Cowdenbeath vs Tranent Juniors match preview

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Competition: Scotland Football League - Lowland League
Competition: Sat 31.December
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Central Park (4370 seats)

The visiting Tranent Juniors side are thought to be odds-on favourites at Cowdenbeath, as the away side hold a 26 point lead from their 21 league matches this season.

Insights:
  • Cowdenbeath have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won at home.
  • Tranent Juniors have the fewest conceded goals (23) in Football League - Lowland League

Both participants have had sufficient rest since their last game. Let's hope for an animated game!

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Cowdenbeath form and stats

4 victories, 2 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what Cowdenbeath have to build on here at Central Park in the Football League - Lowland League. It's trouble wherever Cowdenbeath are playing these days as they have suffered four straight defeats now, regardless of arena. They really need to get back to winning ways.

Cowdenbeath lost their last game at Bo'ness United (placed 9th) after a 1-3 scoreline.

Prior to that, an away loss at BSC Glasgow.

A decent goal production from Cowdenbeath in their home games so far, with 15 goals from 9 league matches. Cowdenbeath have only conceded 8 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Tranent Juniors form and stats

The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 5 wins, 3 draws and only 1 loss in the Football League - Lowland League.

Tranent Juniors won their last game, 8-0 versus Edinburgh University played at home. As mentioned above, Tranent Juniors was the only team on the pitch versus Edinburgh University in their previous game, winning 8-0. This could be a tougher task.

A home win before that, celebrating 2-1 vs Cumbernauld Colts.

Goal hungry football fans should note that 11 of this team's 14 most recent league rounds have ended with at least three goals.

The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The Football League - Lowland League trip to Berwick Rangers.

Tranent Juniors are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 17 times in 9 away games so far.

Head 2 Head

Cowdenbeath and Tranent Juniors have played each other previously this season: Tranent Juniors - Cowdenbeath 4-2. One of the profiles has been Miller with 2 goals scored against Cowdenbeath in these 1 games.

Cowdenbeath missing players

Tranent Juniors missing players

Cowdenbeath Tranent Juniors
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
21 9 1 Played P 6 9 21
5 4 0 Won W 4 5 13
3 2 0 Drew D 1 3 5
13 3 1 Lost L 1 1 3
25 15 0 Scored S 14 17 49
32 8 1 Conceded C 8 9 23
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 89% 90%
71% 78% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 89% 81%
57% 56% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 83% 56% 67%
24% 11% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 33% 48%
14% 11% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 22% 33%
48% 33% 0% BTTS BTTS 83% 67% 62%
24% 44% 0% Clean Sheets C S 17% 33% 33%
29% 22% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 11% 14%
 
3.9 2 0 Corners for (avg) C F 6.8 6.8 6
5.9 9 0 Corners against (avg) C A 2.8 2.4 3
2.9 2 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2.2 2.6
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
7 9 0 Shots (avg) S ( 9.2 9.8 11.3
2.6 1 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.8 4.8 5.9
19% 100% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 42% 33% 39%
 
10 13 0 Shots against (avg) S A 7 6.6 7
4.1 3 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 3.2 4.3
Key stats in Football League - Lowland League this season:
  • Cowdenbeath have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won at home.
  • Cowdenbeath have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • Cowdenbeath haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Tranent Juniors have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Tranent Juniors have the fewest conceded goals (23) in Football League - Lowland League
  • Tranent Juniors have the fewest conceded goals (9) away in Football League - Lowland League
  • Tranent Juniors have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded 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 20 14 3 3 60 30 9 7 1 1 27 10 11 7 2 2 33 20 30 45
2 Tranent Juniors 21 13 5 3 49 23 12 8 2 2 32 14 9 5 3 1 17 9 26 44
3 East Kilbride 21 13 3 5 52 31 10 6 1 3 25 12 11 7 2 2 27 19 21 42
4 Spartans 21 12 4 5 45 25 9 6 2 1 24 9 12 6 2 4 21 16 20 40
5 Celtic II 19 12 3 4 56 27 9 6 1 2 33 13 10 6 2 2 23 14 29 39
6 Stirling University 19 12 3 4 45 25 10 7 1 2 25 6 9 5 2 2 20 19 20 39
7 Civil Service Strollers 21 11 5 5 43 27 11 7 2 2 23 13 10 4 3 3 20 14 16 38
8 BSC Glasgow 21 11 2 8 44 41 12 8 2 2 29 15 9 3 0 6 15 26 3 35
9 Bo'ness United 21 9 4 8 46 29 12 6 2 4 30 16 9 3 2 4 16 13 17 31
10 Edusport Academy 21 8 6 7 46 42 11 5 4 2 28 17 10 3 2 5 18 25 4 30
11 Gala Fairydean Rovers 21 9 3 9 39 47 9 3 1 5 19 22 12 6 2 4 20 25 -8 30
12 Berwick Rangers 19 8 3 8 29 35 9 5 3 1 18 10 10 3 0 7 11 25 -6 27
13 Hearts U21 21 6 6 9 47 38 10 3 4 3 22 15 11 3 2 6 25 23 9 24
14 Cumbernauld Colts 19 6 1 12 36 41 10 3 1 6 21 26 9 3 0 6 15 15 -5 19
15 Gretna 2008 20 6 1 13 30 52 11 4 0 7 17 27 9 2 1 6 13 25 -22 19
16 Cowdenbeath 21 5 3 13 25 32 9 4 2 3 15 8 12 1 1 10 10 24 -7 18
17 East Stirlingshire 22 3 8 11 22 48 11 2 2 7 11 22 11 1 6 4 11 26 -26 17
18 Edinburgh University 21 2 1 18 18 85 10 0 1 9 8 40 11 2 0 9 10 45 -67 7
19 Dalbeattie Star 19 1 2 16 15 69 10 1 1 8 13 32 9 0 1 8 2 37 -54 5