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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 less than a year ago, in January 2007, with Cowdenbeath inflicting a narrow 1 - 2 defeat upon the Rovers in a Scottish Division Two match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2007/2008 | Sat 25 Aug | Cowdenbeath | 1 - 0 | Raith Rovers | SCD2 |
| 2006/2007 | Sat 03 Mar | Cowdenbeath | 1 - 5 | Raith Rovers | SCD2 |
| 2006/2007 | Tue 02 Jan | Raith Rovers | 1 - 2 | Cowdenbeath | SCD2 |
| 2006/2007 | Sat 04 Nov | Cowdenbeath | 1 - 2 | Raith Rovers | SCD2 |
| 2006/2007 | Sat 26 Aug | Raith Rovers | 1 - 3 | Cowdenbeath | SCD2 |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 08 Mar | Raith Rovers | 2 - 1 | Cowdenbeath | SCD2 |
| 2002/2003 | Wed 01 Jan | Cowdenbeath | 1 - 1 | Raith Rovers | SCD2 |
Recent respective form guides
Raith Rovers have only performed averagely at home, winning 3 and losing 2 of their last six. The goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period, 10 to 9.
The away form of Cowdenbeath is pretty dire, accumulating just 1 victory and 1 draw from their last six played. While the Blue Brazil have hit 7 goals, 12 have hit the back of the wrong net.
Raith Rovers are just outside the promotion places, in 2nd, having taken 21 points from 11 games. Cowdenbeath see themselves just below half way in the Irn Bru Scottish Division Two, showing a record of 14 points from their 11 games played so far,
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Raith Rovers | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| Cowdenbeath | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
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 | 5 games since last home draw. Not drawn a match in their last 10 . |
| Cowdenbeath | Last drawn game 4 outings ago. |