Brechin City vs Cowdenbeath: Match guide and preview

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Competition: Scotland League Two
Competition: Tue 20.April
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Glebe Park (4083 seats)

An important duel in the bottom section of the League Two, with both Brechin City and Cowdenbeath experiencing more worry than joy. This match is a classic "six-pointer" with the home team placed 10th and the visitors in 8th place.

Insights:
  • Brechin City have the most conceded goals (38) in League Two
  • Cowdenbeath have the fewest scored goals (9) in League Two

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Brechin City form and stats

With 0 League Two wins, 2 draws and 6 defeats from their home games, Brechin City, who have the most conceded goals (38) in League Two, are certainly not brimming with confidence. The home team are struggling everywhere these days as they haven't won a league-game, regardless of being the home or the away team, in 14 attempts. Brechin are slowly digging their own grave here at Glebe Park with the depressing streak of not having won a home league game in eight attempts. The last victory here came in the Edinburgh City match.

Brechin are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-1 away versus Annan Athletic. A defeat was the result before that one, 1-2 away at Edinburgh City.

Brechin have scored 6 league goals here from 8 matches, not a lot. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Defensively there's plenty of potential for improvement as Brechin have allowed the opposition to score 23 goals here at Glebe Park.

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Cowdenbeath form and stats

Cowdenbeath, who have the fewest scored goals (9) in League Two, have only collected 5 points from their away games in the League Two, after 1-2-5 (8 played).

220 minutes! That's how long the Cowdenbeath goalkeeper and his defense have shut out their league opponents.

Cowdenbeath's previous game was their home loss versus Stirling Albion (0-1). Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Albion Rovers that ended 0-0.

Cowdenbeath are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed 3 goals from 8 away games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As for defending, Cowdenbeath rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 12 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Cowdenbeath - Brechin 2-0 earlier this season. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Brechin won three games, two matches ended with a draw and Cowdenbeath has five wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: eight / two

Top Goalscorers

Brechin CityM. Paton
M. Paton
2 goals
CowdenbeathB. Smith
B. Smith
2 goals
BrechinK. Inglis
K. Inglis
1 goals

Brechin City missing players

Cowdenbeath missing players

Brechin City Cowdenbeath
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
17 8 2 Played P 2 8 17
1 0 0 Won W 0 1 3
2 2 1 Drew D 2 2 4
14 6 1 Lost L 0 5 10
10 6 2 Scored S 0 3 9
39 23 4 Conceded C 0 12 25
94% 88% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 75% 88%
82% 88% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 38% 53%
53% 62% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 25% 29%
24% 50% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 12% 12%
24% 50% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 12% 6%
41% 62% 50% BTTS BTTS 0% 12% 24%
12% 12% 50% Clean Sheets C S 100% 38% 29%
53% 38% 50% Failed to Score F T 100% 75% 59%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.8 2.4 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.8 1.9
4 4 1 Red cards R C 0 2 2
 
6 6.8 9.5 Shots (avg) S ( 3.5 5 5.4
2.7 3.4 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0.5 1.4 1.8
22% 22% 20% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 27% 30%
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Brechin City have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Brechin City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Brechin City have the fewest matches over the total-line (4) in League Two
  • Brechin City have the fewest scored goals in the second half (4) in League Two
  • Brechin City have the most conceded goals (23) at home in League Two
  • Brechin City have the most conceded goals (38) in League Two
  • Brechin City have the most conceded goals in the first half (16) in League Two
  • Brechin City have the most conceded goals in the second half (22) in League Two
  • Brechin City have the the worst goal difference (-17) at home in League Two
  • Brechin City have the the worst goal difference (-28) in League Two
  • Brechin City have yet to win a game at home.
  • Brechin City is in the worst form (0-1-5)
  • Cowdenbeath have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Cowdenbeath have the fewest scored goals (3) away in League Two
  • Cowdenbeath have the fewest scored goals (9) in League Two

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Queen's Park 16 14 2 0 34 6 8 7 1 0 19 4 8 7 1 0 15 2 28 44
2 Edinburgh City 16 10 2 4 34 19 8 4 1 3 14 10 8 6 1 1 20 9 15 32
3 Stirling Albion 16 8 5 3 22 13 8 4 2 2 6 4 8 4 3 1 16 9 9 29
4 Stranraer 17 8 4 5 28 18 9 5 1 3 17 8 8 3 3 2 11 10 10 28
5 Elgin City 16 9 1 6 27 17 8 5 1 2 15 7 8 4 0 4 12 10 10 28
6 Stenhousemuir 17 6 4 7 22 26 9 5 2 2 15 10 8 1 2 5 7 16 -4 22
7 Albion Rovers 16 4 3 9 17 31 8 1 2 5 6 13 8 3 1 4 11 18 -14 15
8 Cowdenbeath 16 3 4 9 9 24 8 2 2 4 6 12 8 1 2 5 3 12 -15 13
9 Annan Athletic 16 2 5 9 12 23 7 0 2 5 5 15 9 2 3 4 7 8 -11 11
10 Brechin City 16 1 2 13 10 38 8 0 2 6 6 23 8 1 0 7 4 15 -28 5

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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.