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

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Competition: Scotland League Two
Date: Sat 07.December
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Central Park (4370 seats)

Cowdenbeath perform at a high level so far being 3rd in the table. Elgin City can look both up and down from their 6th position.

It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the League Two. That game, against Stenhousemuir, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Elgin City.

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Cowdenbeath form and stats

Cowdenbeath have been outstanding at home so far in the League Two with 6 wins, 0 draws and only 1 loss.

Cowdenbeath's last game was hosting Queen's Park (placed 5th) and winning 1-0. A defeat was the result before that one, 0-1 away at Annan Athletic.

The manager G. Bollan will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Albion Rovers in only three days.

The Cowdenbeath fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 10 in 7 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 5 from 7 matches.

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Elgin City form and stats

There's been little loot from Elgin City's travels as they have only collected 7 points from 7 away games in the League Two. Elgin City only have 1 win to counter their 2 defeats and 4 draws. Elgin City has drawn their two previous away games.

Elgin City has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Stenhousemuir for a League Two game that ended a draw (2-2). Preceding that, the 1-2 home loss versus Stirling Albion.

It looked so good for Elgin City vs Stenhousemuir, but the job was not completed and two points were lost as a 2-0 lead was turned into a 2-2 draw.

Elgin City are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 8 away goals from 7 games (in the league). Elgin City have conceded 8 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The last H2H meeting was Elgin City - Cowdenbeath 3-0, played this season. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: 3 wins for Cowdenbeath, 2 draws and 5 wins for Elgin City. Over 2,5 goals: 7 times; under 2,5 goals: 3 games.

Top Goalscorers

Elgin CityS. Sutherland
S. Sutherland
10 goals
CowdenbeathF. Mullen
F. Mullen
5 goals
CowdenbeathD. Cox
D. Cox
4 goals

Cowdenbeath missing players

Elgin City missing players

Cowdenbeath Elgin City
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
13 7 2 Played P 1 7 14
8 6 2 Won W 0 1 4
1 0 0 Drew D 1 4 5
4 1 0 Lost L 0 2 5
18 10 4 Scored S 1 8 22
12 5 1 Conceded C 1 8 17
92% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 86% 93%
54% 43% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 71% 79%
54% 43% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 43% 57%
23% 29% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 29% 36%
8% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 7%
31% 43% 50% BTTS BTTS 100% 71% 57%
54% 57% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 14% 21%
23% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 29% 29%
 
3.8 3.9 3 Corners For (avg) C F 5 4.7 5.2
6.7 6.7 6 Corners Against (avg) C A 4 5.7 5
2.7 2.9 3.5 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 1 1.6 1.8
2 1 1 Red Cards R C 0 1 1
 
105 51 11 Total Shots T S 11 74 160
45 23 8 Shots on Target S O 6 32 68
40% 43% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 17% 25% 32%
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Cowdenbeath has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (7)
  • Cowdenbeath have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Cowdenbeath haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 14 11 1 2 39 19 7 7 0 0 21 2 7 4 1 2 18 17 20 34
2 Edinburgh City 14 9 2 3 30 20 7 6 1 0 17 5 7 3 1 3 13 15 10 29
3 Cowdenbeath 13 8 1 4 18 12 7 6 0 1 10 5 6 2 1 3 8 7 6 25
4 Annan Athletic 14 6 3 5 21 24 7 4 3 0 17 7 7 2 0 5 4 17 -3 21
5 Queen's Park 14 5 3 6 19 19 7 2 3 2 10 10 7 3 0 4 9 9 0 18
6 Elgin City 14 4 5 5 22 17 7 3 1 3 14 9 7 1 4 2 8 8 5 17
7 Stirling Albion 14 4 4 6 12 11 7 3 2 2 8 4 7 1 2 4 4 7 1 16
8 Stenhousemuir 14 4 4 6 16 26 7 2 1 4 9 16 7 2 3 2 7 10 -10 16
9 Albion Rovers 13 3 2 8 18 29 6 2 1 3 10 13 7 1 1 5 8 16 -11 11
10 Brechin City 14 2 1 11 15 33 7 1 1 5 8 15 7 1 0 6 7 18 -18 7

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.