Football League - Lowland League match guide and stats: Edinburgh University welcome Cowdenbeath

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Competition: Scotland Football League - Lowland League
Competition: Sat 04.February
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: East Peffermill (1000 seats)

Crucial duel in the lower part of the Football League - Lowland League, with both Edinburgh University and Cowdenbeath suffering more angst than happiness. This fixture is a classic "six-pointer" with the hosting team positioned 18th and the guests in 16th position.

Insights:
  • Edinburgh University have the most conceded goals (97) in Football League - Lowland League
  • Cowdenbeath have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Edinburgh University form and stats

With 0 Football League - Lowland League wins, 1 draw and 11 defeats from their home games, Edinburgh University are certainly not brimming with confidence. There's also a terrible streak running regardless of playing venue as Edinburgh University have lost 15 games in a row.

Times are rough for the home team, having gone 530 minutes without scoring a league goal. Maskrey was the last player to find the net.

Edinburgh University are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-3 away versus Hearts U21.

Ahead of that match, Edinburgh University lost 0-3 at home to Civil Service Strollers.

Lots of goals and action? Who knows what will happen in this one, but we do know that 12 of the 13 most recent league matches with this side has had at least three goals.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Edinburgh here at East Peffermill in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (8 from 12 games). Edinburgh University's defense is seriously deficient as 47 goals have been conceded in these matches.

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Cowdenbeath form and stats

There's been little loot from Cowdenbeath's travels as they have only collected 4 points from 12 away games in the Football League - Lowland League. Cowdenbeath only have 1 win to counter their 10 defeats and 1 draw. It's all red in the travel logs of Cowdenbeath, having lost six matches in a row as the visiting team.

Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Cowdenbeath goalkeeper is eager to challenge this, with his 202 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.

Cowdenbeath go into this game after a win, the home game against Stirling University that ended 2-0. Yippee; their first three points in the league after six matches not winning.

A 0-0 draw was the result before that, hosting Tranent Juniors.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Cowdenbeath as they have only managed to score 10 times from 12 away games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

The two combatants have met before this season: Cowdenbeath - Edinburgh University 3-0. Head to head totals (for the preceeding two meetings): Edinburgh won zero games, zero matches ended with a draw and Cowdenbeath got two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / zero.

Edinburgh University missing players

Cowdenbeath missing players

Edinburgh University Cowdenbeath
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
25 12 3 Played P 2 12 23
2 0 0 Won W 0 1 6
1 1 1 Drew D 1 1 4
22 11 2 Lost L 1 10 13
18 8 1 Scored S 1 10 27
97 47 16 Conceded C 2 24 32
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 96%
96% 92% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 67% 70%
88% 83% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 58% 52%
72% 75% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 33% 22%
52% 58% 67% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 17% 13%
44% 50% 33% BTTS BTTS 50% 58% 43%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 8% 30%
56% 50% 67% Failed to Score F T 50% 33% 30%
 
3.5 4.7 3 Corners for (avg) C F 4 4.1 3.9
7.3 6.3 5.5 Corners against (avg) C A 8 5.4 5.9
0.8 1.2 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 3 2.9
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
7 6.3 3.5 Shots (avg) S ( 7 6.7 7
3 3.5 1.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 2.9 2.6
27% 14% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 15% 19%
 
16.1 12 13.5 Shots against (avg) S A 8 9.6 10
9.6 8 10 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 4.3 4.1
Key stats in Football League - Lowland League this season:
  • Cowdenbeath have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Cowdenbeath have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Cowdenbeath haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Edinburgh University have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
  • Edinburgh University have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Edinburgh University have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Edinburgh University have the fewest points (1) at home in Football League - Lowland League
  • Edinburgh University have the fewest scored goals (8) at home in Football League - Lowland League
  • Edinburgh University have the most conceded goals (47) at home in Football League - Lowland League
  • Edinburgh University have the most conceded goals (97) in Football League - Lowland League
  • Edinburgh University have the most conceded goals in the first half (22) in Football League - Lowland League
  • Edinburgh University have the most conceded goals in the second half (29) in Football League - Lowland League
  • Edinburgh University have the the worst goal difference (-39) at home in Football League - Lowland League
  • Edinburgh University have the the worst goal difference (-79) in Football League - Lowland League
  • Edinburgh University have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Edinburgh University have yet to win a game at home.
  • Edinburgh University haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Tranent Juniors 27 16 6 5 60 29 14 10 2 2 39 15 13 6 4 3 21 14 31 54
2 Spartans 26 16 5 5 57 29 13 9 3 1 35 13 13 7 2 4 22 16 28 53
3 Celtic II 25 16 4 5 74 36 13 9 1 3 46 20 12 7 3 2 28 16 38 52
4 Rangers U21 24 16 3 5 72 40 11 9 1 1 36 12 13 7 2 4 36 28 32 51
5 Stirling University 25 16 3 6 61 31 13 9 1 3 31 9 12 7 2 3 30 22 30 51
6 East Kilbride 25 13 5 7 55 37 13 6 3 4 28 16 12 7 2 3 27 21 18 44
7 Civil Service Strollers 26 12 6 8 47 35 12 7 3 2 23 13 14 5 3 6 24 22 12 42
8 BSC Glasgow 25 12 4 9 50 49 13 8 2 3 29 18 12 4 2 6 21 31 1 40
9 Gala Fairydean Rovers 26 12 3 11 47 55 12 5 1 6 22 26 14 7 2 5 25 29 -8 39
10 Bo'ness United 26 11 5 10 50 33 13 7 2 4 31 16 13 4 3 6 19 17 17 38
11 Berwick Rangers 26 11 5 10 41 45 12 7 4 1 22 12 14 4 1 9 19 33 -4 38
12 Edusport Academy 26 10 6 10 65 53 14 6 4 4 42 23 12 4 2 6 23 30 12 36
13 Hearts U21 24 8 7 9 53 40 12 5 4 3 27 16 12 3 3 6 26 24 13 31
14 Cumbernauld Colts 25 9 2 14 45 47 14 6 2 6 29 29 11 3 0 8 16 18 -2 29
15 Gretna 2008 24 8 1 15 33 58 13 6 0 7 20 27 11 2 1 8 13 31 -25 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 27 4 8 15 26 60 13 3 2 8 14 27 14 1 6 7 12 33 -34 20
18 Edinburgh University 25 2 1 22 18 97 12 0 1 11 8 47 13 2 0 11 10 50 -79 7
19 Dalbeattie Star 23 1 2 20 17 92 11 1 1 9 14 38 12 0 1 11 3 54 -75 5