National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Edinburgh City or Cowdenbeath that keep their silverware dream alive.
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.
Edinburgh City form and stats
Edinburgh City participated in League Cup the last season, where they reached the group stage.Edinburgh's previous game was also a home event, the loss 1-3 against Arbroath (in League Cup).
The manager Maybury will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to St. Mirren in only three days.
Cowdenbeath form and stats
Cowdenbeath's mission in League Cup last season failed in the group stage.Cowdenbeath have only collected 15 points from their away games in the League Two, after 4-3-11 (18 played).
This game can not go any worse than the previous one, a League Cup home loss versus St. Mirren with 0-2 on the scoreboard.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Cowdenbeath manager Ross as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Celtic II.
The visitors have scored 15 goals from 18 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Cowdenbeath have conceded 28 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - three - three (Edinburgh City wins - draws - Cowdenbeath wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven had two or less.Edinburgh City missing players
Cowdenbeath missing players
| Edinburgh City | Cowdenbeath | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 6 | Won | W | 4 | 5 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Lost | L | 7 | 15 | ||
| 31 | 19 | Scored | S | 12 | 18 | ||
| 33 | 13 | Conceded | C | 19 | 35 | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | ||
| 80% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 64% | ||
| 48% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 40% | ||
| 24% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 12% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 8% | ||
| 56% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 32% | ||
| 32% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 24% | ||
| 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 56% | ||
| 3.4 | 3.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.9 | 3.9 | ||
| 5.9 | 5.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.3 | 5.8 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.2 | ||
| 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 6.8 | 7.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5.8 | 6.7 | ||
| 2.6 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.2 | 2.3 | ||
| 48% | 53% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 46% | 32% | ||
| 12.1 | 10.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.4 | 10.5 | ||
| 4.6 | 3.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 4.2 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Arbroath | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 9 |
| 2 | Airdrieonians | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 3 | St. Mirren | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Edinburgh City | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 0 |
| 5 | Cowdenbeath | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -8 | 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 |
