Annan Athletic vs Cowdenbeath: Match guide and preview

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Competition: Scotland League Two
Date: Sat 27.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Galabank (3000 seats)

The home fans are expecting three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. Annan Athletic are in the 4th position while the guests worry at 7th.

Annan Athletic and Cowdenbeath should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

This pitch has artificial turf, which is not Cowdenbeath's usual surface at their own ground. When playing on artificial turf Cowdenbeath have performed like this: Played 13 matches resulting in 3 wins, 3 draws and 7 defeats with the goal stats 9-13 (scored/conceded).

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Annan Athletic form and stats

9-4-4 (win-draw-lost) are the numbers at home for Annan Athletic, who have the most scored goals (65) in League Two, so far this season.

A good away victory last time out for Annan Athletic, who won 3-0 against Queen's Park. In the match before that, Annan Athletic hosted Stirling Albion and drew the game 2-2.

With an average of more than two goals per home game (39 in 17 games), Annan Athletic's attacking play is working. On the other hand, Annan Athletic have conceded 19 goals.

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Cowdenbeath form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Cowdenbeath so far with only 16 points returning home. The records show 4-4-9 (win-draw-lose).

It's the second away game in a row for Cowdenbeath, but there's smiles all around after the 1-0 victory versus Stirling Albion in the League Two last time out. Before that, Cowdenbeath secured a home win against Elgin City with the score 2-1.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Cowdenbeath as they have only managed to score 16 times from 17 away games. Cowdenbeath have conceded 19 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: Cowdenbeath - Annan Athletic 2-4. Annan Athletic-Cowdenbeath H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Annan Athletic 7 wins, Cowdenbeath 1 win, 2 draws.

Top Goalscorers

T. Wallace
12 goals
T. Muir
10 goals
D. Cox
8 goals

Annan Athletic missing players

Cowdenbeath missing players

Annan Athletic Cowdenbeath
Total Home Statistic Away Total
34 17 Played 17 34
65 39 Scored 16 42
37 19 Conceded 19 42
97% 100% Over 0.5 94% 94%
88% 100% Over 1.5 65% 74%
74% 76% Over 2.5 29% 41%
29% 53% Over 3.5 12% 21%
6% 6% Over 4.5 6% 12%
65% 65% Both teams to score 41% 50%
29% 29% Clean Sheet 24% 29%
9% 6% Failed To Score 41% 26%
 
5.6 5.6 Corners For (avg) 3.5 3.1
4.4 3.8 Corners Against (avg) 6.7 5.6
1.8 1.9 Yellow Cards (avg) 2.6 2
0 0 Red Cards (total) 4 7
Key stats this season:
  • Annan Athletic hasn't played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Annan Athletic is involved in more matches over 2.5 home, than away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Peterhead 34 23 6 5 62 28 17 12 3 2 26 11 17 11 3 3 36 17 34 75
2 Clyde 34 22 5 7 59 33 17 11 3 3 32 18 17 11 2 4 27 15 26 71
3 Edinburgh City 34 20 5 9 57 30 17 11 2 4 30 11 17 9 3 5 27 19 27 65
4 Annan Athletic 34 18 6 10 65 37 17 9 4 4 39 19 17 9 2 6 26 18 28 60
5 Stirling Albion 34 13 6 15 43 44 17 8 1 8 19 18 17 5 5 7 24 26 -1 45
6 Queen's Park 34 11 10 13 44 42 17 7 6 4 24 19 17 4 4 9 20 23 2 43
7 Cowdenbeath 34 11 7 16 42 42 17 7 3 7 26 23 17 4 4 9 16 19 0 40
8 Elgin City 34 12 3 19 49 66 17 6 2 9 25 35 17 6 1 10 24 31 -17 39
9 Albion Rovers 34 6 6 22 29 69 17 3 3 11 14 38 17 3 3 11 15 31 -40 24
10 Berwick Rangers 34 5 4 25 27 86 17 3 2 12 13 37 17 2 2 13 14 49 -59 19

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