National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Forfar Athletic or Cowdenbeath that keep their silverware dream alive.
Cowdenbeath play their home games on grass, while this match will take place on artifical turf. Relevant data for Cowdenbeath when featuring on artifical turf are 4 wins, 3 draws and 7 defeats from 14 matches. They have managed to score {15 goals} and conceded 19 times on these occasions.
Forfar Athletic form and stats
Last season their League Cup adventure ended in the group stage.The total League Two results at home this season for Forfar Athletic are 7-5-6 (wins-draws-losses).
A nice win for Forfar Athletic last time playing, versus East Fife. That was also a home game and the match ended 1-0.
Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against East Fife.The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Forfar matches with similar probabilities have ended with 4 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat (from 6 games).
Forfar Athletic are traveling soon after this match as the League Cup match at Montrose awaits in three days.
Forfar are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 20 goals in 18 games. 23 goals have been conceded.
Cowdenbeath form and stats
Cowdenbeath was sent out of League Cup in the group stage last season.This game can not go any worse than the previous one, a Lowland League Cup home loss versus Stirling University with 2-4 on the scoreboard.
The match before was the Lowland League Cup-duel against Stirling University, a home defeat (2-4). As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Cowdenbeath playing away, we found 5 games. Results were 1 away win, 1 draw and 3 home wins.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Cowdenbeath manager Elliot as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Arbroath.
Head 2 Head
Forfar Athletic have managed a streak of 10 consecutive games without losing (6-4-0) when playing Cowdenbeath.Forfar Athletic missing players
Cowdenbeath missing players
| Forfar Athletic | Cowdenbeath | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 7 | Won | W | 3 | 7 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Lost | L | 8 | 14 | ||
| 29 | 13 | Scored | S | 19 | 32 | ||
| 27 | 8 | Conceded | C | 17 | 37 | ||
| 92% | 91% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 68% | 55% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 69% | 72% | ||
| 44% | 45% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 54% | 56% | ||
| 16% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 31% | 32% | ||
| 4% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 23% | 16% | ||
| 52% | 55% | BTTS | BTTS | 38% | 44% | ||
| 28% | 27% | Clean Sheets | C S | 31% | 32% | ||
| 28% | 27% | Failed to Score | F T | 38% | 32% | ||
| 4.9 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 2 | ||
| 5.2 | 5.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.4 | 2.7 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.4 | 1.2 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 7.2 | 7.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 4.6 | 5.3 | ||
| 2.7 | 3.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.6 | 2.7 | ||
| 43% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 56% | 49% | ||
| 9.1 | 8.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 4.5 | 4.7 | ||
| 3.9 | 3.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2 | 2.1 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Stirling Albion | 36 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 67 | 37 | 18 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 42 | 18 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 25 | 19 | 30 | 73 |
| 2 | Dumbarton | 36 | 18 | 8 | 10 | 49 | 39 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 16 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 23 | 10 | 62 |
| 3 | Annan Athletic | 36 | 14 | 9 | 13 | 61 | 51 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 36 | 21 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 25 | 30 | 10 | 51 |
| 4 | East Fife | 36 | 14 | 8 | 14 | 54 | 50 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 28 | 24 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 26 | 26 | 4 | 50 |
| 5 | Forfar Athletic | 36 | 13 | 9 | 14 | 37 | 43 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 23 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 20 | -6 | 48 |
| 6 | Stenhousemuir | 36 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 51 | 55 | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 26 | 24 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 25 | 31 | -4 | 47 |
| 7 | Stranraer | 36 | 12 | 9 | 15 | 43 | 57 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 28 | 23 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 34 | -14 | 45 |
| 8 | Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic | 36 | 11 | 9 | 16 | 36 | 47 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 22 | 29 | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 18 | -11 | 42 |
| 9 | Elgin City | 36 | 11 | 7 | 18 | 44 | 62 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 21 | 24 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 23 | 38 | -18 | 40 |
| 10 | Albion Rovers | 36 | 11 | 6 | 19 | 47 | 48 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 27 | 29 | -1 | 39 |
