Edinburgh City welcomes Cowdenbeath as clear favourites: Big betting preview

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Competition: Scotland League Two
Competition: Sat 24.October
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Ainslie Park Stadium (5000 seats)

It's game two of the League Two season and everything to play for. Read our full preview of Edinburgh City-Cowdenbeath!

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Edinburgh City form and stats

Heartbreak before that as Edinburgh lost 1-2 at Alloa Athletic's place.

As mentioned above, Edinburgh "killed" Brechin City in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency.

Last season, Edinburgh City's league statistics were 17 wins, 4 draws and 6 losses, resulting in a 2nd position in the League Two. Over these 27 matches they scored 49 goals and conceded 28. Playing at home last season Edinburgh City managed 10-2-2 (win-draw-lost) with 28 goals and 9 conceded.

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Cowdenbeath form and stats

Ahead of that match was the League Cup away draw versus Inverness CT that ended 0-0.

Let's have a look at how Cowdenbeath performed last season in the League Two: They landed a 4th position in the league table after playing out 12 victories, 5 draws and 10 defeats. In total they scored 37 and conceded 35 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 2 - drew 3 and lost 8 with 14/20 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's five Edinburgh victories, three draws and two Cowdenbeath wins. Over/under statistics; one of these games ended with three goals or more, nine matches with two goals or less.

Edinburgh City missing players

Cowdenbeath missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Edinburgh City Cowdenbeath
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
1 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 1
5 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
1 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 3
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 100%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
26 0 0 Total Shots T S 0 0 5
10 0 0 Shots on Target S O 0 0 2
50% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
Edinburgh City Last season Cowdenbeath
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
27 14   Played P   13 27
17 10   Won W   2 12
4 2   Drew D   3 5
6 2   Lost L   8 10
49 28   Scored S   14 37
28 9   Conceded C   20 35
96% 93%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   85% 89%
78% 79%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   69% 67%
63% 64%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   62% 59%
30% 21%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   31% 37%
15% 7%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   15% 15%
52% 43%   BTTS BTTS   38% 52%
37% 50%   Clean Sheets C S   31% 33%
15% 14%   Failed to Score F T   46% 26%
 
0 0   Corners for (avg) C F   0 0
0 0   Corners against (avg) C A   0 0
1.5 1.5   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   3.2 2.9
3 0   Red cards R C   4 6
 
277 137   Total Shots T S   104 206
127 64   Shots on Target S O   42 93
39% 44%   Goal Efficiency G E   33% 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 Edinburgh City 1 1 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 5 1 4 3
2 Elgin City 1 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 1 3 3
3 Annan Athletic 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 3
4 Stenhousemuir 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 3
5 Queen's Park 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
6 Stirling Albion 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
7 Albion Rovers 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
8 Stranraer 1 0 0 1 1 4 1 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 0
9 Cowdenbeath 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 0
10 Brechin City 1 0 0 1 1 5 1 0 0 1 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 -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 Cove Rangers 28 22 2 4 76 34 14 14 0 0 37 7 14 8 2 4 39 27 42 68
2 Edinburgh City 27 17 4 6 49 28 14 10 2 2 28 9 13 7 2 4 21 19 21 55
3 Elgin City 28 12 7 9 48 34 14 7 2 5 30 19 14 5 5 4 18 15 14 43
4 Cowdenbeath 27 12 5 10 37 35 14 10 2 2 23 15 13 2 3 8 14 20 2 41
5 Queen's Park 28 11 7 10 37 35 14 6 5 3 21 17 14 5 2 7 16 18 2 40
6 Stirling Albion 28 10 6 12 34 35 13 3 3 7 13 21 15 7 3 5 21 14 -1 36
7 Annan Athletic 27 9 4 14 33 54 14 6 4 4 24 22 13 3 0 10 9 32 -21 31
8 Stenhousemuir 28 7 8 13 32 48 15 3 4 8 16 29 13 4 4 5 16 19 -16 29
9 Albion Rovers 26 6 6 14 37 51 12 5 2 5 23 23 14 1 4 9 14 28 -14 24
10 Brechin City 27 4 5 18 31 60 13 2 3 8 12 25 14 2 2 10 19 35 -29 17

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Edinburgh City 1 1 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 5 1 4 3
2 Elgin City 1 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 1 3 3
3 Annan Athletic 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 3
4 Stenhousemuir 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 3
5 Queen's Park 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
6 Stirling Albion 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
7 Albion Rovers 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
8 Stranraer 1 0 0 1 1 4 1 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 0
9 Cowdenbeath 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 0
10 Brechin City 1 0 0 1 1 5 1 0 0 1 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 -4 0

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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.