Match Report
29 points for Cowdenbeath (10th), 42 for Stirling Albion (7th): a 13-point gap. The last five rounds placed Cowdenbeath 3rd in the league for form — higher than their 10th in the standings. Against a league average of 1.3 goals per team per game, Cowdenbeath ran at 0.78 scored and 1.36 conceded, Stirling Albion at 1.14 and 1.28.
Cowdenbeath had not won in 7 games. Cowdenbeath had banked 1 of the last 15 points on offer; Stirling Albion, 7.
The head-to-head ledger counts 5 games: 3 Cowdenbeath wins, 2 for Stirling Albion, 0 draws, at 5.2 goals per meeting. Only 40% of these meetings ended in a home win. Goals tend to flow: 100% of the meetings produced three or more, and both sides scored in 100%.
Central Park in Cowdenbeath, capacity 4,370, hosted the game. It was 0-0 at the break — the second half brought no more goals and it finished 0-0.