Partick Thistle vs Raith Rovers in Challenge Cup preview: Key statistics and predictions

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Competition: Scotland Challenge Cup
Competition: Fri 14.February
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: The Energy Check Stadium (10102 seats)

National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Partick Thistle or Raith Rovers that keep their silverware dream alive.

Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!

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Partick Thistle form and stats

Partick Thistle participated in Challenge Cup the last season, where they reached the 2nd round.

Partick Thistle's struggle is real here at The Energy Check Stadium with only 8 points collected from 11 Championship games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 2-2-7. 3W-0D-0L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the Challenge Cup for Partick Thistle.

Partick Thistle faced defeat in their previous match, away at Dundee (0-2). In the match before that, Partick Thistle hosted Ayr United and drew the Championship game 1-1.

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 Partick Thistle's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played two games, won zero matches, drawn one and lost one.

Partick Thistle has scored 12 league goals at home this season, in 11 matches. Partick Thistle have conceded 21 from these games.

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Raith Rovers form and stats

Raith Rovers was sent out of Challenge Cup in the 2nd round last season.

The visitors are W6-D4-L3 on the road this term. That's in the League One. Total Challenge Cup statistics for Raith Rovers: 4 wins, 0 draws and 0 losses.

It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Stranraer in their previous outing. The League One match ended in a draw 1-1. Before that one, a nice away victory 1-0 at Airdrieonians.

As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Raith Rovers playing away, we found one game. Results were zero away wins, one draw and zero home wins.

Raith Rovers has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 20 goals from 13 games. Raith Rovers have conceded 18 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: two - five - three (Partick Thistle wins - draws - Raith Rovers wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Partick ThistleK. Miller
K. Miller
5 goals
Raith Rovers
K. Bowie
5 goals
Partick ThistleS. Gordon
S. Gordon
4 goals

Partick Thistle missing players

Raith Rovers missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Partick Thistle Raith Rovers
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 12   Played P   12 25
9 4   Won W   5 14
4 2   Drew D   4 7
12 6   Lost L   3 4
32 13   Scored S   18 44
44 18   Conceded C   18 31
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 96%
84% 75%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   75% 76%
60% 50%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   42% 48%
36% 25%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   33% 40%
20% 8%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   17% 16%
68% 58%   BTTS BTTS   67% 60%
8% 17%   Clean Sheets C S   25% 32%
24% 25%   Failed to Score F T   8% 12%
 
5.2 5.3   Corners for (avg) C F   4.1 5.3
4.8 3.9   Corners against (avg) C A   5.5 4.6
1.2 0.8   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.4 1.9
2 1   Red cards R C   3 6
 
236 111   Total Shots T S   115 254
99 36   Shots on Target S O   41 84
31% 33%   Goal Efficiency G E   44% 51%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Dundee United 23 17 2 4 49 18 12 9 2 1 32 8 11 8 0 3 17 10 31 53
2 Inverness CT 22 11 3 8 30 24 11 6 2 3 18 11 11 5 1 5 12 13 6 36
3 Ayr United 22 11 2 9 35 31 11 6 1 4 17 12 11 5 1 5 18 19 4 35
4 Dundee 23 9 6 8 29 31 11 6 1 4 15 14 12 3 5 4 14 17 -2 33
5 Dunfermline Athletic 23 9 4 10 36 32 12 6 2 4 21 14 11 3 2 6 15 18 4 31
6 Arbroath 23 9 4 10 21 25 11 5 3 3 12 10 12 4 1 7 9 15 -4 31
7 Greenock Morton 23 8 4 11 32 43 12 6 3 3 22 17 11 2 1 8 10 26 -11 28
8 Queen of the South 22 7 5 10 26 29 12 4 2 6 17 15 10 3 3 4 9 14 -3 26
9 Alloa Athletic 23 6 7 10 27 37 11 3 3 5 10 17 12 3 4 5 17 20 -10 25
10 Partick Thistle 24 6 5 13 30 45 11 2 2 7 12 21 13 4 3 6 18 24 -15 23
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Raith Rovers 24 13 7 4 45 30 11 7 3 1 25 12 13 6 4 3 20 18 15 46
2 Falkirk 23 11 9 3 45 14 11 7 2 2 29 5 12 4 7 1 16 9 31 42
3 Airdrieonians 24 11 6 7 33 26 13 5 4 4 17 13 11 6 2 3 16 13 7 39
4 East Fife 23 9 9 5 38 31 12 4 6 2 22 17 11 5 3 3 16 14 7 36
5 Montrose 22 11 2 9 39 33 11 6 0 5 22 17 11 5 2 4 17 16 6 35
6 Dumbarton 23 8 5 10 30 40 11 3 3 5 12 14 12 5 2 5 18 26 -10 29
7 Peterhead 23 7 4 12 29 37 12 5 3 4 15 11 11 2 1 8 14 26 -8 25
8 Clyde 22 6 7 9 28 36 11 4 4 3 20 15 11 2 3 6 8 21 -8 25
9 Forfar Athletic 23 6 4 13 23 40 12 4 2 6 16 20 11 2 2 7 7 20 -17 22
10 Stranraer 23 2 9 12 24 47 11 2 4 5 13 19 12 0 5 7 11 28 -23 15

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Raith Rovers 24 13 7 4 45 30 11 7 3 1 25 12 13 6 4 3 20 18 15 46
2 Falkirk 23 11 9 3 45 14 11 7 2 2 29 5 12 4 7 1 16 9 31 42
3 Airdrieonians 24 11 6 7 33 26 13 5 4 4 17 13 11 6 2 3 16 13 7 39
4 East Fife 23 9 9 5 38 31 12 4 6 2 22 17 11 5 3 3 16 14 7 36
5 Montrose 22 11 2 9 39 33 11 6 0 5 22 17 11 5 2 4 17 16 6 35
6 Dumbarton 23 8 5 10 30 40 11 3 3 5 12 14 12 5 2 5 18 26 -10 29
7 Peterhead 23 7 4 12 29 37 12 5 3 4 15 11 11 2 1 8 14 26 -8 25
8 Clyde 22 6 7 9 28 36 11 4 4 3 20 15 11 2 3 6 8 21 -8 25
9 Forfar Athletic 23 6 4 13 23 40 12 4 2 6 16 20 11 2 2 7 7 20 -17 22
10 Stranraer 23 2 9 12 24 47 11 2 4 5 13 19 12 0 5 7 11 28 -23 15

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