National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Dundee or Raith Rovers that keep their silverware dream alive.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Dundee and Raith Rovers.
Dundee form and stats
Dundee have collected 19 points from their Championship home games so far after 6-1-3.
Dundee drew their last game, 1-1 away at Hamilton Academical.
Before that, Dundee had a Championship home game versus Queen's Park which ended with a victory 3-0.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Dundee have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 11 games) they have won 7 times, drawn 1 and lost 3.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Dundee as they have a new game in only four days, a Championship match thankfully also at home. Cove Rangers are visiting.
The Dundee manager Bowyer has got the team scoring with 21 from 10 home games in the league. 13 goals have been conceded.
Raith Rovers form and stats
Nothing but glory last season for Raith Rovers, as they won the Challenge Cup.4 wins, 2 draws and 6 losses. That’s the product of Raith Rovers playing as the away team in the Championship this season.
It's the second away game in a row for Rovers, but there's smiles all around after the 2-1 victory versus Arbroath last time out. World class coaching! That was the thoughts of manager Murray when McBride scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 68th minute.
Preceding that match was the 2-2 draw at home vs Inverness CT.Raith Rovers are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 3 wins, 3 draws and 7 defeats. From a total of 13 matches.
After this away game Raith Rovers return home for a Scottish Cup game against Motherwell. That game is only three sleeps after this.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Rovers as they have only managed to score 10 times from 12 away games in the league. As opposed to that, Raith Rovers have seen the ball go into their own net 14 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings with these teams: Dundee won six, Raith Rovers were winners in two and we saw two draws. five games with more than 2,5 goals, five matches with less than 2,5 goals.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Connolly 10 goals |   Z. Robinson 7 goals |  P. McMullan 6 goals |
Dundee missing players
Raith Rovers missing players
| Dundee | Raith Rovers | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 8 | Won | W | 6 | 11 | ||
| 6 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 7 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 5 | 7 | ||
| 49 | 28 | Scored | S | 11 | 35 | ||
| 26 | 12 | Conceded | C | 11 | 28 | ||
| 92% | 91% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 80% | 82% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 46% | 72% | ||
| 56% | 73% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 15% | 40% | ||
| 32% | 36% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 8% | 24% | ||
| 20% | 36% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | ||
| 48% | 45% | BTTS | BTTS | 23% | 44% | ||
| 48% | 55% | Clean Sheets | C S | 38% | 32% | ||
| 12% | 9% | Failed to Score | F T | 38% | 24% | ||
| 5.9 | 7.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 5.1 | ||
| 5.3 | 5.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.8 | 4.9 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.9 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 10.4 | 11.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.2 | 8.8 | ||
| 4.7 | 5.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.6 | 4.2 | ||
| 42% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 26% | 35% | ||
| 7.8 | 7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.4 | 6.8 | ||
| 3.2 | 3.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 2.5 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Queen's Park | 23 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 46 | 30 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 24 | 18 | 16 | 43 |
| 2 | Ayr United | 23 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 46 | 31 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 22 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 24 | 18 | 15 | 39 |
| 3 | Dundee | 22 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 37 | 26 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 39 |
| 4 | Partick Thistle | 23 | 10 | 3 | 10 | 42 | 38 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 29 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 4 | 33 |
| 5 | Raith Rovers | 24 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 32 | 32 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 18 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 0 | 33 |
| 6 | Inverness CT | 23 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 34 | 32 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 20 | 2 | 32 |
| 7 | Greenock Morton | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 31 | 26 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 7 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 19 | 5 | 31 |
| 8 | Cove Rangers | 23 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 31 | 47 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 22 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 25 | -16 | 25 |
| 9 | Arbroath | 24 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 23 | 39 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 20 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 19 | -16 | 21 |
| 10 | Hamilton Academical | 23 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 40 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 18 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 22 | -21 | 18 |
