3rd position in the League Two table for Cowdenbeath so far, a good performance. The home supporters hope for more joy as 4th-placed Annan Athletic visits Central Park.
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
This stadium uses grass, unlike Annan Athletic's home stadium. The visitors last 31 games on grass have ended in 16 wins, 2 draws and 13 losses.
Cowdenbeath form and stats
Cowdenbeath have performed here at Central Park this season with 7 wins from 9 League Two matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 1 game and lost 1.
In their previous game, the manager G. Bollan led his Cowdenbeath to a defeat in the League Two match away at Edinburgh City. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Central Park. Before that game, the 3-1 home victory against Stenhousemuir.
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 three matches with the results: Won 2 Drawn 0 Lost 1.
Cowdenbeath has scored 13 league goals at home this season, in 9 matches. Cowdenbeath are not conceding a lot of goals here at Central Park in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 6 from 9 matches.
Annan Athletic form and stats
Annan Athletic have only collected 9 points from their away games in the League Two, after 3-0-6 (9 played).
Annan Athletic are travelling after their nice 3-2 home win in the League Two against Queen's Park (placed 7th). Prior to that match, the Annan Athletic manager P. Murphy faced defeat when travelling to Albion Rovers and losing 2-4.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found seven similar matches played by Annan Athletic in our archives, and the results are: 3 wins for Annan Athletic, 1 draw and 3 defeats.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Annan Athletic as they have only managed to score 8 times from 9 away games in the league. Annan Athletic have conceded 22 goals 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: Annan Athletic - Cowdenbeath 1-0. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 2 Cowdenbeath victories, 2 draws and 6 Annan Athletic wins. 4 of these games ended with three goals or more, 6 matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  T. Muir 6 goals |   F. Mullen 5 goals |  D. Cox 4 goals |
Cowdenbeath missing players
Annan Athletic missing players
| Cowdenbeath | Annan Athletic | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 9 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 9 | 18 |
| 9 | 7 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | 7 |
| 22 | 13 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 8 | 28 |
| 17 | 6 | 0 | Conceded | C | 7 | 22 | 33 |
| 88% | 89% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 94% |
| 59% | 44% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 89% | 83% |
| 53% | 44% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 78% | 61% |
| 24% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 44% | 44% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 11% | 28% |
| 35% | 44% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 44% | 56% |
| 47% | 56% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 11% | 17% |
| 29% | 11% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 44% | 33% |
| 3.6 | 3.9 | 4 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 3 | 5.8 | 5 |
| 6.3 | 6 | 5 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 6 | 4.8 |
| 2.6 | 2.8 | 3 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 2.1 | 1.9 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 131 | 65 | 13 | Total Shots | T S | 8 | 62 | 148 |
| 53 | 29 | 3 | Shots on Target | S O | 2 | 33 | 74 |
| 42% | 45% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 24% | 38% |
- Annan Athletic has the most points from losing position (14)
- Annan Athletic has the the worst goal difference (-14) away
- Annan Athletic have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Annan Athletic have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Annan Athletic haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Cowdenbeath has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (9)
- Cowdenbeath have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded 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 | 18 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 47 | 23 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 20 | 24 | 43 |
| 2 | Edinburgh City | 18 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 37 | 21 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 41 |
| 3 | Cowdenbeath | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 22 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 29 |
| 4 | Annan Athletic | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 28 | 33 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 22 | -5 | 27 |
| 5 | Elgin City | 18 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 27 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 22 |
| 6 | Stirling Albion | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 20 |
| 7 | Queen's Park | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 23 | 28 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 14 | -5 | 19 |
| 8 | Albion Rovers | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 26 | 33 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 18 | -7 | 19 |
| 9 | Stenhousemuir | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 19 | 35 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 15 | -16 | 16 |
| 10 | Brechin City | 18 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 22 | 39 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 12 | 23 | -17 | 14 |