Cove Rangers and Cowdenbeath are both riding high in the League Two with their 1st and 3rd positions respectively. Expect a great game!
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
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 eleven matches resulting in 3 wins, 2 draws and 6 defeats with the goal stats 13-15 (scored/conceded).
Cove Rangers form and stats
Cove Rangers, who have the most scored goals (52) in League Two, have been outstanding at home so far in the League Two with 9 wins, 0 draws and only 0 losses. In general it's been a long time since Cove Rangers tasted defeat here at Calder Park, as they have taken at least one point from their last 28 home games. The team is able to perform also as the away side, as they are nurturing a very healthy winning streak of four straight victories regardless of arena.
A good away victory last time out for Cove Rangers, who won 5-1 against Brechin City (placed 10th). Before that, Cove Rangers had a home game versus Elgin City which ended with a victory 2-0.
As mentioned above, Cove Rangers "killed" Brechin City in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency.
Cove Rangers are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found four matches and the win/draw/lost stats: W3-D1-L0.
Cove Rangers are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at Calder Park in their league games, having scored an impressive 25 goals in 9 matches. Cove Rangers have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 3 goals.
Cowdenbeath form and stats
Cowdenbeath have only collected 7 points from their away games in the League Two, after 2-1-5 (8 played). The pressure to perform on the road is increasing on G. Bollan, the Cowdenbeath manager, as the last three away games were defeats.
The supporters enjoyed Cowdenbeath's previous game versus Annan Athletic (placed 4th), a League Two 3-1 win played at home. A 0-2 defeat away at Edinburgh City before that.
You'll want to know how Cowdenbeath managed when outsiders such as today. Our database found five similar matches resulting in 0 away wins, 0 draws and 5 home wins.
Cowdenbeath have scored 9 goals on their travels this season, from 8 away games in the league. Cowdenbeath have conceded 11 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Cowdenbeath - Cove Rangers 1-3 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. As for the last five games between these two teams, there's 2 Cove Rangers victories, 1 draw and 2 Cowdenbeath wins. 3 of these games ended with three goals or more, 2 matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Megginson 15 goals |  J. Masson 8 goals |   D. Cox 5 goals |
Cove Rangers missing players
Cowdenbeath missing players
| Cove Rangers | Cowdenbeath | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 9 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 8 | 18 |
| 15 | 9 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 10 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 52 | 25 | 5 | Scored | S | 0 | 9 | 25 |
| 24 | 3 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 11 | 18 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | 89% |
| 95% | 89% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 75% | 61% |
| 84% | 78% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 62% | 56% |
| 47% | 22% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 12% | 28% |
| 37% | 22% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | 6% |
| 58% | 22% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 25% | 39% |
| 42% | 78% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 38% | 44% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 50% | 28% |
| 8 | 9.3 | 11 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 2 | 3.4 | 3.7 |
| 2.2 | 2.3 | 2 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 6 | 6.6 | 6.1 |
| 1.5 | 1.2 | 1 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.5 | 2.6 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 301 | 158 | 22 | Total Shots | T S | 3 | 66 | 141 |
| 126 | 66 | 9 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 24 | 58 |
| 39% | 33% | 56% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 38% | 43% |
- Cove Rangers has the fewest conceded goals (3) at home
- Cove Rangers has the most clean sheets (7) at home
- Cove Rangers has the most points (27) at home
- Cove Rangers has the most scored goals (25) at home
- Cove Rangers has the most scored goals (52)
- Cove Rangers has the most scored goals in the first half (25)
- Cove Rangers has the most scored goals in the second half (27)
- Cove Rangers has the the best goal difference (+22) at home
- Cove Rangers has the the best goal difference (+28)
- Cove Rangers have created more than twice as many corners as Cowdenbeath.
- Cove Rangers have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Cove Rangers have scored in all their matches so far.
- Cove Rangers have scored more than double the goals of Cowdenbeath.
- Cove Rangers have won all their matches at home so far.
- Cove Rangers have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Cove Rangers haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Cowdenbeath has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (10)
- 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 | 19 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 52 | 24 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 27 | 21 | 28 | 46 |
| 2 | Edinburgh City | 20 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 39 | 23 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 16 | 44 |
| 3 | Cowdenbeath | 18 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 25 | 18 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 32 |
| 4 | Annan Athletic | 20 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 29 | 40 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 25 | -11 | 27 |
| 5 | Elgin City | 20 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 31 | 23 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 25 |
| 6 | Queen's Park | 20 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 27 | 30 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 13 | 15 | -3 | 25 |
| 7 | Stirling Albion | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 20 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 23 |
| 8 | Albion Rovers | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 26 | 36 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 18 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 18 | -10 | 19 |
| 9 | Stenhousemuir | 20 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 22 | 39 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 22 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 17 | -17 | 17 |
| 10 | Brechin City | 20 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 25 | 46 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 21 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 25 | -21 | 15 |