Dunfermline Athletic and Raith Rovers are both riding high in the Championship with their 3rd and 2nd positions respectively. Expect a great game!
- Dunfermline Athletic have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Raith Rovers has the most scored goals (14) away in Championship
It's no vacation for neither Dunfermline Athletic nor Raith Rovers as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Dunfermline Athletic form and stats
Dunfermline Athletic have performed here at East End Park this season with 4 wins from 6 Championship matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 1 game and lost 1.
Dunfermline Athletic are anxiously hoping for a goal as it's been 337 minutes since the last one in league fixtures. (Scored by K. Turner).
The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 0-0 versus Ayr United.
The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Dunfermline have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found eight games) they have won five times, drawn zero and lost three.
Dunfermline are traveling soon after this match as the Championship match at Arbroath awaits in three days.
Dunfermline have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at East End Park with 10 goals in 6 league matches. Dunfermline Athletic have conceded 6 in these home matches.
Raith Rovers form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team, who have the most scored goals (14) away in Championship, on their Championship travels is 3 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat. Rovers has recorded two wins in a row in their away matches and hold legitimate hopes of a third one.
Preceding that, the 0-4 home loss versus Hearts.
We have checked recent matches where Rovers have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those four games were two victories, two draws and zero defeats.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Rovers manager J. McGlynn as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Greenock Morton.
With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Rovers are regular goalscorers on their travels. Raith Rovers's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 9 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
The last H2H meeting was Raith Rovers - Dunfermline Athletic 2-2, played this season. Dunfermline Athletic-Raith Rovers H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Dunfermline Athletic three wins, Raith Rovers four wins, three draws. three of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  D. McManus 6 goals |   I. Duku 5 goals | K. O'Hara 4 goals |
Dunfermline Athletic missing players
Raith Rovers missing players
| Dunfermline Athletic | Raith Rovers | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 6 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 6 | 12 |
| 5 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 6 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 20 | 10 | 2 | Scored | S | 3 | 14 | 27 |
| 14 | 6 | 1 | Conceded | C | 2 | 9 | 18 |
| 77% | 83% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 83% | 92% |
| 62% | 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 83% | 92% |
| 54% | 67% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 50% | 67% |
| 38% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 50% | 58% |
| 23% | 17% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 50% | 33% |
| 62% | 67% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 67% | 50% |
| 31% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 17% | 25% |
| 31% | 17% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 33% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.2 | 1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 1.8 | 1.9 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9.6 | 9.8 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 9 | 8.5 |
| 4.2 | 4.4 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 4 | 3.9 |
| 35% | 36% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 58% | 57% |
- Dunfermline Athletic have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Raith Rovers has the most scored goals (14) away in Championship
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Hearts | 14 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 40 | 17 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 23 | 33 |
| 2 | Raith Rovers | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 21 |
| 3 | Dunfermline Athletic | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 20 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 21 |
| 4 | Dundee | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 24 | 24 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 18 | 0 | 20 |
| 5 | Ayr United | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 3 | 17 |
| 6 | Greenock Morton | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | -5 | 17 |
| 7 | Queen of the South | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 19 | 30 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 14 | -11 | 14 |
| 8 | Inverness CT | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 13 |
| 9 | Arbroath | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 13 | -9 | 10 |
| 10 | Alloa Athletic | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 32 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 13 | -19 | 8 |