Open game expected at Central Park: Cowdenbeath vs Edinburgh City preview

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Competition: Scotland League Two
Competition: Sat 16.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Central Park (4370 seats)

10th- against 4th position might not sound all that hot. Fear not: Here's the info that makes Cowdenbeath - Edinburgh City (even) more action-packed!

Insights:
  • Cowdenbeath have the fewest scored goals (24) in League Two

Cowdenbeath and Edinburgh City should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Cowdenbeath form and stats

Cowdenbeath's results here at Central Park in the League Two have been very modest with 3 victories, 4 draws and 9 defeats. Their last two home games have resulted in two points, meaning they were both draws.

It's back home for Cowdenbeath, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Annan Athletic away with the result 3-2. Barrowman, Barr and Ompreon found the net in that victory.

Before that, Cowdenbeath drew at home versus Stirling Albion.

Cowdenbeath aren't scoring a lot here at Central Park in the league, with only 13 goals from 16 games. Cowdenbeath have conceded 20 in these home matches.

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Edinburgh City form and stats

The visitors are W7-D4-L5 on the road this term. That's in the League Two.

Edinburgh go into this game after a win, the home game against Forfar Athletic that ended 2-0.

A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Kelty Hearts.

Edinburgh City are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 20 away goals from 16 games (in the league). It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 19 goals have been conceded by Edinburgh in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Edinburgh City - Cowdenbeath 1-0 was the story when these participants last met, earlier this season. Stats for the previous ten meetings between these two teams are: three wins for Cowdenbeath, two draws and five wins for Edinburgh City. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: seven games.

Top Goalscorers

Edinburgh CityD. Handling
D. Handling
7 goals
Edinburgh CityJ. Robertson
J. Robertson
7 goals
CowdenbeathL. Buchanan
L. Buchanan
6 goals

Cowdenbeath missing players

Edinburgh City missing players

Cowdenbeath Edinburgh City
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
33 16 4 Played P 5 16 33
6 3 0 Won W 2 7 13
7 4 1 Drew D 1 4 9
20 9 3 Lost L 2 5 11
24 13 2 Scored S 4 20 41
47 20 6 Conceded C 6 19 43
94% 88% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 97%
67% 62% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 75% 76%
36% 38% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 20% 44% 45%
15% 19% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 25% 30%
3% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 6% 6%
42% 50% 50% BTTS BTTS 40% 50% 52%
18% 25% 0% Clean Sheets C S 20% 25% 27%
45% 38% 50% Failed to Score F T 40% 31% 24%
 
3.9 4.5 5.2 Corners for (avg) C F 2.4 3.4 3.1
4.9 4 2.8 Corners against (avg) C A 6.2 6.4 5.8
2.2 2.2 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.8 1.6 1.6
3 1 0 Red cards R C 2 3 3
 
7.8 8.6 9.5 Shots (avg) S ( 6 7 6.8
2.9 3.3 3.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.6 3.1 2.9
25% 25% 13% Goal Efficiency G E 31% 40% 43%
 
10.5 9.8 10.2 Shots against (avg) S A 13.6 12.8 11.5
4.2 3.9 4.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.8 5.2 4.9
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Cowdenbeath have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Cowdenbeath have the fewest clean sheets (6) in League Two
  • Cowdenbeath have the fewest points (13) at home in League Two
  • Cowdenbeath have the fewest scored goals (13) at home in League Two
  • Cowdenbeath have the fewest scored goals (24) in League Two
  • Cowdenbeath have the fewest scored goals in the first half (11) in League Two
  • Cowdenbeath have the the worst goal difference (-23) 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 Kelty Hearts 33 22 8 3 62 26 17 13 4 0 35 11 16 9 4 3 27 15 36 74
2 Annan Athletic 33 18 5 10 61 42 17 7 4 6 32 27 16 11 1 4 29 15 19 59
3 Forfar Athletic 33 15 10 8 51 34 16 9 4 3 29 16 17 6 6 5 22 18 17 55
4 Edinburgh City 33 13 9 11 41 43 17 6 5 6 21 24 16 7 4 5 20 19 -2 48
5 Stenhousemuir 33 12 9 12 42 42 16 4 4 8 17 23 17 8 5 4 25 19 0 45
6 Stranraer 33 11 8 14 45 50 16 5 4 7 16 23 17 6 4 7 29 27 -5 41
7 Stirling Albion 33 10 8 15 35 43 16 5 2 9 17 24 17 5 6 6 18 19 -8 38
8 Albion Rovers 33 9 8 16 34 53 17 5 4 8 16 25 16 4 4 8 18 28 -19 35
9 Elgin City 33 8 10 15 30 45 17 6 6 5 19 17 16 2 4 10 11 28 -15 34
10 Cowdenbeath 33 6 7 20 24 47 16 3 4 9 13 20 17 3 3 11 11 27 -23 25

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.