This has the looks of quite the exciting battle at Central Park in the Football League - Lowland League. Cowdenbeath is in 16th position and receive Gala Fairydean Rovers in 1st place. Read about the game here!
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Cowdenbeath form and stats
In the previous season, Cowdenbeath's league stats were 7 wins, 8 draws and 21 losses, producing 10th place in the League Two. During these 36 matches they scored 28 goals and let in 49. Playing as the home side in the previous season Cowdenbeath produced 3-5-10 (win-draw-lost) with 13 goals and 21 conceded.
The Cowdenbeath crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-3 to BSC Glasgow here at Central Park.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Celtic II (1-3).The manager Ross will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Hearts U21 in only four days.
Gala Fairydean Rovers form and stats
Four points from two away games for Gala Fairydean Rovers, meaning one draw and one victory in the Football League - Lowland League so far.
It's the second away game in a row for Fairydean, but there's smiles all around after the 3-1 victory versus Civil Service Strollers (placed 10th) last time out.
Preceding that game, the 2-2 draw paying a visit to Edusport Academy.The schedule is very tough for Gala Fairydean Rovers now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Football League - Lowland League game at Edinburgh University is waiting in only three days.
It's early days yet, but Gala Fairydean Rovers has scored 5 and conceded 3 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).
Head 2 Head
Cowdenbeath missing players
Gala Fairydean Rovers missing players
| Cowdenbeath | Gala Fairydean Rovers | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 8 | 8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 75% | 75% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Cowdenbeath | Last season | Gala Fairydean Rovers | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 36 | 18 | Played | P | 17 | 34 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Won | W | 6 | 11 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Drew | D | 4 | 4 | ||
| 21 | 10 | Lost | L | 7 | 19 | ||
| 28 | 13 | Scored | S | 31 | 54 | ||
| 49 | 21 | Conceded | C | 28 | 66 | ||
| 92% | 83% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 94% | 97% | ||
| 64% | 56% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 88% | 91% | ||
| 36% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 65% | 76% | ||
| 17% | 17% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 41% | 41% | ||
| 6% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 24% | 21% | ||
| 42% | 44% | BTTS | BTTS | 59% | 65% | ||
| 19% | 28% | Clean Sheets | C S | 29% | 15% | ||
| 47% | 44% | Failed to Score | F T | 18% | 24% | ||
| 4.1 | 4.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 4.9 | ||
| 4.9 | 3.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.3 | 5.3 | ||
| 2.2 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.1 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 7.8 | 8.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.2 | 9.9 | ||
| 2.8 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 4 | ||
| 27% | 24% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 25% | ||
| 10.3 | 9.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.2 | 11.2 | ||
| 4.1 | 3.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.6 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Gala Fairydean Rovers | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 4 |
| 2 | Hearts U21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 |
| 3 | Bo'ness United | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | Celtic II | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | Edinburgh University | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | Stirling University | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | BSC Glasgow | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | East Kilbride | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | Rangers U21 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | Civil Service Strollers | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| 11 | Edusport Academy | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | East Stirlingshire | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Gretna 2008 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 14 | Tranent Juniors | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 15 | Spartans | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 16 | Cowdenbeath | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 0 |
| 17 | Dalbeattie Star | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 18 | Cumbernauld Colts | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 0 |
| 19 | Berwick Rangers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | -6 | 0 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Kelty Hearts | 36 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 68 | 28 | 18 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 36 | 12 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 32 | 16 | 40 | 81 |
| 2 | Forfar Athletic | 36 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 57 | 36 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 34 | 17 | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 23 | 19 | 21 | 60 |
| 3 | Annan Athletic | 36 | 18 | 5 | 13 | 64 | 51 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 33 | 29 | 18 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 31 | 22 | 13 | 59 |
| 4 | Edinburgh City | 36 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 43 | 49 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 23 | 25 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 24 | -6 | 52 |
| 5 | Stenhousemuir | 36 | 13 | 10 | 13 | 47 | 46 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 22 | 27 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 25 | 19 | 1 | 49 |
| 6 | Stranraer | 36 | 13 | 8 | 15 | 50 | 54 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 26 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 32 | 28 | -4 | 47 |
| 7 | Stirling Albion | 36 | 11 | 9 | 16 | 41 | 46 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 22 | 26 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 19 | 20 | -5 | 42 |
| 8 | Albion Rovers | 36 | 10 | 9 | 17 | 37 | 58 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 26 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 20 | 32 | -21 | 39 |
| 9 | Elgin City | 36 | 9 | 10 | 17 | 33 | 51 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 20 | 21 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 30 | -18 | 37 |
| 10 | Cowdenbeath | 36 | 7 | 8 | 21 | 28 | 49 | 18 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 21 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 15 | 28 | -21 | 29 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic | 34 | 28 | 3 | 3 | 92 | 28 | 17 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 51 | 16 | 17 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 41 | 12 | 64 | 87 |
| 2 | Rangers U21 | 34 | 24 | 1 | 9 | 105 | 42 | 17 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 66 | 23 | 17 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 39 | 19 | 63 | 73 |
| 3 | Celtic II | 34 | 23 | 4 | 7 | 82 | 30 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 33 | 13 | 17 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 49 | 17 | 52 | 73 |
| 4 | East Kilbride | 34 | 22 | 5 | 7 | 92 | 40 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 26 | 18 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 66 | 22 | 52 | 71 |
| 5 | Spartans | 34 | 20 | 6 | 8 | 69 | 45 | 17 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 37 | 22 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 32 | 23 | 24 | 66 |
| 6 | East Stirlingshire | 34 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 61 | 36 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 23 | 18 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 38 | 18 | 25 | 56 |
| 7 | Civil Service Strollers | 34 | 17 | 5 | 12 | 66 | 53 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 36 | 21 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 30 | 32 | 13 | 56 |
| 8 | Berwick Rangers | 34 | 17 | 3 | 14 | 75 | 46 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 43 | 22 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 32 | 24 | 29 | 54 |
| 9 | Edusport Academy | 34 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 69 | 48 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 32 | 25 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 37 | 23 | 21 | 53 |
| 10 | Stirling University | 34 | 13 | 6 | 15 | 66 | 68 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 30 | 29 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 36 | 39 | -2 | 45 |
| 11 | Bo'ness United | 34 | 13 | 6 | 15 | 54 | 60 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 25 | 34 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 29 | 26 | -6 | 45 |
| 12 | Dalbeattie Star | 34 | 14 | 1 | 19 | 53 | 65 | 17 | 8 | 0 | 9 | 30 | 29 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 23 | 36 | -12 | 43 |
| 13 | Gala Fairydean Rovers | 34 | 11 | 4 | 19 | 54 | 66 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 23 | 38 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 31 | 28 | -12 | 37 |
| 14 | Cumbernauld Colts | 34 | 10 | 5 | 19 | 53 | 73 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 29 | 37 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 24 | 36 | -20 | 35 |
| 15 | BSC Glasgow | 34 | 10 | 4 | 20 | 42 | 66 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 21 | 31 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 21 | 35 | -24 | 34 |
| 16 | Edinburgh University | 34 | 8 | 7 | 19 | 54 | 92 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 27 | 47 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 27 | 45 | -38 | 31 |
| 17 | Gretna 2008 | 34 | 2 | 5 | 27 | 36 | 109 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 18 | 56 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 18 | 53 | -73 | 11 |
| 18 | Vale of Leithen | 34 | 1 | 2 | 31 | 10 | 166 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 98 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 4 | 68 | -156 | 5 |