Victories have not come easily for Cowdenbeath so far, and the same description fits Hearts U21. These brave battlers pray for some much needed points here.
- Cowdenbeath have the fewest conceded goals (8) at home in Football League - Lowland League
- Hearts U21 have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (7) in Football League - Lowland League
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Cowdenbeath form and stats
Cowdenbeath have played 11 Football League - Lowland League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 5-3-3 (wins-draws-losses). When Cowdenbeath hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like East Stirlingshire, Cowdenbeath, Gretna 2008, Edinburgh University, Cumbernauld Colts and Dalbeattie Star), they have won 4 of 5 matches!
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper not having conceded a league goal in 202 minutes.
Cowdenbeath's last game was hosting Stirling University (placed 5th) and winning 2-0. A huge relief, as that was the first league win after failing to win six consecutive matches.
The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 0-0 versus Tranent Juniors.A decent goal production from Cowdenbeath in their home games so far, with 17 goals from 11 league matches. Cowdenbeath are not conceding a lot of goals here at Central Park in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 8 from 11 matches.
Hearts U21 form and stats
There's been little loot from Hearts U21's travels as they have only collected 12 points from 12 away games in the Football League - Lowland League. Hearts U21 only have 3 wins to counter their 6 defeats and 3 draws. When Hearts U21 is visiting a side on the bottom half, they have won 2 of 3 matches. East Stirlingshire, Gretna 2008, Edinburgh University, Cumbernauld Colts, Dalbeattie Star and Hearts U21 is teams we like to compare Cowdenbeath with.
Hearts U21 has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Berwick Rangers for a 1-1 draw.
Prior to that match, a home win 2-1 against Cumbernauld Colts.Take note that 10 of this side's 12 most recent league fixtures have ended with three or more goals.
The Hearts manager Naismith has got the team scoring on the road, with 26 away goals in 12 league matches. When Hearts U21 is visiting a side on the bottom half, 2 of 3 matches have ended with three or more goals. These are matches against East Stirlingshire, Gretna 2008, Edinburgh University, Cumbernauld Colts, Dalbeattie Star and Hearts U21.
Head 2 Head
The two teams involved played each other before this match year: Hearts U21 - Cowdenbeath 1-1. Head-2-head stats last two meetings: zero - one - one (Cowdenbeath wins - draws - Hearts U21 wins). As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one had two or less.
Cowdenbeath missing players
Hearts U21 missing players
| Cowdenbeath | Hearts U21 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 11 | 5 | Played | P | 3 | 12 | 23 |
| 6 | 5 | 4 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 13 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 6 | 9 |
| 27 | 17 | 13 | Scored | S | 12 | 26 | 50 |
| 32 | 8 | 1 | Conceded | C | 2 | 24 | 40 |
| 96% | 91% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 96% |
| 70% | 73% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 92% | 91% |
| 52% | 45% | 60% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 67% | 70% |
| 22% | 9% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 58% | 57% |
| 13% | 9% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 58% | 48% |
| 43% | 27% | 20% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 75% | 74% |
| 30% | 55% | 80% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 17% | 22% |
| 30% | 27% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 8% | 9% |
| 3.9 | 2 | 2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.5 | 6.7 | 6.1 |
| 5.9 | 9 | 9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 5.8 | 5.4 |
| 2.9 | 2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 2.2 | 2.4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | 9 | 9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.5 | 9.8 | 9.9 |
| 2.6 | 1 | 1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 7 | 6.2 | 6.1 |
| 19% | 100% | 100% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 79% | 49% | 47% |
| 10 | 13 | 13 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6 | 10.5 | 10 |
| 4.1 | 3 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 6.3 | 6 |
- Cowdenbeath have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won at home.
- Cowdenbeath have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Cowdenbeath have the fewest conceded goals (8) at home in Football League - Lowland League
- Cowdenbeath have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- Hearts U21 have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (7) in Football League - Lowland League
- Hearts U21 haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Rangers U21 | 24 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 72 | 40 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 36 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 36 | 28 | 32 | 51 |
| 2 | Tranent Juniors | 25 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 55 | 27 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 35 | 15 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 28 | 51 |
| 3 | Spartans | 25 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 52 | 28 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 30 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 16 | 24 | 50 |
| 4 | Celtic II | 23 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 70 | 33 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 44 | 19 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 14 | 37 | 48 |
| 5 | Stirling University | 24 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 55 | 30 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 31 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 21 | 25 | 48 |
| 6 | East Kilbride | 24 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 53 | 35 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 26 | 14 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 27 | 21 | 18 | 43 |
| 7 | Civil Service Strollers | 25 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 47 | 35 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 24 | 22 | 12 | 41 |
| 8 | BSC Glasgow | 25 | 12 | 4 | 9 | 50 | 49 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 29 | 18 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 21 | 31 | 1 | 40 |
| 9 | Bo'ness United | 25 | 11 | 4 | 10 | 50 | 33 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 31 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 17 | 17 | 37 |
| 10 | Edusport Academy | 25 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 64 | 48 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 42 | 23 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 25 | 16 | 36 |
| 11 | Gala Fairydean Rovers | 25 | 11 | 3 | 11 | 46 | 55 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 21 | 26 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 25 | 29 | -9 | 36 |
| 12 | Berwick Rangers | 24 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 34 | 41 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 12 | 29 | -7 | 34 |
| 13 | Hearts U21 | 23 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 50 | 40 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 26 | 24 | 10 | 28 |
| 14 | Cumbernauld Colts | 23 | 9 | 1 | 13 | 42 | 43 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 26 | 26 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 16 | 17 | -1 | 28 |
| 15 | Gretna 2008 | 23 | 8 | 1 | 14 | 33 | 54 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 20 | 27 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 27 | -21 | 25 |
| 16 | Cowdenbeath | 23 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 27 | 32 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 24 | -5 | 22 |
| 17 | East Stirlingshire | 26 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 25 | 56 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 23 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 33 | -31 | 20 |
| 18 | Edinburgh University | 24 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 18 | 94 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 47 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 47 | -76 | 7 |
| 19 | Dalbeattie Star | 22 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 16 | 86 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 13 | 32 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 54 | -70 | 5 |
