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- Stirling Albion have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Cowdenbeath have the fewest scored goals (15) in League Two
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Stirling Albion form and stats
With 3 League Two wins, 1 draw and 6 defeats from their home games, Stirling Albion are certainly not brimming with confidence. When Stirling Albion hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Stirling Albion, Elgin City and Albion Rovers), they have won 1 of 2 matches! It's been an uphill battle for Stirling Albion in their home games for quite some time now, as five matches in a row are lost here. Not since the Stranraer game have they avoided the disappointment of defeat.
The Stirling Albion manager Young and his crew return home after a 0-0 draw away versus Annan Athletic (placed 3rd).
The Stirling Albion fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 13 in 10 matches. Stirling Albion have conceded 17 from these games.
Cowdenbeath form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Cowdenbeath so far with only 8 points returning home. The records show 2-2-7 (win-draw-lose). It could be a hat trick of victories away for Cowdenbeath, as they have won on their previous two travels.
Cowdenbeath play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 1-0 victory visiting Albion Rovers (placed 9th).
The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-1 defeat against Stranraer.Looking at the earlier recent performances of Cowdenbeath when being an outsider away as they are today, we find five matches with the visitors losing three times, drawing one and winning one game.
The visitors have scored 6 goals from 11 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Cowdenbeath have conceded 17 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
These teams met each other before this match year: Cowdenbeath - Stirling Albion 1-0. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's six Stirling Albion victories, one draw and three Cowdenbeath wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less. The games between these teams have had a tendency to be "violent", having seen 5 sending-offs from the last ten encounters.Top Goalscorers
  L. Buchanan 5 goals |  D. Carrick 4 goals | J. Leitch 3 goals |
Stirling Albion missing players
Cowdenbeath missing players
| Stirling Albion | Cowdenbeath | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 10 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 11 | 22 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 10 | 6 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 7 | 14 |
| 28 | 13 | 2 | Scored | S | 2 | 6 | 15 |
| 31 | 17 | 2 | Conceded | C | 3 | 17 | 33 |
| 95% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 95% |
| 73% | 80% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 73% | 68% |
| 55% | 70% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 27% | 36% |
| 32% | 40% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 9% | 18% |
| 9% | 10% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 60% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 27% | 41% |
| 27% | 20% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 18% | 18% |
| 27% | 20% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 55% | 45% |
| 4.2 | 4.4 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 3.9 | 4.2 |
| 4.2 | 3.8 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.7 | 4.8 | 4.3 |
| 2.1 | 2.1 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1.9 | 2 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 9.7 | 8.4 | 9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.7 | 7.4 | 8 |
| 3.8 | 3.6 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 2.8 | 3.1 |
| 34% | 36% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 19% | 22% |
| 9.5 | 10 | 10 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.3 | 10.8 | 10.7 |
| 4.6 | 5 | 4.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.5 | 4.5 |
- Cowdenbeath have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Cowdenbeath have the fewest scored goals (15) in League Two
- Cowdenbeath have the fewest scored goals (6) away in League Two
- Cowdenbeath have the fewest scored goals in the first half (6) in League Two
- Cowdenbeath have the fewest scored goals in the second half (9) in League Two
- Cowdenbeath have the the worst goal difference (-11) away in League Two
- Cowdenbeath have the the worst goal difference (-18) in League Two
- Cowdenbeath haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Stirling Albion have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Stirling Albion have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Cowdenbeath have scored away.
- Stirling Albion haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| 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 | 21 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 46 | 21 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 13 | 25 | 49 |
| 2 | Forfar Athletic | 22 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 42 | 26 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 16 | 39 |
| 3 | Annan Athletic | 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 38 | 26 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 12 | 38 |
| 4 | Edinburgh City | 21 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 29 | 33 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 15 | -4 | 30 |
| 5 | Stenhousemuir | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 32 | 36 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 15 | -4 | 29 |
| 6 | Stranraer | 23 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 31 | 38 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 20 | -7 | 27 |
| 7 | Stirling Albion | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 28 | 31 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 14 | -3 | 26 |
| 8 | Elgin City | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 23 | 30 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 20 | -7 | 25 |
| 9 | Albion Rovers | 21 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 25 | 35 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 20 | -10 | 22 |
| 10 | Cowdenbeath | 22 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 33 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 17 | -18 | 16 |
