Betting guide: Elgin City favourite to beat Cowdenbeath at Borough Briggs

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Competition: Scotland League Two
Competition: Sat 28.November
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Borough Briggs (4927 seats)

The League Two season is still fresh and sports bettors should be cautious. This meeting between Elgin City and Cowdenbeath promises to be an interesting one.

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

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Elgin City form and stats

Only two League Two home games for Elgin City so far, yet both highs and lows with 1 win, 0 draws and 1 defeat.

A League Cup defeat was the result before that one, 0-3 away at Arbroath.

Early season league goal statistics from Elgin City's 2 home games: 3 goals, 1 conceded.

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Cowdenbeath form and stats

Cowdenbeath, who have the fewest scored goals (2) in League Two, are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the League Two, having played 2 games and collected 3 points (1 win, 0 draws and 1 loss).

Home advantage was not enough for Cowdenbeath in their previous game, as they lost their League Cup-match, hosting Raith Rovers, 0-1. Preceding that game, the 0-2 loss visiting Stranraer's place.

As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Cowdenbeath has managed 1 goal and let in 2 from 2 matches.

Head 2 Head

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

Elgin City missing players

Cowdenbeath missing players

Elgin City Cowdenbeath
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
5 2 1 Played P 0 2 4
3 1 1 Won W 0 1 1
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 1
2 1 0 Lost L 0 1 2
9 3 3 Scored S 0 1 2
4 1 0 Conceded C 0 2 6
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
60% 50% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 50% 75%
60% 50% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 25%
20% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
20% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
40% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 25%
20% 50% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 50% 25%
40% 50% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 50% 50%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.8 2 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 3.5 2
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 2 2
 
46 24 15 Total Shots T S 0 10 21
24 12 7 Shots on Target S O 0 3 7
38% 25% 43% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 33% 29%
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Cowdenbeath has the fewest scored goals (1) away in League Two
  • Cowdenbeath has the fewest scored goals (2) in League Two
Elgin City Last season Cowdenbeath
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
28 14   Played P   13 27
12 7   Won W   2 12
7 2   Drew D   3 5
9 5   Lost L   8 10
48 30   Scored S   14 37
34 19   Conceded C   20 35
93% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   85% 89%
82% 86%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   69% 67%
64% 79%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   62% 59%
39% 57%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   31% 37%
11% 21%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   15% 15%
57% 57%   BTTS BTTS   38% 52%
21% 21%   Clean Sheets C S   31% 33%
29% 21%   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
1.7 1.7   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   3.2 2.9
1 0   Red cards R C   4 6
 
324 181   Total Shots T S   104 206
140 85   Shots on Target S O   42 93
34% 35%   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 Queen's Park 5 4 1 0 7 0 2 2 0 0 5 0 3 2 1 0 2 0 7 13
2 Elgin City 5 3 0 2 9 4 2 1 0 1 3 1 3 2 0 1 6 3 5 9
3 Stirling Albion 5 2 2 1 9 4 3 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 0 7 2 5 8
4 Stenhousemuir 5 2 2 1 9 6 3 1 1 1 5 4 2 1 1 0 4 2 3 8
5 Annan Athletic 5 2 1 2 8 6 2 0 1 1 3 4 3 2 0 1 5 2 2 7
6 Stranraer 5 2 1 2 5 6 3 1 0 2 3 5 2 1 1 0 2 1 -1 7
7 Edinburgh City 5 2 0 3 6 5 3 1 0 2 1 2 2 1 0 1 5 3 1 6
8 Cowdenbeath 4 1 1 2 2 6 2 0 1 1 1 4 2 1 0 1 1 2 -4 4
9 Albion Rovers 4 1 0 3 4 9 2 0 0 2 1 5 2 1 0 1 3 4 -5 3
10 Brechin City 5 1 0 4 3 16 2 0 0 2 1 10 3 1 0 2 2 6 -13 3

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.