National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Kilmarnock or Raith Rovers that keep their silverware dream alive.
It should be mentioned that Raith Rovers play their home matches on grass, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on artifical turf. Does it matter? Recent statistics for Raith Rovers on artifical turf are 9 victories, 3 draws and 1 defeat from 13 games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 26-13. You can compare this with overall results below.
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 Kilmarnock and Raith Rovers.
Kilmarnock form and stats
7-1-5 (win-draw-lost) are the Championship numbers at home for Kilmarnock so far this season.
Kilmarnock are confident in defense, having played 211 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
Kilmarnock shared the glory with Dunfermline Athletic in their last match, an away game that ended all square 0-0.
Previous to that game, a Championship home match hosting Raith Rovers in a game that was won 3-0.The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Kilmarnock's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played nine games, won five matches, drawn one and lost three.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Kilmarnock as they have a new game in only three days, a Championship match thankfully also at home. Hamilton Academical are visiting.
The Kilmarnock fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 18 in 13 matches. Kilmarnock have only conceded 11 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Raith Rovers form and stats
Last season their Challenge Cup adventure ended in the semi-finals.The story so far for the visiting team on their Championship travels is 4 wins, 5 draws and 4 defeats.
Poplatnik was the last player to score for the away team. Rovers haven't scored a league goal in the last 277 minutes.
Raith Rovers delivered a 0-0 draw playing at home against Partick Thistle in their previous match.
Preceding that game, the 0-3 loss visiting Kilmarnock's place.A new game in only three days for Raith Rovers, the Championship home match versus Ayr United. Busy days.
Rovers find the net regularly in their away games. 14 goals from 13 away fixtures in the league.
Head 2 Head
Previous three meetings with these participants: Kilmarnock won one, Raith Rovers were winners in two and we saw zero draws. two games with over 2,5 goals, one match with under 2,5 goals.Top Goalscorers
  O. Shaw 9 goals |   D. Zanatta 8 goals |  K. Lafferty 5 goals |
Kilmarnock missing players
Raith Rovers missing players
| Kilmarnock | Raith Rovers | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 6 | Won | W | 4 | 9 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 6 | 11 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Lost | L | 4 | 5 | ||
| 34 | 19 | Scored | S | 16 | 31 | ||
| 23 | 13 | Conceded | C | 17 | 27 | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 86% | 80% | ||
| 60% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 79% | 72% | ||
| 44% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 52% | ||
| 24% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 21% | 20% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 4% | ||
| 44% | 58% | BTTS | BTTS | 43% | 52% | ||
| 36% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 29% | 32% | ||
| 28% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 43% | 36% | ||
| 5.3 | 5.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.3 | 4.5 | ||
| 4.7 | 5.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 4.7 | ||
| 1.4 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 1.7 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 11.7 | 13.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.2 | 8.7 | ||
| 4.9 | 5.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 3.1 | ||
| 28% | 28% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 41% | 40% | ||
| 9.3 | 9.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.9 | 8.6 | ||
| 3.7 | 3.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.4 | 3.1 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Arbroath | 27 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 39 | 19 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 19 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 20 | 9 | 20 | 48 |
| 2 | Kilmarnock | 27 | 14 | 5 | 8 | 34 | 19 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 11 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 8 | 15 | 47 |
| 3 | Inverness CT | 27 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 35 | 26 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 9 | 40 |
| 4 | Partick Thistle | 25 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 38 | 24 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 8 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 24 | 16 | 14 | 39 |
| 5 | Raith Rovers | 27 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 34 | 30 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 20 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 39 |
| 6 | Greenock Morton | 27 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 30 | 35 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 19 | 22 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 13 | -5 | 31 |
| 7 | Hamilton Academical | 27 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 29 | 41 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 23 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 18 | -12 | 31 |
| 8 | Ayr United | 27 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 25 | 40 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 22 | -15 | 29 |
| 9 | Dunfermline Athletic | 26 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 24 | 40 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 19 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 21 | -16 | 24 |
| 10 | Queen of the South | 26 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 26 | 40 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 25 | -14 | 23 |
