FM Preview: Cowdenbeath v Livingston 22 Dec 2012

Last updated : 21 December 2012 By Footymad Previewer

Footymad preview History of the Cowdenbeath v Livingston fixture

Livingston travel to take on Cowdenbeath at Central Park on Saturday afternoon, hoping to improve upon an average previous return from this fixture. Of the 27 games played, Livi have recorded 11 wins, and Cowdenbeath have come away with 12 victories.

The last time the two teams met at Cowdenbeath was more than a decade ago, in July 1999, as the visitors ran out cosy 0-2 winners in a Scottish League Cup match.

Recent encounters between the teams

Season Date Team Result Team Comp
2012/2013 Sat 06 Oct Livingston 1 - 1 Cowdenbeath Scottish Division One
2007/2008 Tue 15 Jan Livingston 2 - 0 Cowdenbeath Scottish F.A. Cup
1999/2000 Sat 31 Jul Cowdenbeath 0-2 Livingston Scottish League Cup
1998/1999 Sat 01 Aug Cowdenbeath 0 - 2 Livingston Scottish League Cup
1995/1996 Sat 16 Mar Livingston 2 - 1 Cowdenbeath Scottish Division Three
1995/1996 Wed 28 Feb Cowdenbeath 0 - 3 Livingston Scottish Division Three
1995/1996 Sat 18 Nov Livingston 0 - 1 Cowdenbeath Scottish Division Three

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Recent respective form guides

Cowdenbeath's poor home run has seen them win just 1 and draw 2 of the last six. The goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period, 13 to 11.

Livingston's away form is none too clever either, winning and losing 3 each of the last six games. While the Livi have hit 8 goals, 12 have hit the back of the wrong net.

Cowdenbeath see themselves just below half way in the Irn Bru Scottish Division One, showing a record of 13 points from their 14 games played so far,

Livingston's 22 points from 14 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 4th position.

Current overall team form

Team P W D L F A P
Cowdenbeath 6 1 1 4 9 9 4
Livingston 6 3 1 2 9 9 10

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FootyMad's prediction ...

Livingston are in reasonable form away from home coming into this match, and the Madmen are quite confident that they should come away with a comfortable victory from this contest. Away win

Sequence statistics

Team Sequences
Cowdenbeath Failed to win in previous 3 home matches.
Latest 3 games ended in defeat.
Not won in the 5 most recent games.
Livingston 7 games since last away draw.
Last drawn game 6 outings ago.

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