League Two preview: Can Albion Rovers edge out victory against Cowdenbeath?

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Competition: Scotland League Two
Competition: Sat 29.January
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: The Reigart Stadium (2496 seats)

Albion Rovers are impatient to increase their points at home in the upcoming fixture vs Cowdenbeath.

Insights:
  • Albion Rovers have the fewest matches under the total-line (7) in League Two
  • Cowdenbeath have the fewest scored goals (14) in League Two

This should be an exciting match with lots of spark and energy as both squads are well revitalized since they last played a game. Let's start!

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Albion Rovers form and stats

Albion Rovers have played 10 League Two games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 5-1-4 (wins-draws-losses). When Albion Rovers hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Stirling Albion, Elgin City and Albion Rovers), they have won 2 of 2 matches!

An away draw last time out for Albion Rovers, facing Elgin City in a game that ended 1-1.

Ahead of that match, Albion Rovers lost 1-2 at home to Stenhousemuir.

The Albion fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 15 goals in 10 league matches. Albion Rovers have conceded 14 in these home matches. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches. Albion Rovers has at home met teams with this table position (low), two times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 2 of 2 times.

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Cowdenbeath form and stats

There's been little loot from Cowdenbeath's travels as they have only collected 5 points from 10 away games in the League Two. Cowdenbeath only have 1 win to counter their 7 defeats and 2 draws.

This game can not go any worse than the previous one, the home loss versus Stranraer with 0-1 on the scoreboard.

Before that one, a nice away victory 2-0 at Stenhousemuir.

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 five games. Results were one away win, one draw and three home wins.

There's been a serious shortage of goals from Cowdenbeath's away games in the league this season with only 5 goals from 10 matches. As for defending, Cowdenbeath rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 17 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

This was the final score when the sides met earlier this campaign; Cowdenbeath - Albion Rovers 0-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Albion Rovers three wins, three draws and Cowdenbeath four victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), eight games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

CowdenbeathL. Buchanan
L. Buchanan
5 goals
Albion RoversC. Reilly
C. Reilly
4 goals
Albion RoversC. Wilson
C. Wilson
3 goals

Albion Rovers missing players

Cowdenbeath missing players

Albion Rovers Cowdenbeath
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
20 10 2 Played P 2 10 21
6 5 2 Won W 0 1 3
4 1 0 Drew D 0 2 4
10 4 0 Lost L 2 7 14
25 15 3 Scored S 0 5 14
34 14 0 Conceded C 5 17 33
95% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 95%
80% 80% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 80% 71%
60% 60% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 30% 38%
35% 30% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 10% 19%
15% 20% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
55% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 30% 43%
25% 30% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 10% 14%
25% 20% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 60% 48%
 
4 3.8 5 Corners for (avg) C F 3 4.2 4.4
4.8 4.1 3 Corners against (avg) C A 4.5 4.5 4.1
1.4 1.4 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 1.9 2
2 1 1 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
9.3 10.3 13.5 Shots (avg) S ( 9.5 7.7 8.2
3.9 3.9 6.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 2.9 3.1
32% 38% 23% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 17% 21%
 
10.1 9.7 5.5 Shots against (avg) S A 16.5 11.1 10.8
4.5 4.5 1.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6.5 4.4 4.5
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Albion Rovers have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Cowdenbeath have scored away.
  • Albion Rovers have the fewest matches under the total-line (7) in League Two
  • Albion Rovers haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Cowdenbeath have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Cowdenbeath have the fewest points (5) away in League Two
  • Cowdenbeath have the fewest scored goals (14) in League Two
  • Cowdenbeath have the fewest scored goals (5) away in League Two
  • Cowdenbeath have the fewest scored goals in the first half (5) in League Two
  • Cowdenbeath have the fewest scored goals in the second half (9) in League Two
  • Cowdenbeath have the the worst goal difference (-12) away in League Two
  • Cowdenbeath have the the worst goal difference (-19) in League Two
  • Cowdenbeath haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  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 20 14 4 2 43 19 10 7 3 0 19 6 10 7 1 2 24 13 24 46
2 Forfar Athletic 21 11 6 4 40 23 10 7 2 1 23 11 11 4 4 3 17 12 17 39
3 Annan Athletic 21 11 4 6 38 26 10 4 3 3 20 15 11 7 1 3 18 11 12 37
4 Edinburgh City 20 7 6 7 26 31 10 3 3 4 13 18 10 4 3 3 13 13 -5 27
5 Stranraer 22 7 6 9 29 35 11 4 2 5 12 18 11 3 4 4 17 17 -6 27
6 Stenhousemuir 21 7 5 9 30 35 11 2 3 6 13 20 10 5 2 3 17 15 -5 26
7 Stirling Albion 21 7 4 10 28 31 10 3 1 6 13 17 11 4 3 4 15 14 -3 25
8 Elgin City 21 6 7 8 22 28 11 4 5 2 13 10 10 2 2 6 9 18 -6 25
9 Albion Rovers 20 6 4 10 25 34 10 5 1 4 15 14 10 1 3 6 10 20 -9 22
10 Cowdenbeath 21 3 4 14 14 33 11 2 2 7 9 16 10 1 2 7 5 17 -19 13

Read more about League Two

The Scottish League Two is the fourth level of football in Scotland. It holds ten teams who play each other four times for a total of 36 fixtures in a season from August to May. The top team in the league table is promoted, the bottom team relegated. There are also playoffs to promote and relegate.