Edinburgh City vs Cowdenbeath preview for betting prediction

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Competition: Scotland League Two
Date: Sat 28.December
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Meadowbank Stadium (5000 seats)

A key match in League Two as both teams are battling for the top positions. With the home team in 2nd position and the visitors placed 3rd, this promises to be an exciting meeting. Read on to find out more!

Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!

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Edinburgh City form and stats

Home games in the League Two have been a walk in the park for Edinburgh City so far, with 22 points won from 8 matches; 7 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses. Two home wins in a row for Edinburgh City bring valid hopes of a third.

The Edinburgh City goalkeeper is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 236 minutes without conceding a goal in the League Two.

A good away victory last time out for Edinburgh City, who won 1-0 against Stirling Albion (placed 8th). In the game before, an away victory match versus Annan Athletic with a 2-0 scoreline.

With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (19 in 8 games), Edinburgh City's attacking play is working. From these home matches, Edinburgh City have conceded only 6 goals.

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Cowdenbeath form and stats

Cowdenbeath, who have the most clean sheets (8) in League Two, have only collected 7 points from their away games in the League Two, after 2-1-4 (7 played). Cowdenbeath has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.

Cowdenbeath are travelling after their nice 3-1 home win in the League Two against Stenhousemuir (placed 9th). A 1-2 defeat away at Brechin City before that.

Cowdenbeath are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 9 away goals from 7 games (in the league). 9 goals have been conceded by Cowdenbeath in these games.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: Cowdenbeath - Edinburgh City 1-0. Last ten meetings between the teams: Edinburgh City won 4, Cowdenbeath won 3 and 3 draws. 1 game with over 2,5 goals, 9 matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Edinburgh CityD. Handling
D. Handling
6 goals
Edinburgh CityA. Smith
A. Smith
5 goals
CowdenbeathF. Mullen
F. Mullen
5 goals

Edinburgh City missing players

Cowdenbeath missing players

Edinburgh City Cowdenbeath
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
17 8 1 Played P 1 7 16
12 7 1 Won W 0 2 9
2 1 0 Drew D 0 1 2
3 0 0 Lost L 1 4 5
35 19 2 Scored S 2 9 22
21 6 1 Conceded C 3 9 15
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 86% 88%
82% 88% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 71% 56%
71% 75% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 71% 56%
47% 38% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 14% 25%
24% 12% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 100% 14% 6%
59% 62% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 29% 38%
29% 38% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 43% 50%
12% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 43% 25%
 
5.2 5.2 1 Corners For (avg) C F 3 3.6 3.8
4.3 4.2 8 Corners Against (avg) C A 4 6.7 6.3
1.6 1.8 1 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 2 2.6 2.7
3 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 2 3
 
193 85 7 Total Shots T S 10 63 128
89 42 5 Shots on Target S O 4 24 53
39% 45% 40% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 38% 42%
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Cowdenbeath has the fewest conceded goals (15)
  • Cowdenbeath has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (7)
  • Cowdenbeath has the most clean sheets (8)
  • Cowdenbeath have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Edinburgh City has the most scored goals in the second half (24)
  • Edinburgh City have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Edinburgh City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Edinburgh City have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Edinburgh City have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Cowdenbeath have scored away.
  • Edinburgh City have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Edinburgh City haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Edinburgh City is in the best form (4-1-1)

  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 17 13 1 3 45 23 8 8 0 0 23 3 9 5 1 3 22 20 22 40
2 Edinburgh City 17 12 2 3 35 21 8 7 1 0 19 6 9 5 1 3 16 15 14 38
3 Cowdenbeath 16 9 2 5 22 15 9 7 1 1 13 6 7 2 1 4 9 9 7 29
4 Annan Athletic 17 7 3 7 25 31 8 4 3 1 17 9 9 3 0 6 8 22 -6 24
5 Elgin City 17 5 7 5 27 20 9 4 2 3 19 12 8 1 5 2 8 8 7 22
6 Queen's Park 17 5 4 8 21 25 9 2 4 3 12 14 8 3 0 5 9 11 -4 19
7 Albion Rovers 16 5 3 8 26 33 8 4 1 3 16 15 8 1 2 5 10 18 -7 18
8 Stirling Albion 17 4 5 8 15 17 9 3 2 4 10 9 8 1 3 4 5 8 -2 17
9 Stenhousemuir 17 4 4 9 19 33 8 2 1 5 10 18 9 2 3 4 9 15 -14 16
10 Brechin City 17 4 1 12 22 39 8 2 1 5 10 16 9 2 0 7 12 23 -17 13

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.