Match Report
Forfar Athletic went into the game 2nd in the table on 9 points; Cowdenbeath sat 4th on 2 — a 7-point gap. Cowdenbeath had been under-performing their position — 34th on five-round form against 4th in the table. Per game in the league, Forfar Athletic were scoring 1.5 and conceding 1.5, Cowdenbeath 0.5 and 1, against a competition average of 1.51 goals per team per game.
Three consecutive defeats weighed on Cowdenbeath. The five-game form split read 9/15 points for Forfar Athletic against 3/15 for Cowdenbeath.
Station Park in Forfar staged the fixture, a ground that holds 4,600. Forfar Athletic led 1-0 at the break — the second half brought no more goals and it finished 1-0.