Cowdenbeath vs Heart of Midlothian
Scotland League Cup has entered the second match day and one of the matches from group A presents a match between Cowdenbeath who played as host to host Heart in Central Park. Interestingly, since 2014, the two teams have met 7 matches and from 7 matches, Cowdenbeath has never won a victory, only able to hold Heart 2 times and the remaining 5 games won by Heart.
In the previous match day match they both won a victory, but the difference was Heart had to win through a penalty drama. Heart met with Dundee United, the match went quite fierce because the score ended 1-1 in the normal round. Even Heart had to be 0-1 behind first because of a quick goal from L. Shankland in 9 minutes then A. Irving equalized for Heart 44 minutes. Interestingly A. Irving had to leave the field because he was rewarded with a red card on 83 minutes.
Meanwhile on the side of Cowdenbeath they defeated East Fife with 2 goals without reply, indeed from the start Cowdenbeath had been seeded to win and according to estimates. Goals from R. Buchanan and G. Taylor in minutes 17 and 27 were enough for Cowdenbeath to get full points, so the standings while Cowdenbeath were top with 3 points and Heart followed with 2 points.
This match could be arguably the top game, unfortunately even though it benefited from playing at headquarters alone but the chance of victory was on the side of Heart. This can not be separated from looking at their head to head which shows that their strength and quality are indeed different. Most likely Heart will win the match.
Our Prediction: 2
Odds: 1.22