Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Cowdenbeath & Hearts face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the League Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
It's no vacation for neither Cowdenbeath nor Hearts as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Cowdenbeath form and stats
Cowdenbeath was eliminated in the group stage last season in the League Cup.Cowdenbeath have performed here at Bayview Stadium this season with 10 wins from 14 League Two matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 2 games and lost 2.
Heartbreak before that as Cowdenbeath lost 2-3 at Elgin City's place.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Cowdenbeath as they are travelling to their away game against Inverness CT in the League Cup. That match is three days after this one.
A decent goal production from Cowdenbeath in their home games so far, with 23 goals from 14 league matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only -1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. 15 goals have been conceded. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only -1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Hearts form and stats
Last season their League Cup adventure ended in the semi-finals.Ahead of that game was the 1-1 draw at home against Motherwell in the Premiership.
After this away game Hearts return home for a League Cup game against Raith Rovers. That game is only three sleeps after this.
Head 2 Head
Cowdenbeath-Hearts H2H statistics last six meetings regardless of arena: Cowdenbeath zero wins, Hearts six wins, zero draws. four of these six matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Cowdenbeath missing players
Hearts missing players
| Cowdenbeath | Hearts | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 7 | Won | W | 2 | 8 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 6 | ||
| 10 | 2 | Lost | L | 7 | 11 | ||
| 30 | 18 | Scored | S | 8 | 31 | ||
| 33 | 14 | Conceded | C | 24 | 40 | ||
| 88% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 91% | 96% | ||
| 68% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 64% | 72% | ||
| 52% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 64% | 48% | ||
| 32% | 42% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 36% | 32% | ||
| 12% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 27% | 24% | ||
| 48% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 27% | 40% | ||
| 32% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 18% | 24% | ||
| 32% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 64% | 40% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.8 | 2.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 1.9 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 179 | 84 | Total Shots | T S | 72 | 264 | ||
| 82 | 44 | Shots on Target | S O | 24 | 107 | ||
| 37% | 41% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 27% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | East Fife | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | Hearts | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Inverness CT | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 5 | Cowdenbeath | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 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 | Cove Rangers | 28 | 22 | 2 | 4 | 76 | 34 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 7 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 39 | 27 | 42 | 68 |
| 2 | Edinburgh City | 27 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 49 | 28 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 28 | 9 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 19 | 21 | 55 |
| 3 | Elgin City | 28 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 48 | 34 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 30 | 19 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 15 | 14 | 43 |
| 4 | Cowdenbeath | 27 | 12 | 5 | 10 | 37 | 35 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 20 | 2 | 41 |
| 5 | Queen's Park | 28 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 37 | 35 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 21 | 17 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 18 | 2 | 40 |
| 6 | Stirling Albion | 28 | 10 | 6 | 12 | 34 | 35 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 21 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 14 | -1 | 36 |
| 7 | Annan Athletic | 27 | 9 | 4 | 14 | 33 | 54 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 22 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 9 | 32 | -21 | 31 |
| 8 | Stenhousemuir | 28 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 32 | 48 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 29 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 19 | -16 | 29 |
| 9 | Albion Rovers | 26 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 37 | 51 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 23 | 23 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 28 | -14 | 24 |
| 10 | Brechin City | 27 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 31 | 60 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 25 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 19 | 35 | -29 | 17 |