Football tips: Cowdenbeath vs Edinburgh City - predictions and betting guide

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Competition: Scotland League Two
Competition: Sat 02.January
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Central Park (4370 seats)

Season ticket holders at Central Park haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Cowdenbeath languishing in the 8th position so far. The guesting Edinburgh City will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.

Insights:
  • Cowdenbeath have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Edinburgh City has the most scored goals (20) in League Two

Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!

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Cowdenbeath form and stats

Overall League Two stats at home this season for Cowdenbeath are 1-1-2 (wins-draw-losses).

A nice win for Cowdenbeath last time playing, versus Wick Academy. That was also a home game and the match ended 2-0. Ahead of that match, Cowdenbeath won a home game hosting Brechin City (2-0).

Cowdenbeath have scored 3 league goals here from 4 matches, not a lot. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Cowdenbeath defense is not exactly impregnable. 7 goals conceded from 4 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Edinburgh City form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team, who have the most scored goals (20) in League Two, on their League Two travels is 2 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat.

Edinburgh are travelling after their nice 3-1 home win in the Scottish Cup against Edusport Academy. A loss against Stirling Albion was the result prior to that, in a League Two home game.

The prediction for this game is lots of goals as Edinburgh alone have scored more than three on average in their league games away (12 from 4 played). Edinburgh have conceded 6 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

Cowdenbeath and Edinburgh City have met before this season: Edinburgh City - Cowdenbeath 0-1. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Cowdenbeath won three games, two matches ended with a draw and Edinburgh City has five wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: one / nine

Top Goalscorers

Edinburgh CityL. Henderson
L. Henderson
4 goals
Edinburgh CityB. Henderson
B. Henderson
3 goals
Edinburgh CityC. Thomson
C. Thomson
2 goals

Cowdenbeath missing players

Edinburgh City missing players

Cowdenbeath Edinburgh City
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
8 4 1 Played P 2 4 9
2 1 0 Won W 2 2 4
1 1 1 Drew D 0 1 1
5 2 0 Lost L 0 1 4
6 3 1 Scored S 9 12 20
15 7 1 Conceded C 1 6 13
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
75% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 67%
38% 50% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 75% 56%
12% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 75% 56%
12% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 50% 44%
25% 25% 100% BTTS BTTS 50% 50% 44%
25% 25% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 25% 22%
50% 50% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 25% 33%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.9 1 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.8 2.3
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
6 4.8 6 Shots (avg) S ( 20.5 14.5 12.1
2 1.5 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 9.5 6.5 5.4
38% 50% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 47% 46% 41%
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • All of Cowdenbeath's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • All of Edinburgh City's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Cowdenbeath have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Cowdenbeath have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Cowdenbeath haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Edinburgh City has the most scored goals (20) in League Two
  • Edinburgh City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Edinburgh City have scored more than double the goals of Cowdenbeath.
  • Edinburgh City haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 9 7 2 0 18 5 4 3 1 0 11 4 5 4 1 0 7 1 13 23
2 Elgin City 9 6 0 3 18 9 5 4 0 1 11 3 4 2 0 2 7 6 9 18
3 Stirling Albion 9 5 3 1 16 8 4 2 1 1 3 2 5 3 2 0 13 6 8 18
4 Stranraer 9 4 3 2 17 11 5 2 1 2 9 7 4 2 2 0 8 4 6 15
5 Edinburgh City 9 4 1 4 20 13 5 2 0 3 8 7 4 2 1 1 12 6 7 13
6 Stenhousemuir 9 3 3 3 14 14 5 2 2 1 9 7 4 1 1 2 5 7 0 12
7 Annan Athletic 9 2 2 5 9 13 4 0 1 3 4 10 5 2 1 2 5 3 -4 8
8 Cowdenbeath 8 2 1 5 6 15 4 1 1 2 3 7 4 1 0 3 3 8 -9 7
9 Albion Rovers 8 2 0 6 9 20 4 1 0 3 4 7 4 1 0 3 5 13 -11 6
10 Brechin City 9 1 1 7 5 24 4 0 1 3 2 14 5 1 0 4 3 10 -19 4

Read more about League Two

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.