National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Cowdenbeath or Raith Rovers that keep their silverware dream alive.
Raith Rovers could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a League Cup game only four sleeps ago.
Cowdenbeath form and stats
Cowdenbeath participated in League Cup the last season, where they reached the group stage.Two League Two home games so far for Cowdenbeath, who are yet to win here at Central Park. Only 1 point so far. On the other hand, in the League Cup, Cowdenbeath has performed like this (both home and away): 0 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses.
Cowdenbeath faced defeat in their previous match, away at Stranraer (0-2). Preceding that game was the home draw versus Stenhousemuir that ended 1-1.
At Central Park, Cowdenbeath has the goal stats of 1-4 (for/against) from 2 league fixtures.
Raith Rovers form and stats
They also participated in League Cup last season. This ended in the group stage.Raith Rovers are still undefeated on their travels in the Championship. They have only played two games though, winning one and drawing the other. The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the League Cup stats, they have 1 win, 1 draw and 1 loss both home and away.
Raith Rovers delivered a 3-3 draw playing at home against Inverness CT (after extra-time, 3-2 on penalties) in their previous match; a League Cup game. Before that, Rovers secured a home win against Greenock Morton with the score 5-0.
A crazy, crazy match with lots of goals last time out for Raith Rovers, as mentioned above. 6 goals in that one, will this match be as much fun?
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Raith Rovers has managed 6 goals and let in 3 from 2 matches.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Cowdenbeath won four games, zero matches ended with a draw and Raith Rovers has six wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / fiveTop Goalscorers
  D. Armstrong 3 goals |  R. Matthews 3 goals | F. Mendy 1 goals |
Cowdenbeath missing players
Raith Rovers missing players
| Cowdenbeath | Raith Rovers | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 6 | 5 | Won | W | 5 | 14 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Drew | D | 4 | 7 | ||
| 12 | 4 | Lost | L | 3 | 4 | ||
| 23 | 16 | Scored | S | 20 | 49 | ||
| 36 | 18 | Conceded | C | 17 | 31 | ||
| 84% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 64% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 76% | ||
| 44% | 58% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 42% | 52% | ||
| 32% | 42% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 32% | ||
| 12% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 24% | ||
| 48% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 64% | ||
| 24% | 17% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 28% | ||
| 44% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 8% | 12% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.8 | 2.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 1.7 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 4 | ||
| 161 | 75 | Total Shots | T S | 99 | 227 | ||
| 70 | 40 | Shots on Target | S O | 39 | 86 | ||
| 33% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 51% | 51% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Hearts | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 12 |
| 2 | Raith Rovers | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -1 | 4 |
| 3 | East Fife | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | Cowdenbeath | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 2 |
| 5 | Inverness CT | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 1 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Queen's Park | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 10 |
| 2 | Stirling Albion | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| 3 | Stenhousemuir | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 4 | Elgin City | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 5 | Edinburgh City | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| 6 | Annan Athletic | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | Stranraer | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 4 |
| 8 | Cowdenbeath | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -4 | 4 |
| 9 | Albion Rovers | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -5 | 3 |
| 10 | Brechin City | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -10 | 3 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Raith Rovers | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 10 |
| 2 | Dunfermline Athletic | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 10 |
| 3 | Hearts | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 9 |
| 4 | Greenock Morton | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | -4 | 6 |
| 5 | Ayr United | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
| 6 | Dundee | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 9 | -3 | 5 |
| 7 | Inverness CT | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -1 | 4 |
| 8 | Alloa Athletic | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -4 | 1 |
| 9 | Queen of the South | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -5 | 1 |
| 10 | Arbroath | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -6 | 1 |