The season has been a struggle for Cove Rangers so far, and the same description fits Raith Rovers. The bottom dwellers eye some crucial points here.
- Cove Rangers have the most conceded goals (40) in Championship
- Raith Rovers have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Championship
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 11 victories, 1 draw and 2 defeats from 14 games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 21-10. You can compare this with overall results below.
The visiting Raith Rovers played their last game only three days ago, a Challenge Cup match. That game, against Queen's Park, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Raith Rovers.
Cove Rangers form and stats
When playing at home in the Championship, Cove Rangers, who have the most conceded goals (40) in Championship, have managed 5 wins, 2 draws and suffered 4 defeats from 11 games. When Cove Rangers hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Hamilton Academical, Arbroath and Cove Rangers), they have won 2 of 3 matches!
The Cove Rangers crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-6 to Queen's Park here at Balmoral Stadium. Cove Rangers were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.
A defeat was the result before that one, 1-6 away at Inverness CT.Cove has scored 16 league goals at home this season, in 11 matches. On the other hand, Cove Rangers have conceded 15 goals. Cove Rangers has at home met teams with this table position (low), three times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 2 of 3 times.
Raith Rovers form and stats
Raith Rovers have only collected 10 points from their away games in the Championship, after 3-1-6 (10 played). When Raith Rovers is visiting a side on the bottom half, they have won 3 of 3 matches. Hamilton Academical, Arbroath and Raith Rovers is teams we like to compare Cove Rangers with.
Two away games in a row for Rovers, whose boss Murray could celebrate last time after the Challenge Cup win against Queen's Park.
A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Dundee in the Championship.Many goals are not expected from the visiting Raith Rovers as they have only managed to score 6 times from 10 away games in the league. As opposed to that, Raith Rovers have seen the ball go into their own net 11 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
This duo played each other before this match year: Raith Rovers - Cove Rangers 3-0. As for the last five games between these two teams, there's three Cove victories, zero draws and two Raith Rovers wins. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Connolly 9 goals |   C. Scully 7 goals | M. Megginson 6 goals |
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| Cove Rangers | Raith Rovers | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 11 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 10 | 21 |
| 5 | 5 | 2 | Won | W | 3 | 3 | 8 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 9 | 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 6 | 9 |
| 28 | 16 | 6 | Scored | S | 4 | 6 | 26 |
| 40 | 15 | 2 | Conceded | C | 0 | 11 | 27 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 90% | 91% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 60% | 76% |
| 60% | 45% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 10% | 38% |
| 40% | 27% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 19% |
| 20% | 9% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 10% |
| 60% | 45% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 20% | 43% |
| 20% | 36% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 30% | 24% |
| 20% | 18% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 33% |
| 4.8 | 4.4 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.3 | 5.4 | 4.6 |
| 5.1 | 5.5 | 5.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.3 | 5.7 | 5 |
| 2.2 | 1.8 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.5 | 1.9 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8.8 | 9.5 | 9.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.7 | 9 | 9 |
| 3.6 | 3.7 | 3.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 3.3 | 3.9 |
| 39% | 39% | 55% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 18% | 32% |
| 10.7 | 10.8 | 8.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 5.7 | 8 | 7.3 |
| 5 | 4.5 | 2.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 1.3 | 2.8 | 2.7 |
- Cove Rangers have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Raith Rovers have scored away.
- Cove Rangers have the most conceded goals (40) in Championship
- Cove Rangers haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Raith Rovers have the fewest conceded goals (11) away in Championship
- Raith Rovers have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Championship
- Raith Rovers have the fewest scored goals (6) away in Championship
- Raith Rovers have the fewest scored goals in the second half (8) 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 | 20 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 44 | 27 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 15 | 17 | 39 |
| 2 | Ayr United | 20 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 39 | 27 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 16 | 12 | 35 |
| 3 | Dundee | 20 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 33 | 25 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 8 | 35 |
| 4 | Partick Thistle | 21 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 42 | 36 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 29 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 6 | 33 |
| 5 | Greenock Morton | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 28 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 7 | 30 |
| 6 | Inverness CT | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 30 | 28 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 2 | 29 |
| 7 | Raith Rovers | 21 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 26 | 27 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 11 | -1 | 28 |
| 8 | Cove Rangers | 20 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 28 | 40 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 25 | -12 | 21 |
| 9 | Arbroath | 21 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 34 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 16 | -16 | 17 |
| 10 | Hamilton Academical | 20 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 39 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 22 | -23 | 11 |
