National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Raith Rovers or East Fife that keep their silverware dream alive.
This has all the signs of an interesting game with lots of spark and excitement as both squads are well renewed since they last ran out on the pitch. Game on!
Raith Rovers form and stats
Action has already taken place for Raith Rovers in Challenge Cup as they have defeated Forfar Athletic to reach the 3rd Round. Last season their Challenge Cup adventure ended in the semi-finals.When playing at home in the Championship, Raith Rovers have managed 1 win, 2 draws and suffered 1 defeat from 4 games.
Happy days for Raith Rovers in their previous game, a Championship match away at Kilmarnock that ended with a 3-1 victory.
In the match before that, Raith Rovers hosted Dunfermline Athletic and drew the Championship game 1-1.With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (8 in 4 games), Rovers's attacking play is working. Rovers are struggling defensively, conceding on average more than two goals per home game (8 from 4 played).
East Fife form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Peterhead and St. Johnstone U21 in order to reach 3rd round of Challenge Cup. Fife's mission in Challenge Cup last season failed in the 2nd round.East Fife have been very modest guests so far, leaving with zero points in all their 5 away matches played so far in the League One. It's all red in the travel logs of Fife, having lost six matches in a row as the visiting team.
It might be tough going out on the road again for East Fife, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 1-2 versus Falkirk.
The game before that, in the League One, was lost at home, a 0-2 defeat against Clyde.Many goals are not expected from the visiting East Fife as they have only managed to score 4 times from 5 away games in the league. The Fife defense is as useful as an ashtray on a motorcycle, having conceded 18 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Raith Rovers five wins, two draws and East Fife three victories. As for goals, eight matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  D. Zanatta 5 goals |  K. Benedictus 2 goals | L. Vaughan 2 goals |
Raith Rovers missing players
East Fife missing players
| Raith Rovers | East Fife | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 5 | Won | W | 3 | 7 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Lost | L | 10 | 16 | ||
| 31 | 20 | Scored | S | 12 | 27 | ||
| 30 | 22 | Conceded | C | 32 | 50 | ||
| 88% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 60% | 71% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 88% | ||
| 48% | 57% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 77% | 68% | ||
| 28% | 43% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 31% | 28% | ||
| 8% | 14% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 23% | 16% | ||
| 36% | 43% | BTTS | BTTS | 54% | 56% | ||
| 40% | 29% | Clean Sheets | C S | 8% | 12% | ||
| 36% | 36% | Failed to Score | F T | 38% | 32% | ||
| 5.8 | 6.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.1 | 4.5 | ||
| 4.5 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.6 | 5.1 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.8 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 9.8 | 11.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.2 | 9.1 | ||
| 3.3 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 3.5 | ||
| 39% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 31% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Inverness CT | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 19 |
| 2 | Kilmarnock | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 16 |
| 3 | Arbroath | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 15 |
| 4 | Raith Rovers | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 14 |
| 5 | Partick Thistle | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 12 |
| 6 | Queen of the South | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | -3 | 9 |
| 7 | Ayr United | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -5 | 8 |
| 8 | Hamilton Academical | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | -7 | 8 |
| 9 | Greenock Morton | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -5 | 6 |
| 10 | Dunfermline Athletic | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -9 | 4 |
| 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 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 17 |
| 2 | Cove Rangers | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 17 |
| 3 | Falkirk | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 14 |
| 4 | Airdrieonians | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 14 |
| 5 | Dumbarton | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 14 |
| 6 | Montrose | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 13 |
| 7 | Alloa Athletic | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 11 |
| 8 | Clyde | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -4 | 11 |
| 9 | Peterhead | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| 10 | East Fife | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 23 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 18 | -15 | 4 |