Match ends, Falkirk 5, Cowdenbeath 0.
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Rory Loy hit a hat-trick as Falkirk hammered Cowdenbeath and boosted their Championship title hopes.
Loy volleyed home from Mark Beck's flick and then made it two, before Blair Alston killed off the contest with a great strike.
Craig Sibbald latched on to Mark Millar's through ball to net the fourth early in the second half.
And Loy completed the scoring after more good work by Beck, with the Bairns now just four points off top spot.
Line-ups
Falkirk
Formation 4-4-2
- 1McGovern
- 6Vaulks
- 36Chalmers
- 35Millar
- 34McCracken
- 3Kingsley
- 11McGrandlesSubstituted forSmallat 72'minutes
- 8Alston
- 33Loy
- 7BeckSubstituted forDurojaiyeat 55'minutes
- 10SibbaldSubstituted forLeahyat 66'minutes
Substitutes
- 4Durojaiye
- 5Flynn
- 12Bowman
- 18Small
- 19Leahy
- 29Hogg
- 31Shepherd
Cowdenbeath
Formation 4-1-4-1
- 17Usai
- 14BrettBooked at 37mins
- 2McKeown
- 6WedderburnSubstituted forKaneat 29'minutesSubstituted forRobertsonat 54'minutes
- 5Armstrong
- 4O'BrienSubstituted forMortonat 38'minutes
- 7Stewart
- 18Milne
- 9Stewart
- 20Miller
- 21Hemmings
Substitutes
- 1Flynn
- 8Stevenson
- 11Morton
- 12Gold
- 22Robertson
- 24Callaghan
- 26Kane
- Referee:
- Don Robertson
- Attendance:
- 2,830
Match Stats
Home TeamFalkirkAway TeamCowdenbeath
- Possession
- Home54%
- Away46%
- Shots
- Home12
- Away9
- Shots on Target
- Home7
- Away3
- Corners
- Home2
- Away6
- Fouls
- Home8
- Away8
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Second Half ends, Falkirk 5, Cowdenbeath 0.
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Attempt saved. Rory Loy (Falkirk) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
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Attempt missed. Kane Hemmings (Cowdenbeath) right footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses the top left corner.
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Attempt blocked. Greg Stewart (Cowdenbeath) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
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Corner, Cowdenbeath. Conceded by Stephen Kingsley.
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Attempt blocked. Dean Brett (Cowdenbeath) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
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Corner, Cowdenbeath. Conceded by Blair Alston.
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Foul by Luke Leahy (Falkirk).
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Jordan Morton (Cowdenbeath) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Attempt missed. Jordan Morton (Cowdenbeath) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right.
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Attempt saved. Sammy Stewart (Cowdenbeath) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
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Foul by Luke Leahy (Falkirk).
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Sammy Stewart (Cowdenbeath) wins a free kick on the left wing.
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Foul by Mark Millar (Falkirk).
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Greg Stewart (Cowdenbeath) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Attempt missed. Luke Leahy (Falkirk) left footed shot from outside the box is too high from a direct free kick.
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Lewis Small (Falkirk) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Dean Brett (Cowdenbeath).
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Attempt missed. Greg Stewart (Cowdenbeath) left footed shot from outside the box is too high.
