With the nervous opening game out of the way it’s time for the second League Two game of the season. Cowdenbeath look forward to welcoming Elgin City in front of their home support.
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
Cowdenbeath form and stats
Last season, Cowdenbeath's league statistics were 3 wins, 5 draws and 10 losses, resulting in a 9th position in the League Two. Over these 18 matches they scored 10 goals and conceded 29. Playing at home last season Cowdenbeath managed 2-2-5 (win-draw-lost) with 7 goals and 17 conceded.
Cowdenbeath faced defeat in their previous match, away at Kelty Hearts (0-2).
Heartbreak before that as Cowdenbeath lost 1-3 at Livingston's place.Cowdenbeath are traveling soon after this match as the Challenge Cup match at Fraserburgh awaits in three days.
Elgin City form and stats
Let's have a look at how Elgin City performed last season in the League Two: They landed a 5th position in the league table after playing out 9 victories, 2 draws and 7 defeats. In total they scored 29 and conceded 22 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 4 - drew 1 and lost 4 with 12/10 goals scored/conceded.
There were no winners in Elgin City's previous match, a League Two home game that ended 1-1 vs Stranraer (placed 6th).
Preceding that game was the away League Cup victory against East Fife with the score of 3-2.Elgin has another fixture away, a Challenge Cup game, against Hibernian U21 in just three days. A tough schedule for the visitors!
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Cowdenbeath four wins, one draw and Elgin City five victories. As for goals, eight matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  D. McHardy 1 goals |
Cowdenbeath missing players
Elgin City missing players
| Cowdenbeath | Elgin City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| Cowdenbeath | Last season | Elgin City | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 22 | 11 | Played | P | 11 | 22 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Won | W | 5 | 12 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | ||
| 11 | 6 | Lost | L | 5 | 8 | ||
| 15 | 9 | Scored | S | 16 | 39 | ||
| 32 | 19 | Conceded | C | 13 | 28 | ||
| 86% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 91% | 95% | ||
| 64% | 82% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 73% | 77% | ||
| 27% | 36% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 55% | 59% | ||
| 14% | 18% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 27% | 32% | ||
| 9% | 9% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 18% | 23% | ||
| 27% | 36% | BTTS | BTTS | 45% | 55% | ||
| 36% | 27% | Clean Sheets | C S | 18% | 23% | ||
| 50% | 36% | Failed to Score | F T | 45% | 27% | ||
| 4.7 | 4.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.6 | 5.1 | ||
| 6.2 | 5.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.6 | 5.5 | ||
| 1.9 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.6 | ||
| 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 7.5 | 7.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.4 | 9.7 | ||
| 2.5 | 2.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 4.4 | ||
| 28% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 41% | 41% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Albion Rovers | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | Forfar Athletic | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Kelty Hearts | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | Stirling Albion | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Elgin City | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Stranraer | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Stenhousemuir | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 8 | Annan Athletic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 9 | Cowdenbeath | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 10 | Edinburgh City | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Stenhousemuir | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -2 | 26 |
| 2 | Albion Rovers | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 25 |
| 3 | Annan Athletic | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 22 |
| 4 | Cowdenbeath | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 21 |
| 5 | Brechin City | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | -2 | 10 |