Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Kilmarnock II & Cowdenbeath face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Challenge Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
Kilmarnock II and Cowdenbeath should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Kilmarnock II form and stats
Cowdenbeath form and stats
Cowdenbeath was sent out of Challenge Cup in the 2nd round last season.Cowdenbeath lost away at Rangers U21 (2-3) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick. A huge disappointment for Cowdenbeath in their last match (vs Rangers U21). Leading 2-0 the victory seemed almost certain, but a fascinating collapse turned everything around and in the end all was lost in a 2-3 defeat.
Ahead of that match was the Football League away draw versus Hearts U21 that ended 1-1.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 4 similar matches played by Cowdenbeath in our archives, and the results are: 1 win for Cowdenbeath, 1 draw and 2 defeats.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Dalbeattie Star in just four days.
It's a day of discovery for Cowdenbeath as they finally learn what impact all the hours of pre-season training, along with the changes in personnel, have had on their performance in an official game. It's never easy knowing what to expect based on friendly games, of which Cowdenbeath have played one with the results W0-D0-L1 (win-draw-lost). In these games Cowdenbeath has scored 0 goals and conceded 3 times.
Head 2 Head
Kilmarnock II missing players
Cowdenbeath missing players
| Kilmarnock II | Cowdenbeath | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 0 | 0 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Won | W | 3 | 4 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 9 | 16 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 14 | 19 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 27 | 42 | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 79% | 72% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 64% | 52% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 29% | 16% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 21% | 12% | ||
| 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 40% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 7% | 16% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 43% | 52% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.6 | 3.4 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.3 | 6.3 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 2.1 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5.5 | 6.2 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.8 | 1.9 | ||
| 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 36% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.2 | 10.4 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 4 | ||
