League One • Cove Rangers 2 : 1 Hamilton (Half-time 2 : 1)
30 August 2025 • League One • Hamilton 0 : 0 Cove Rangers (Half-time 0 : 0)

Full H2H

Match result probability

Cove Rangers win4%

Draw16%

Hamilton win81%

Estimated chances based on statistics; not a betting tip.

Double chance

1X: 19%
X2: 96%
12: 84%

Total goals

Over 1.5: 68%
Under 1.5: 32%
Over 2.5: 41%
Under 2.5: 59%
Over 3.5: 21%
Under 3.5: 79%

Both teams to score

Yes: 20%
No: 80%

Asian handicap

Handicap	Cove Rangers	Hamilton
+4.5 / -4.5	95%	5%
+3.5 / -3.5	87%	13%
+2.5 / -2.5	70%	30%
+1.5 / -1.5	45%	54%
+0.5 / -0.5	19%	81%
-0.5 / +0.5	4%	96%
-1.5 / +1.5	0%	100%
-2.5 / +2.5	0%	100%
-3.5 / +3.5	0%	100%
-4.5 / +4.5	0%	100%

Starting line-ups are announced about an hour before kick-off.

Coaches

Cove Rangers: Paul Hartley
Hamilton: John Rankin

Missing players

Hamilton

4Lee Kilday - injured
10Steven Bradley - injured

Squad - Cove Rangers

#	Player	Age
Goalkeepers
1	Robbie Mutch	28
21	Balint Demus	24
Defenders
2	Layton Bisland	22
3	Dylan Ross	18
4	Afonso Lindo	22
6	Jamie Mercer	19
7	Ryan Harrington	28
15	Arron Darge	23
32	Liam Parker	22
Midfielders
8	Ackeme Francis-Burrell	21
10	Max Barry	24
11	Reuben McAllister	20
14	Joe Chalmers	32
20	Aaron Fraser	17
22	Victor Enem	19
25	Mikey Milnes	19
Forwards
9	Destiny Oladipo	25
12	Miller Keir	19
16	Joseph Teasdale	18
18	Edimondo Oppong	21
26	Jordan White	34
77	Chris Maguire	37

Squad - Hamilton

#	Player	Age
Goalkeepers
1	Dean Lyness	35
12	Josh Lane	20
Defenders
2	Aaron Comrie	29
3	Tony Gallacher	27
4	Lee Kilday injured	34
5	Fergus Owens	23
8	Kyle MacDonald	26
14	Aiden McGinlay	19
15	Cian Newbury	21
16	Kai Smutek	20
22	Dominic Shiels	19
33	Stephen Hendrie	31
Midfielders
6	Cameron Blues	28
7	Dominic Thomas	30
17	Stuart Bannigan	34
18	Alistair Crawford	35
20	Joe McKay	20
21	Gregor Crookston	20
24	Aaron Eadie	-
Forwards
8	Findlay Cameron	-
10	Steven Bradley injured	24
11	Kalvin Orsi	29
16	Taylor Sutherland	20
18	Liam Morgan	20
27	Stuart McKinstry	24
28	Ben Black	20
29	Andy Ryan	32

Head-to-head

Last 10 meetings

Cove Rangers wins2

Draws3

Hamilton wins5

Goals: Cove Rangers: 7 (0.7)
Goals: Hamilton: 13 (1.3)
Goals per match: 2.0
Both teams scored: 4 / 10
Over 2.5 goals: 3 / 10

Results

29 August 2026 • League One • Hamilton 1 : 0 Cove Rangers (Half-time 1 : 0)
21 March 2026 • League One • Cove Rangers 2 : 2 Hamilton (Half-time 0 : 2)
24 January 2026 • League One • Hamilton 2 : 0 Cove Rangers (Half-time 0 : 0)
15 November 2025 • League One • Cove Rangers 2 : 1 Hamilton (Half-time 2 : 1)
30 August 2025 • League One • Hamilton 0 : 0 Cove Rangers (Half-time 0 : 0)
23 March 2024 • League One • Cove Rangers 1 : 3 Hamilton Academical (Half-time 0 : 1)
13 January 2024 • League One • Hamilton Academical 2 : 0 Cove Rangers (Half-time 1 : 0)
4 November 2023 • League One • Cove Rangers 1 : 0 Hamilton Academical (Half-time 0 : 0)
5 August 2023 • League One • Hamilton Academical 1 : 0 Cove Rangers (Half-time 1 : 0)
8 April 2023 • Championship • Hamilton Academical 1 : 1 Cove Rangers (Half-time 0 : 0)

Form: last 10 matches

	Cove Rangers	Hamilton
W-D-L	4-2-4	9-1-0
Scored (per match)	21 (2.1)	24 (2.4)
Conceded (per match)	15 (1.5)	5 (0.5)
Clean sheets	1 / 10	5 / 10
Both teams scored	7 / 10	5 / 10
Over 2.5 goals	6 / 10	7 / 10

Recent form - Cove Rangers

L17 October 2026 • League One • Peterhead 2 : 0 Cove Rangers (Half-time 0 : 0)
W13 October 2026 • Challenge Cup • Cove Rangers 2 : 1 Formartine Utd (Half-time 2 : 0)
D10 October 2026 • League One • Cove Rangers 1 : 1 East Fife (Half-time 1 : 0)
L3 October 2026 • League One • Queen of South 4 : 3 Cove Rangers (Half-time 2 : 0)
W26 September 2026 • Challenge Cup • Cove Rangers 2 : 1 Aberdeen B (Half-time 0 : 1)
W22 September 2026 • Challenge Cup • Fraserburgh 0 : 5 Cove Rangers (Half-time 0 : 2)
L19 September 2026 • League One • Cove Rangers 0 : 2 Ross County (Half-time 0 : 1)
L12 September 2026 • League One • Montrose 2 : 1 Cove Rangers (Half-time 1 : 0)
W8 September 2026 • Challenge Cup • Cove Rangers 6 : 1 Dumbarton (Half-time 2 : 1)
D5 September 2026 • League One • Cove Rangers 1 : 1 Alloa (Half-time 1 : 0)

Recent form - Hamilton

D27 October 2026 • League One • Ross County 1 : 1 Hamilton (Half-time 1 : 1)
W24 October 2026 • League One • Hamilton 2 : 1 East Fife (Half-time 1 : 0)
W17 October 2026 • League One • Airdrieonians 1 : 2 Hamilton (Half-time 0 : 1)
W13 October 2026 • Challenge Cup • Gala Fairydean 0 : 2 Hamilton (Half-time 0 : 1)
W10 October 2026 • League One • Alloa 0 : 3 Hamilton (Half-time 0 : 3)
W3 October 2026 • League One • Hamilton 2 : 1 Peterhead (Half-time 0 : 0)
W26 September 2026 • Challenge Cup • Hamilton 3 : 0 Kilmarnock B (Half-time 2 : 0)
W23 September 2026 • Challenge Cup • Hamilton 1 : 0 Cowdenbeath (Half-time 0 : 0)
W19 September 2026 • League One • Hamilton 4 : 1 Queen of South (Half-time 3 : 1)
W8 September 2026 • Challenge Cup • Spartans 0 : 4 Hamilton (Half-time 0 : 1)

Standings

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Ross County	12	10	2	0	43	7	+36	32
2	Hamilton	12	10	2	0	26	5	+21	32
3	Montrose	12	6	1	5	17	20	-3	19
4	East Kilbride	11	5	3	3	20	15	+5	18
5	Airdrieonians	12	3	4	5	10	19	-9	13
6	Queen of South	12	4	1	7	13	34	-21	13
7	Alloa	12	3	3	6	12	14	-2	12
8	Peterhead	12	3	1	8	9	20	-11	10
9	East Fife	12	1	6	5	9	16	-7	9
10	Cove Rangers	11	1	3	7	9	18	-9	6

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Hamilton	6	6	0	0	14	3	+11	18
2	Ross County	6	5	1	0	23	3	+20	16
3	Montrose	6	4	0	2	10	12	-2	12
4	East Kilbride	6	3	2	1	14	6	+8	11
5	Airdrieonians	6	2	2	2	5	6	-1	8
6	Queen of South	6	2	1	3	8	15	-7	7
7	Cove Rangers	5	1	3	1	5	4	+1	6
8	Peterhead	6	2	0	4	5	8	-3	6
9	Alloa	6	1	2	3	5	7	-2	5
10	East Fife	6	1	2	3	5	10	-5	5

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Ross County	6	5	1	0	20	4	+16	16
2	Hamilton	6	4	2	0	12	2	+10	14
3	Alloa	6	2	1	3	7	7	0	7
4	Montrose	6	2	1	3	7	8	-1	7
5	East Kilbride	5	2	1	2	6	9	-3	7
6	Queen of South	6	2	0	4	5	19	-14	6
7	Airdrieonians	6	1	2	3	5	13	-8	5
8	East Fife	6	0	4	2	4	6	-2	4
9	Peterhead	6	1	1	4	4	12	-8	4
10	Cove Rangers	6	0	0	6	4	14	-10	0

Top scorers

#	Player	Team	Goals	Pen.
1	E. O'Reilly	Stenhousemuir	4	2
2	C. Smith	Hamilton Academical	4	0
3	R. Lyon	Queen of the South	3	0
4	D. Devine	Alloa Athletic	3	0
5	K. Shanks	Peterhead	3	1
6	O. Shaw	Hamilton Academical	3	1
7	A. Quinn	Montrose	2	0
8	C. MacLeod	Inverness CT	2	0
9	L. Longstaff	Inverness CT	2	0
10	K. Kennedy	Queen of the South	2	0
11	K. Roberts	Alloa Athletic	2	0
12	Jason Brown	Peterhead	2	0
13	A. Munro	East Fife	2	0
14	N. Austin	East Fife	2	0
15	R. Jones	East Fife	2	0