Football betting preview: Stenhousemuir vs Cowdenbeath

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Competition: Scotland League Two
Competition: Sat 24.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Ochilview Park (5267 seats)

With their 8 point advantage in the league table, Stenhousemuir fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Cowdenbeath.

Insights:
  • Stenhousemuir have the most dropped points from leading position (8) in League Two
  • Cowdenbeath have the fewest scored goals in the first half (5) in League Two

It's no vacation for neither Stenhousemuir nor Cowdenbeath as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

Stenhousemuir's stadium, Ochilview Park, has a artifical turf surface. Cowdenbeath have grass on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Cowdenbeath when playing on artifical turf; 2 wins, 3 draws and 9 losses from 14 matches. They have scored 12 goals in these games and conceded 21.

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Stenhousemuir form and stats

5 victories, 2 draws and 2 defeats. That’s what Stenhousemuir have to build on here at Ochilview Park in the League Two.

No payout for Stenhousemuir in their previous match, an away game at Annan Athletic that ended in defeat 1-5. Heartbreak before that as Stenhousemuir lost 0-4 at Stranraer's place.

As you see from the result above, Stenhousemuir suffered greatly in their last game. Thankfully the team has a new chance to prove themselves in this one.

Stenhousemuir are traveling soon after this match as the League Two match at Annan Athletic awaits in three days.

A decent goal production from Stenhousemuir in their home games so far, with 15 goals from 9 league matches. On the other hand, Stenhousemuir have conceded 10 goals.

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Cowdenbeath form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Cowdenbeath, who have the fewest scored goals (3) away in League Two, so far with only 6 points returning home. The records show 1-3-5 (win-draw-lose). Visiting Cowdenbeath has seen their last two away games both end with a tied score and one point each.

Cowdenbeath are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 0-0 draw at Brechin City. A loss against Stirling Albion was the result prior to that, in a home game.

A new game in only three days for Cowdenbeath, the League Two home match versus Brechin City. Busy days.

There's been a serious shortage of goals from Cowdenbeath's away games in the league this season with only 3 goals from 9 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 12 goals have been conceded by Cowdenbeath in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Stenhousemuir - Cowdenbeath 1-0 earlier this season. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Stenhousemuir won three games, four matches ended with a draw and Cowdenbeath has three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / six

Top Goalscorers

StenhousemuirB. Biabi
B. Biabi
6 goals
StenhousemuirM. McGuigan
M. McGuigan
5 goals

Stenhousemuir missing players

Cowdenbeath missing players

Stenhousemuir Cowdenbeath
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
18 9 3 Played P 2 9 18
6 5 2 Won W 0 1 3
4 2 0 Drew D 0 3 5
8 2 1 Lost L 2 5 10
23 15 5 Scored S 2 3 10
31 10 3 Conceded C 7 12 29
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 67% 83%
89% 89% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 33% 56%
56% 56% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 22% 33%
44% 33% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 11% 17%
6% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 11% 11%
61% 56% 67% BTTS BTTS 50% 11% 28%
22% 44% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 44% 33%
17% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 78% 56%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2 2.1 1.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.5 2.6 2.1
4 1 0 Red cards R C 1 2 2
 
9.9 10.8 12.3 Shots (avg) S ( 8.5 6.3 6.1
3.1 3.8 3.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 1.9 2.1
41% 44% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 18% 27%
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Cowdenbeath have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Cowdenbeath have the fewest scored goals (3) away in League Two
  • Cowdenbeath have the fewest scored goals in the first half (5) in League Two
  • Stenhousemuir have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Stenhousemuir have scored more than double the goals of Cowdenbeath.
  • Stenhousemuir have the most dropped points from leading position (8) in League Two
  • Stenhousemuir haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 18 15 3 0 37 8 9 7 2 0 19 4 9 8 1 0 18 4 29 48
2 Edinburgh City 18 11 2 5 37 22 9 4 1 4 16 13 9 7 1 1 21 9 15 35
3 Stirling Albion 18 9 5 4 27 15 9 4 2 3 6 5 9 5 3 1 21 10 12 32
4 Stranraer 18 9 4 5 30 18 9 5 1 3 17 8 9 4 3 2 13 10 12 31
5 Elgin City 18 9 2 7 29 22 9 5 1 3 17 12 9 4 1 4 12 10 7 29
6 Stenhousemuir 18 6 4 8 23 31 9 5 2 2 15 10 9 1 2 6 8 21 -8 22
7 Albion Rovers 18 5 3 10 22 35 9 1 2 6 6 15 9 4 1 4 16 20 -13 18
8 Annan Athletic 18 4 5 9 20 24 9 2 2 5 13 16 9 2 3 4 7 8 -4 17
9 Cowdenbeath 18 3 5 10 10 29 9 2 2 5 7 17 9 1 3 5 3 12 -19 14
10 Brechin City 18 1 3 14 10 41 9 0 3 6 6 23 9 1 0 8 4 18 -31 6

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.