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Cove Rangers vs Formartine: match report

Cove Rangers hosted Formartine United at Balmoral Stadium on Tuesday 13 October 2026, in the SPFL Challenge Cup (round 6).

Result and scorers

Cove Rangers 2-1 Formartine. Goals: Miller Keir 9' for Cove Rangers; Ackeme Francis-Burrell 28' for Cove Rangers; Rory McAllister 50' for Formartine. Attendance: 202.

Key moments (contains the result)
  • 9' Goal: Miller Keir (Cove Rangers)
  • 13' Yellow card: Liam Parker (Cove Rangers)
  • 28' Goal: Ackeme Francis-Burrell (Cove Rangers)
  • 50' Goal: Rory McAllister (Formartine)
  • 56' Yellow card: Finlay Murray (Formartine)
  • 71' Yellow card: Rory McAllister (Formartine)
  • 72' Yellow card: Joe Chalmers (Cove Rangers)

Line-ups

Cove Rangers 4-4-2

Coach: Paul Hartley

  1. 21 Balint Demus G
  2. 15 Arron Darge CD-L
  3. 32 Liam Parker CD-R
  4. 7 Ryan Harrington LB
  5. 2 Layton Bisland RB
  6. 8 Ackeme Francis-Burrell CM-L
  7. 14 Joe Chalmers CM-R
  8. 12 Miller Keir LM
  9. 18 Edimond Abisa Oppong RM
  10. 26 Jordan White CF-L
  11. 9 Destiny Oladipo CF-R

Bench

  • 77 Christopher Maguire SUB
  • 20 Aaron Fraser SUB
  • 1 Robbie Mutch SUB
  • 10 Max Barry SUB
  • 16 Mikey Milnes SUB

Formartine 4-5-1

Coach: Stuart Anderson

  1. 1 Stuart McKenzie G
  2. 4 Glenn Murison CD-L
  3. 5 Rhys Thomas CD-R
  4. 3 Christopher Parton LB
  5. 2 Finlay Murray RB
  6. 8 Jack Brown CM-L
  7. 6 Tyler Mykyta CM-R
  8. 10 Hamish Ritchie AM
  9. 11 Gafar Abari LM
  10. 9 Michael Dangana RM
  11. 7 Julian Wade F

Bench

  • 18 Victor Asekomeh SUB
  • 14 Conor Scully SUB
  • 21 Grant Corbett SUB
  • 15 Mark Lawrence SUB
  • 16 Luke Strachan SUB
  • 12 Rory McAllister SUB
  • 17 Aidan Mccormick SUB
  • 19 Finlay Morris SUB
Previous meetings
  • Tuesday 30 January 2018: Formartine United 0-2 Cove Rangers
  • Saturday 5 December 2015: Cove Rangers 4-1 Formartine United
  • Saturday 28 November 2015: Formartine United 1-1 Cove Rangers