3rd position in the League Two table for Cowdenbeath so far, a good performance. The home supporters hope for more joy as 6th-placed Stirling Albion visits Central Park.
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
Cowdenbeath form and stats
Home games in the League Two have been a walk in the park for Cowdenbeath so far, with 28 points won from 11 matches; 9 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss. Cowdenbeath are on a three game winning streak in their home games.
Cowdenbeath manager G. Bollan and his team return home after a 2-2 draw away versus Stenhousemuir (placed 9th) in the League Two. A defeat was the result before that one, 0-1 away at Queen's Park.
The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Cowdenbeath handle that role? We have found four games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are four wins, zero draws and zero defeats.
The Cowdenbeath fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 19 goals in 11 league matches. Cowdenbeath have only conceded 9 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Stirling Albion form and stats
5-3-4 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Stirling Albion, who have the most clean sheets (4) away in League Two, in their League Two matches away. Stirling Albion has been amazing away for a time now, winning four in a row on their travels. The last time they went home with a point loss was against Queen's Park.
Stirling Albion failed to get anything from their last game, a League Two home match vs Queen's Park (placed 5th) that ended with defeat 1-3. Preceding that game was the away victory against Edinburgh City with the score of 1-0.
We have checked recent matches where Stirling Albion have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those six games were one victory, two draws and three defeats.
Stirling Albion have scored 14 goals on their travels this season, from 12 away games in the league. It's not easy to score on Stirling Albion as they have only conceded 10 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Stirling Albion - Cowdenbeath 0-0. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - two - five (Cowdenbeath wins - draws - Stirling Albion wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  D. Duffy 7 goals |   D. Cox 6 goals |  F. Mullen 5 goals |
Cowdenbeath missing players
Stirling Albion missing players
| Cowdenbeath | Stirling Albion | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 11 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 12 | 23 |
| 11 | 9 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 5 | 8 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 8 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | 10 |
| 31 | 19 | 1 | Scored | S | 1 | 14 | 26 |
| 26 | 9 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 10 | 24 |
| 91% | 91% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | 91% |
| 64% | 55% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 58% | 61% |
| 59% | 55% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 39% |
| 36% | 45% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 8% | 13% |
| 9% | 9% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | 9% |
| 45% | 55% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 42% | 43% |
| 36% | 45% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 33% | 35% |
| 27% | 9% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 33% | 30% |
| 3.4 | 3.7 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 4.1 | 5 |
| 5.9 | 5.6 | 2.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 9.7 | 6.8 | 5.8 |
| 2.8 | 2.5 | 4.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.4 | 2.1 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 174 | 81 | 10 | Total Shots | T S | 18 | 102 | 222 |
| 75 | 39 | 5 | Shots on Target | S O | 7 | 38 | 84 |
| 41% | 49% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 14% | 37% | 31% |
- Cowdenbeath have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Stirling Albion has the fewest conceded goals (10) away
- Stirling Albion has the fewest conceded goals (24)
- Stirling Albion has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (5)
- Stirling Albion has the fewest matches over the total-line (8)
- Stirling Albion has the fewest points from losing position (2)
- Stirling Albion has the fewest scored goals (26)
- Stirling Albion has the most clean sheets (4) away
- Stirling Albion has the most matches under the total-line (14)
- Stirling Albion have won significantly less corners away then 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 | 23 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 59 | 30 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 4 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 29 | 26 | 29 | 53 |
| 2 | Edinburgh City | 23 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 44 | 25 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 16 | 19 | 50 |
| 3 | Cowdenbeath | 22 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 31 | 26 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 17 | 5 | 36 |
| 4 | Elgin City | 24 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 40 | 28 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 24 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 12 | 34 |
| 5 | Queen's Park | 23 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 33 | 33 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 32 |
| 6 | Stirling Albion | 23 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 26 | 24 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 29 |
| 7 | Annan Athletic | 24 | 8 | 3 | 13 | 31 | 51 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 21 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 30 | -20 | 27 |
| 8 | Albion Rovers | 21 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 34 | 41 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 21 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 20 | -7 | 24 |
| 9 | Stenhousemuir | 24 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 31 | 45 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 26 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 19 | -14 | 24 |
| 10 | Brechin City | 23 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 29 | 55 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 23 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 17 | 32 | -26 | 15 |