League Two match preview and statistics: Brechin City fight Cowdenbeath

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Competition: Scotland League Two
Date: Sat 14.December
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Glebe Park (4083 seats)

The visiting Cowdenbeath side should be favourites in this visit to Brechin City, as the away team holds a 16 point advantage from their 14 league games this season.

Brechin City 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.

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Brechin City form and stats

With 1 League Two win, 1 draw and 5 defeats from their home games, Brechin City, who have the most conceded goals (35) in League Two, are certainly not brimming with confidence. Brechin City are very eager to stop a potential losing streak at Glebe Park, having lost their two previous games here.

Happy days for Brechin City in their previous game, a League Two match away at Stirling Albion (placed 7th) that ended with a 4-2 victory. Ahead of that match, Brechin City lost 1-2 at home to Stenhousemuir.

A goal frenzy last time out for Brechin City, with a total of 6 goals in the match against Stirling Albion. Fun stuff to watch!

Brechin City are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 8 goals in 7 games. Goals are flowing in at the wrong end for Brechin City with 15 goals conceded in these matches.

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Cowdenbeath form and stats

As the visiting team in League Two matches, Cowdenbeath, who have the most clean sheets (8) in League Two, have produced an overall stat of 2-1-3 so far.

The Cowdenbeath goalkeeper is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 219 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.

Cowdenbeath delivered a 0-0 draw playing at home against Elgin City (placed 5th) in their previous match; a League Two game. That result followed a home victory 1-0 versus Queen's Park.

Cowdenbeath find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 8 goals from 6 away fixtures in the league. 7 goals have been conceded by Cowdenbeath in these games.

Head 2 Head

Cowdenbeath - Brechin City 2-1 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Brechin City won 3 games, 2 matches ended with a draw and Cowdenbeath has 5 wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: 7 / 3

Top Goalscorers

Brechin CityP. McManus
P. McManus
7 goals
CowdenbeathF. Mullen
F. Mullen
5 goals
CowdenbeathD. Cox
D. Cox
4 goals

Brechin City missing players

Cowdenbeath missing players

Brechin City Cowdenbeath
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
15 7 2 Played P 2 6 14
3 1 0 Won W 1 2 8
1 1 0 Drew D 1 1 2
11 5 2 Lost L 0 3 4
19 8 4 Scored S 3 8 18
35 15 7 Conceded C 0 7 12
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 50% 83% 86%
80% 86% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 67% 50%
73% 71% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 67% 50%
33% 29% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 17% 21%
33% 29% 100% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 17% 7%
67% 71% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 17% 29%
7% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 50% 57%
27% 29% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 50% 29%
 
3.5 3.1 1 Corners For (avg) C F 3 3.7 3.7
6.8 6.4 5.5 Corners Against (avg) C A 8 6.7 6.4
2.4 2.3 1.5 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 1.5 2.5 2.7
1 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 1 2
 
118 59 10 Total Shots T S 20 54 111
46 23 8 Shots on Target S O 8 22 46
41% 35% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 38% 36% 39%
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Brechin City has the fewest clean sheets (0) at home
  • Brechin City has the fewest points (4) at home
  • Brechin City has the fewest scored goals (8) at home
  • Brechin City has the most conceded goals (35)
  • Brechin City has the most conceded goals in the first half (20)
  • Brechin City has the the worst goal difference (-16)
  • Brechin City have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won at home.
  • Brechin City have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
  • Brechin City haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Brechin City is in the worst form (1-0-5)
  • Cowdenbeath has the fewest conceded goals (12)
  • Cowdenbeath has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (7)
  • Cowdenbeath has the most clean sheets (8)
  • Cowdenbeath has the the best goal difference (+1) away
  • 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 15 11 1 3 40 21 7 7 0 0 21 2 8 4 1 3 19 19 19 34
2 Edinburgh City 15 10 2 3 32 21 8 7 1 0 19 6 7 3 1 3 13 15 11 32
3 Cowdenbeath 14 8 2 4 18 12 8 6 1 1 10 5 6 2 1 3 8 7 6 26
4 Annan Athletic 15 7 3 5 23 25 7 4 3 0 17 7 8 3 0 5 6 18 -2 24
5 Elgin City 15 4 6 5 22 17 7 3 1 3 14 9 8 1 5 2 8 8 5 18
6 Queen's Park 15 5 3 7 19 21 7 2 3 2 10 10 8 3 0 5 9 11 -2 18
7 Stirling Albion 15 4 4 7 14 15 8 3 2 3 10 8 7 1 2 4 4 7 -1 16
8 Stenhousemuir 15 4 4 7 17 28 8 2 1 5 10 18 7 2 3 2 7 10 -11 16
9 Albion Rovers 14 4 2 8 20 29 7 3 1 3 12 13 7 1 1 5 8 16 -9 14
10 Brechin City 15 3 1 11 19 35 7 1 1 5 8 15 8 2 0 6 11 20 -16 10

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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.