Cowdenbeath host Stranraer for another engrossing League Two game here at Central Park.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Cowdenbeath form and stats
The hosts won their first League Two game here at Central Park, lifting spirits. Home statistics for Cowdenbeath last season were 1 win, 0 draws and 1 loss from 2 games.
A good away victory last time out for Cowdenbeath, who won 1-0 against Fraserburgh. Some amazing scenes last match, when L. Buchanan scored the winning goal two minutes into stoppage time.
Previous to that game, a League Two home match hosting Elgin City in a game that was won 3-1.This is expected to be a close game, with Cowdenbeath perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Cowdenbeath as a small favourite), we find five games. Cowdenbeath has won three of these, drawn zero and lost two.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Cowdenbeath at home in the league. 3 on target and 1 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.
Stranraer form and stats
One match played away so far in the League Two for Stranraer and it was a tie. Last season the statistics for their away games were 1 win, 1 draw and 0 losses from 2 games.
Stranraer are travelling after their nice 3-0 home win in the Challenge Cup against Motherwell U21.
A 0-3 loss hosting Annan Athletic before that.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found nine similar matches played by Stranraer in our archives, and the results are: two wins for Stranraer, four draws and three defeats.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Stranraer has managed 1 goal and let in 1 from 1 match.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head statistics (for the last ten meetings): Cowdenbeath won three games, two matches ended in a draw and Stranraer managed five wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / sixTop Goalscorers
  L. Buchanan 2 goals | L. Mahady 1 goals |  G. Gallagher 1 goals |
Cowdenbeath missing players
Stranraer missing players
| Cowdenbeath | Stranraer | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | 3 | 3 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 50% | 100% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 100% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 4.5 | 4 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 9 | 7.5 |
| 4.5 | 5 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 3 | 5.5 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 11 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 11 | 11 |
| 5.5 | 8 | 8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 4 | 3.5 |
| 27% | 38% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 25% | 14% |
| Cowdenbeath | Last season | Stranraer | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 22 | 11 | Played | P | 11 | 22 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Won | W | 5 | 11 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 4 | 5 | ||
| 11 | 6 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | ||
| 15 | 9 | Scored | S | 16 | 36 | ||
| 32 | 19 | Conceded | C | 12 | 25 | ||
| 86% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 64% | 82% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 73% | 77% | ||
| 27% | 36% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 45% | 50% | ||
| 14% | 18% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 27% | 36% | ||
| 9% | 9% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 9% | 14% | ||
| 27% | 36% | BTTS | BTTS | 55% | 45% | ||
| 36% | 27% | Clean Sheets | C S | 36% | 41% | ||
| 50% | 36% | Failed to Score | F T | 9% | 14% | ||
| 4.7 | 4.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 5.3 | ||
| 6.2 | 5.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.8 | 4.3 | ||
| 1.9 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.3 | ||
| 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 5 | ||
| 7.5 | 7.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.7 | 9.4 | ||
| 2.5 | 2.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.1 | ||
| 28% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 40% | ||
| 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 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 2 | Forfar Athletic | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 3 | Albion Rovers | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | Annan Athletic | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Cowdenbeath | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | Stirling Albion | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| 7 | Stenhousemuir | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| 8 | Elgin City | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 1 |
| 9 | Stranraer | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -3 | 1 |
| 10 | Edinburgh City | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | -4 | 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 |