Struggling Annan Athletic will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Cowdenbeath in the upcoming league round. It’s 7th vs 3rd and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
This stadium uses artificial turf, unlike Cowdenbeath's home stadium. The visitors last twelve games on artificial turf have ended in 3 wins, 3 draws and 6 losses.
Annan Athletic form and stats
Annan Athletic have played 4 League Two games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 1-3-0 (wins-draws-losses). Two draws in a row at home now for Annan Athletic.
Annan Athletic lost their last game at Elgin City (placed 4th) after a 0-4 scoreline. A strong away win before that one, visiting Brechin City and winning 2-0.
Annan Athletic were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.
This is expected to be a close game, with Annan Athletic perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Annan Athletic as a small favourite), we find eight games. Annan Athletic has won 4 of these, drawn 3 and lost 1.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the League Two game versus Brechin City in only three days. This game is also played here at Galabank.
Annan Athletic are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 5 goals in 4 attempts. Annan Athletic's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 4 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Cowdenbeath form and stats
2 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses. That’s the product of Cowdenbeath, who have the most clean sheets (6) in League Two, playing as the away team in the League Two this season.
This game can not go any worse than the last one, a League Two home defeat versus Cove Rangers with 1-3 on the scoreboard. Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Stirling Albion that ended 0-0.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found five similar matches played by Cowdenbeath in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for Cowdenbeath, 1 draw and 2 defeats.
The travelling fans enjoy Cowdenbeath's attacking play in away games, having scored 8 goals in 5 league matches away. 6 goals have been conceded by Cowdenbeath in these games.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Cowdenbeath - Annan Athletic 3-1. Annan Athletic-Cowdenbeath H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Annan Athletic 6 wins, Cowdenbeath 2 wins, 2 draws. 4 of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  F. Mullen 5 goals |  D. Cox 4 goals |   C. Nadé 3 goals |
Annan Athletic missing players
Cowdenbeath missing players
| Annan Athletic | Cowdenbeath | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 4 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 5 | 11 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 9 | 5 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 8 | 17 |
| 19 | 4 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 6 | 11 |
| 90% | 75% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 80% | 91% |
| 80% | 75% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 80% | 64% |
| 60% | 25% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 80% | 64% |
| 40% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 20% | 27% |
| 10% | 25% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 20% | 9% |
| 50% | 75% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 20% | 36% |
| 20% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 60% | 55% |
| 40% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 40% | 18% |
| 5.1 | 5 | 0 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 2 | 3.4 | 3.7 |
| 4.9 | 2.8 | 0 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 13 | 6.8 | 7.1 |
| 2.1 | 1.8 | 0 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2.6 | 2.5 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
- Annan Athletic have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Annan Athletic have not yet lost a game at home.
- Cowdenbeath have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Cove Rangers | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 34 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 11 | 21 | 28 |
| 2 | Edinburgh City | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 25 |
| 3 | Cowdenbeath | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 22 |
| 4 | Elgin City | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 15 |
| 5 | Queen's Park | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 8 | -3 | 12 |
| 6 | Stenhousemuir | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | -10 | 12 |
| 7 | Annan Athletic | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 15 | -10 | 12 |
| 8 | Stirling Albion | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | -1 | 10 |
| 9 | Albion Rovers | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 25 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 13 | -11 | 8 |
| 10 | Brechin City | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | -8 | 7 |