Match Report
2 points for Cowdenbeath (5th), 12 for Hearts (1st): a 10-point gap. The last five rounds placed Cowdenbeath no better than 33rd for form, against 5th in the standings. Against a league average of 1.54 goals per team per game, Cowdenbeath ran at 0 scored and 1 conceded, Hearts at 2 and 0.75.
Defeat had followed defeat for Cowdenbeath — three in succession.
6 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Cowdenbeath 0, draws 0, Hearts 6, at 4.67 goals per meeting. Goals tend to flow: 67% of the meetings produced three or more.
The match was played at Bayview Stadium in Methil (capacity 5,000). On the scoreboard, it was 0-0 at the break; 1 second-half goal set the final 0-1.