The home fans are expecting three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. Cowdenbeath are in the 5th position while the guesting Albion Rovers worry at 9th.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Cowdenbeath and Albion Rovers.
Cowdenbeath form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at Central Park as Cowdenbeath have scored 21 goals to get 29 points from 13 games. The overall stats in the League Two are 9-2-2 (wins-draws-losses).
The home supporters saw a 1-1 draw versus Edinburgh City in the League Two last time out and are looking for a win here. Before that game, the home loss against Stirling Albion with the scoreline 1-4.
The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Cowdenbeath have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found four matches with the results: Won three, drawn zero and lost one.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Cowdenbeath as they are travelling to their away game against Annan Athletic in the League Two. That match is four days after this one.
Cowdenbeath have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Central Park with 21 goals in 13 league matches. Cowdenbeath's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 14 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Albion Rovers form and stats
There's been little loot from Albion Rovers's travels as they have only collected 7 points from 12 away games in the League Two. Albion Rovers only have 1 win to counter their 7 defeats and 4 draws. Travelling has not been lucrative for the away team as they have returned home without a win in eleven away games in a row. Three has not been a lucky number for Albion Rovers as they have been defeated three times in a row since the Brechin City match.
Albion Rovers's previous game was their home loss versus Elgin City (1-2). Preceding that game, the 1-2 loss visiting Annan Athletic's place.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Albion Rovers playing away and similar expectations, we found one relevant match. Results were zero Albion Rovers wins, one draw and zero defeats.
The schedule is very tough for Albion Rovers now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A League Two game at Edinburgh City is waiting in only four days.
Albion Rovers are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 13 away goals from 12 games (in the league). In the opposite end, Albion Rovers have conceded 23 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Cowdenbeath - Albion Rovers 1-0 earlier this season. Cowdenbeath-Albion Rovers H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Cowdenbeath three wins, Albion Rovers four wins, three draws. two of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
 D. Byrne 11 goals |  E. East 7 goals |  D. Cox 6 goals |
Cowdenbeath missing players
Albion Rovers missing players
| Cowdenbeath | Albion Rovers | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 24 | 13 | 5 | Played | P | 2 | 12 | 24 |
| 11 | 9 | 5 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 9 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 7 | 12 |
| 33 | 21 | 14 | Scored | S | 2 | 13 | 36 |
| 31 | 14 | 6 | Conceded | C | 5 | 23 | 46 |
| 92% | 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | 96% |
| 67% | 62% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 75% | 83% |
| 58% | 54% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 67% | 75% |
| 38% | 46% | 80% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 42% | 46% |
| 12% | 15% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 25% | 25% |
| 50% | 62% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 58% | 67% |
| 33% | 38% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 8% | 8% |
| 25% | 8% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 42% | 29% |
| 3.7 | 4.2 | 3.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 3.6 | 4.6 |
| 5.9 | 5.7 | 5.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 7.1 | 6.5 |
| 2.8 | 2.6 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 1.9 | 1.8 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 186 | 93 | 46 | Total Shots | T S | 14 | 97 | 231 |
| 82 | 46 | 25 | Shots on Target | S O | 6 | 36 | 87 |
| 40% | 46% | 56% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 36% | 41% |
- Albion Rovers has the fewest clean sheets (2)
- Albion Rovers has the fewest matches under the total-line (7)
- Albion Rovers has the fewest points (7) away
- Albion Rovers has the most matches over the total-line (17)
- Albion Rovers have won significantly less corners away then at 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 | 26 | 20 | 2 | 4 | 66 | 31 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 5 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 32 | 26 | 35 | 62 |
| 2 | Edinburgh City | 26 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 46 | 28 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 9 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 19 | 18 | 52 |
| 3 | Queen's Park | 27 | 11 | 6 | 10 | 37 | 35 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 21 | 17 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 16 | 18 | 2 | 39 |
| 4 | Elgin City | 26 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 42 | 31 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 24 | 16 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 15 | 11 | 37 |
| 5 | Cowdenbeath | 24 | 11 | 4 | 9 | 33 | 31 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 17 | 2 | 37 |
| 6 | Stirling Albion | 25 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 32 | 25 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 11 | 7 | 35 |
| 7 | Annan Athletic | 26 | 9 | 3 | 14 | 33 | 54 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 22 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 9 | 32 | -21 | 30 |
| 8 | Stenhousemuir | 26 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 32 | 48 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 29 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 19 | -16 | 27 |
| 9 | Albion Rovers | 24 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 36 | 46 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 23 | 23 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 23 | -10 | 24 |
| 10 | Brechin City | 26 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 29 | 57 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 25 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 17 | 32 | -28 | 17 |