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Cowdenbeath face a trip to Raith Rovers at Stark's Park on Saturday afternoon, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The Blue Brazil will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them ending up on the losing side in more than half of the games played between the two.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was earlier this season, with Cowdenbeath inflicting a narrow 0 - 1 defeat upon the Rovers in a Scottish Challenge Cup match.
For a detailed analysis of the head-to-head between the two sides, click here
| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2010/2011 | Sat 16 Oct | Cowdenbeath | 1 - 2 | Raith Rovers | SCD1 |
| 2010/2011 | Sat 24 Jul | Raith Rovers | 0 - 1 | Cowdenbeath | SCC |
| 2007/2008 | Sat 01 Mar | Raith Rovers | 3 - 2 | Cowdenbeath | SCD2 |
| 2007/2008 | Wed 02 Jan | Cowdenbeath | 1 - 4 | Raith Rovers | SCD2 |
| 2007/2008 | Sat 03 Nov | Raith Rovers | 2 - 0 | Cowdenbeath | SCD2 |
| 2007/2008 | Sat 25 Aug | Cowdenbeath | 1 - 0 | Raith Rovers | SCD2 |
| 2006/2007 | Sat 03 Mar | Cowdenbeath | 1 - 5 | Raith Rovers | SCD2 |
Recent respective form guides
Raith Rovers are showing reasonable home form, having won four and lost two from the last six played. The goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period, 5 to 4.
The away form of Cowdenbeath is pretty dire, losing every single one of the last six matches played! Blue Brazil have conceded 16 goals in these games, and only hit 2 in reply.
Raith Rovers are just outside the promotion places, in 2nd, having taken 27 points from 13 games. Cowdenbeath see themselves just below half way in the Irn Bru Scottish Division One, showing a record of 16 points from their 14 games played so far,
For a detailed analysis of team form guides throughout the leagues, click here
| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Raith Rovers | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 10 |
| Cowdenbeath | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 4 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
FootyMad see this game edging towards a narrow win for the Rovers, as the Blue Brazil have been none too clever on the road in recent matches. Home win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Raith Rovers | 12 games since last home draw. Not won in the 3 most recent games. |
| Cowdenbeath | Lost each of the previous 6 away matches. Not won in previous 6 away matches. An overall losing run of 3 games. No win in the 3 most recent games. |