Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Cowdenbeath & Montrose face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the League Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
Montrose play their home games on artifical turf, while this game will take place on grass. Relevant stats for Montrose when playing on grass are 5 wins, 6 draws and 3 defeats from 14 matches. They have managed to score {18 goals} and conceded 17 times in these fixtures.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Cowdenbeath form and stats
Cowdenbeath participated in League Cup the last season, where they reached the group stage.The Cowdenbeath boss Elliot and his side return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Arbroath in the League Cup.
Before that, a loss in the away fixture against Forfar Athletic in the League Cup.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the League Cup game versus St. Mirren in only three days. This game is also played here at Central Park.
Montrose form and stats
They also participated in League Cup last season. This ended in the group stage.Playing away, Montrose have won 5 games, drawn 4 and suffered 9 defeats in the League One this season.
This match can not go any worse than the last one, a League Cup home defeat versus Forfar Athletic with 1-2 on the scoreboard.
Before that, the victory at home against St. Mirren in the League Cup (1-0).
Montrose find the net regularly in their away games. 19 goals from 18 away fixtures in the league. Montrose struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 29 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
Montrose have managed a streak of 6 consecutive matches without defeat (5-1-0) when facing Cowdenbeath.Cowdenbeath missing players
Montrose missing players
| Cowdenbeath | Montrose | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 10 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Won | W | 3 | 8 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 15 | 6 | Lost | L | 5 | 12 | ||
| 31 | 11 | Scored | S | 13 | 37 | ||
| 38 | 19 | Conceded | C | 17 | 47 | ||
| 92% | 90% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 91% | 96% | ||
| 72% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 82% | 84% | ||
| 56% | 70% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 64% | 72% | ||
| 32% | 40% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 27% | 44% | ||
| 16% | 10% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 9% | 20% | ||
| 44% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 64% | 68% | ||
| 28% | 30% | Clean Sheets | C S | 9% | 16% | ||
| 36% | 30% | Failed to Score | F T | 36% | 20% | ||
| 2.2 | 2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.4 | 5.3 | ||
| 2.5 | 2.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.1 | 4.5 | ||
| 1.3 | 0.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 5.5 | 6.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.9 | 10.1 | ||
| 2.9 | 3.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.1 | 3.8 | ||
| 44% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 39% | ||
| 5.2 | 3.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.5 | 11.3 | ||
| 2.2 | 2.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.8 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Forfar Athletic | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 2 | Montrose | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | Cowdenbeath | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 2 |
| 4 | Arbroath | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | St. Mirren | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 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 | Dunfermline Athletic | 36 | 23 | 12 | 1 | 63 | 21 | 18 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 30 | 10 | 18 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 33 | 11 | 42 | 81 |
| 2 | Falkirk | 36 | 19 | 10 | 7 | 70 | 39 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 38 | 17 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 32 | 22 | 31 | 67 |
| 3 | Airdrieonians | 36 | 17 | 9 | 10 | 82 | 51 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 50 | 27 | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 32 | 24 | 31 | 60 |
| 4 | Alloa Athletic | 36 | 17 | 6 | 13 | 56 | 47 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 31 | 23 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 25 | 24 | 9 | 57 |
| 5 | Queen of the South | 36 | 16 | 6 | 14 | 59 | 59 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 30 | 25 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 29 | 34 | 0 | 54 |
| 6 | Edinburgh City | 36 | 15 | 6 | 15 | 60 | 55 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 28 | 30 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 32 | 25 | 5 | 51 |
| 7 | Montrose | 36 | 13 | 9 | 14 | 50 | 55 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 31 | 26 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 19 | 29 | -5 | 48 |
| 8 | Kelty Hearts | 36 | 10 | 10 | 16 | 39 | 54 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 18 | 18 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 36 | -15 | 40 |
| 9 | Clyde | 36 | 5 | 9 | 22 | 35 | 68 | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 23 | 32 | 18 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 36 | -33 | 24 |
| 10 | Peterhead | 36 | 3 | 7 | 26 | 19 | 84 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 33 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 51 | -65 | 16 |
