Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Cowdenbeath & Airdrieonians face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the League Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
This football stadium has grass, unlike Airdrieonians's home stadium. The last 15 games by the guests on grass have ended with 4 wins, 5 draws and 6 losses.
Cowdenbeath form and stats
Last season their League Cup adventure ended in the group stage.Cowdenbeath's results here at Central Park in the League Two have been very modest with 3 victories, 5 draws and 10 defeats.
The Cowdenbeath regulars got no joy from their last match, also played here at Central Park: A 0-1 defeat against Albion Rovers.
In the preceding match a 4-1 victory visiting Elgin City.There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Cowdenbeath as they are travelling to their away game against Arbroath in the League Cup. That match is four days after this one.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Cowdenbeath here at Central Park in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (13 from 18 games). Cowdenbeath have conceded 21 in these home matches.
Airdrieonians form and stats
They also participated in League Cup last season. This ended in the group stage.Airdrieonians's previous game was their home loss versus Queen's Park (after extra-time) (1-2).
Ahead of that match was the Playoffs 2/3 away draw versus Queen's Park that ended 1-1.A quick return to home after this game, as Airdrieonians are hosting Edinburgh City in the League Cup only three days away.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - three - four (Cowdenbeath wins - draws - Airdrieonians wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.Cowdenbeath missing players
Airdrieonians missing players
| Cowdenbeath | Airdrieonians | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Won | W | 6 | 14 | ||
| 5 | 4 | Drew | D | 5 | 8 | ||
| 14 | 6 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | ||
| 19 | 7 | Scored | S | 22 | 51 | ||
| 31 | 11 | Conceded | C | 10 | 25 | ||
| 88% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 56% | 42% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 69% | 80% | ||
| 36% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 31% | 44% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 31% | 36% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 15% | 24% | ||
| 32% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 46% | 60% | ||
| 28% | 42% | Clean Sheets | C S | 38% | 32% | ||
| 52% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 15% | 8% | ||
| 4.1 | 5.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.3 | 5.1 | ||
| 5.2 | 3.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.4 | 4.9 | ||
| 2.4 | 2.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 1.6 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 7.3 | 8.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.7 | 11.8 | ||
| 2.6 | 2.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.2 | 5.5 | ||
| 29% | 22% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 37% | ||
| 10.6 | 9.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.5 | 9.7 | ||
| 4.4 | 3.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 4 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Airdrieonians | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Arbroath | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Cowdenbeath | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Edinburgh City | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | St. Mirren | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 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 |