Arbroath are eager to get the points at their own ground in the upcoming fixture vs Raith Rovers.
- Arbroath have the fewest dropped points from leading position (4) in Championship
- Raith Rovers have the most dropped points from leading position (15) in Championship
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.
Arbroath form and stats
With 1 Championship win, 4 draws and 6 defeats from their home games, Arbroath are certainly not brimming with confidence. When Arbroath hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Hamilton Academical, Arbroath and Cove Rangers), they have won 1 of 2 matches! The Arbroath manager Campbell might feel some added pressure to get something from this game after two straight home defeats.
Arbroath are returning here after visiting Greenock Morton and winning with a 2-1 scoreline. Hamilton and McKenna scored the goal(s).
Ahead of that match, a home defeat in the Scottish Cup against Motherwell.
Some stats: A review of the 10 most recent league games shows that 9 of them had at least one goal scored by each team.
Arbroath aren't scoring a lot here at Gayfield Park in the league, with only {7 goals} from 11 games. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Arbroath defense is not exactly impregnable. 18 goals conceded from 11 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 9 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches. Arbroath has at home met teams with this table position (low), two times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 2 of 2 times.
Raith Rovers form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Raith Rovers so far with only 11 points returning home. The records show 3-2-6 (win-draw-lose). With three draws in a row for Raith Rovers the feeling in the team is perhaps one of both relief and disappointment.
Rovers's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Inverness CT that finished 2-2.
Ahead of that, the Scottish Cup victory away at Linlithgow Rose.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Raith Rovers manager Murray as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Dundee.
The visitors have scored 8 goals from 11 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. As opposed to that, Rovers have seen the ball go into their own net 13 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Arbroath and Raith Rovers have faced each other before this season: Raith Rovers - Arbroath 1-1. Arbroath-Raith Rovers H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Arbroath two wins, Raith Rovers three wins, five draws. six of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
  A. Connolly 10 goals |   C. Hamilton 4 goals | M. McKenna 4 goals |
Arbroath missing players
Raith Rovers missing players
| Arbroath | Raith Rovers | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 11 | 2 | Played | P | 4 | 11 | 23 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 10 | 6 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 6 | 9 |
| 22 | 7 | 2 | Scored | S | 5 | 8 | 30 |
| 37 | 18 | 1 | Conceded | C | 4 | 13 | 31 |
| 91% | 91% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 78% | 73% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 64% | 78% |
| 39% | 27% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 18% | 43% |
| 22% | 18% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 9% | 26% |
| 17% | 18% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 9% |
| 61% | 55% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 27% | 48% |
| 13% | 18% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 27% | 22% |
| 35% | 36% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 45% | 30% |
| 5.3 | 5.1 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 5 | 4.7 |
| 5 | 4.5 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 5.6 | 4.8 |
| 2.3 | 2.4 | 3.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 1.5 | 1.9 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8.1 | 8.9 | 7.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.8 | 8.9 | 9 |
| 3 | 3.1 | 2.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.2 | 3.3 | 4 |
| 31% | 21% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 24% | 22% | 33% |
| 9 | 10 | 9.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8 | 8.1 | 7.3 |
| 4 | 4.3 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 2.9 | 2.7 |
- Arbroath have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
- Arbroath have the fewest dropped points from leading position (4) in Championship
- Arbroath have the fewest points (7) at home in Championship
- Arbroath have the fewest scored goals (7) at home in Championship
- Arbroath have the the worst goal difference (-11) at home in Championship
- Raith Rovers have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Championship
- Raith Rovers have the fewest scored goals in the second half (9) in Championship
- Raith Rovers have the most dropped points from leading position (15) in Championship
- Raith Rovers haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 21 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 36 | 25 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 38 |
| 4 | Partick Thistle | 22 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 42 | 37 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 29 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 5 | 33 |
| 5 | Inverness CT | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 32 | 30 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 20 | 2 | 31 |
| 6 | Greenock Morton | 21 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 29 | 24 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 5 | 30 |
| 7 | Raith Rovers | 23 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 30 | 31 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 13 | -1 | 30 |
| 8 | Cove Rangers | 22 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 30 | 47 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 22 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 25 | -17 | 22 |
| 9 | Arbroath | 23 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 22 | 37 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 19 | -15 | 21 |
| 10 | Hamilton Academical | 22 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 39 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 22 | -21 | 17 |
