Match Report
Cowdenbeath went into the game 4th in the table on 2 points; St. Mirren sat 1st on 9 — a 7-point gap. Cowdenbeath ranked just 34th in the league on five-round form despite their 4th table position. Per game in the league, Cowdenbeath were scoring 0.5 and conceding 1, St. Mirren 2.25 and 0.25, against a competition average of 1.51 goals per team per game.
Cowdenbeath's winless run stood at 6. The last-five ledger: Cowdenbeath 2/15, St. Mirren 9/15.
Central Park in Cowdenbeath staged the fixture, a ground that holds 4,370. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 0-1.