National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Raith Rovers or Forfar Athletic that keep their silverware dream alive.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Forfar Athletic play their home matches on artifical turf, while this game takes place on grass. Relevant results for Forfar Athletic when featuring on grass are 7 wins, 6 draws and 10 defeats from 23 matches. They have scored 28 goals and conceded 35 times on these occasions.
Raith Rovers form and stats
Last season their Challenge Cup adventure ended in the semi-finals.The story so far in the Championship for Raith Rovers at their home stadium (Stark's Park) is 0 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats.
Raith Rovers's last game was hosting Aberdeen and winning 2-1.
Heartbreak before that as Rovers lost 0-1 at Inverness CT's place.There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Rovers as they are travelling to their away game against Ayr United in the Championship. That match is three days after this one.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Raith Rovers at home in the league. 4 on target and 4 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.
Forfar Athletic form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Formartine United in order to reach 2nd round of Challenge Cup. They also participated in Challenge Cup last season. This ended in the 2nd round.Four points from two away games for Forfar Athletic, meaning one draw and one victory in the League Two so far. Forfar have had a generous will to share for some time now, running a streak of three draws in a row.
Forfar Athletic's last game was the home draw against Stranraer (1-1).
Before that, Forfar travelled to Elgin City and returned home with a draw after the League Two game finished 1-1.As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Forfar Athletic has managed 3 goals and let in 1 from 2 matches.
Head 2 Head
Rovers-Forfar Athletic H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Raith Rovers four wins, Forfar Athletic two wins, four draws. six of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  L. Vaughan 2 goals |  S. McCluskey 2 goals | M. Aitken 2 goals |
Raith Rovers missing players
Forfar Athletic missing players
| Raith Rovers | Forfar Athletic | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 10 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 6 | Won | W | 4 | 8 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Drew | D | 2 | 7 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Lost | L | 4 | 10 | ||
| 37 | 27 | Scored | S | 12 | 31 | ||
| 29 | 22 | Conceded | C | 16 | 38 | ||
| 88% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 64% | 79% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 70% | 76% | ||
| 52% | 71% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 52% | ||
| 32% | 57% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 30% | 32% | ||
| 12% | 21% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 10% | 12% | ||
| 44% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 56% | ||
| 40% | 29% | Clean Sheets | C S | 30% | 24% | ||
| 28% | 29% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 24% | ||
| 5.5 | 4.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.7 | 4.3 | ||
| 4.1 | 3.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.8 | 5.2 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 1.4 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | ||
| 10 | 10.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.3 | 8.8 | ||
| 3.9 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 3.4 | ||
| 39% | 46% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 37% | ||
| 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 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 12 |
| 2 | Partick Thistle | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 9 |
| 3 | Kilmarnock | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 4 | Arbroath | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 5 | Hamilton Academical | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 5 | -2 | 4 |
| 6 | Greenock Morton | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -3 | 4 |
| 7 | Queen of the South | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | -2 | 3 |
| 8 | Raith Rovers | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| 9 | Ayr United | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 1 |
| 10 | Dunfermline Athletic | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -6 | 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 | Kelty Hearts | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 13 |
| 2 | Annan Athletic | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 12 |
| 3 | Forfar Athletic | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 4 | Stirling Albion | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 9 |
| 5 | Edinburgh City | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | -2 | 6 |
| 6 | Elgin City | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -1 | 5 |
| 7 | Cowdenbeath | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 4 |
| 8 | Albion Rovers | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -3 | 4 |
| 9 | Stenhousemuir | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -5 | 2 |
| 10 | Stranraer | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -6 | 2 |