Game sneak peek for Championship: Dunfermline Athletic - Raith Rovers at East End Park

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Competition: Scotland Championship
Competition: Wed 06.April
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: East End Park (11480 seats)

Dunfermline Athletic are aiming to forget the league table ahead of this fixture versus Raith Rovers. Here's everything you should know pre-match!

Insights:
  • Dunfermline Athletic have the most conceded goals (47) in Championship
  • Raith Rovers have the most scored goals in the first half (26) in Championship

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Dunfermline Athletic and Raith Rovers.

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Dunfermline Athletic form and stats

When playing at home in the Championship, Dunfermline Athletic have managed 4 wins, 8 draws and suffered 4 defeats from 16 games. Dunfermline has recorded two wins in a row here at East End Park, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.

Dunfermline Athletic's last game was hosting Raith Rovers (placed 5th) and winning 2-0.

Prior to that, an away loss at Inverness CT.

The Dunfermline fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 19 in 16 matches. Dunfermline Athletic's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 21 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Raith Rovers form and stats

Playing away, Raith Rovers have won 5 games, drawn 6 and suffered 5 defeats in the Championship this season.

Rovers play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-2 to Dunfermline Athletic (placed 9th).

Raith Rovers find the net regularly in their away games. 18 goals from 16 away fixtures in the league. Rovers have conceded 18 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

This is what happened when the contenders played each other previously this season; Dunfermline Athletic - Raith Rovers 2-0. Last ten meetings with these squads: Dunfermline Athletic won two, Raith Rovers triumphed in three and we saw five draws. four games with over 2,5 goals, six matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Raith RoversD. Zanatta
D. Zanatta
8 goals
Raith RoversA. Connolly
A. Connolly
7 goals
Dunfermline AthleticK. O'Hara
K. O'Hara
6 goals

Dunfermline Athletic missing players

Raith Rovers missing players

Dunfermline Athletic Raith Rovers
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
32 16 4 Played P 6 16 32
6 4 2 Won W 3 5 10
14 8 1 Drew D 2 6 13
12 4 1 Lost L 1 5 9
33 19 5 Scored S 7 18 40
47 21 4 Conceded C 5 18 42
84% 81% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 88%
72% 75% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 69% 69%
47% 50% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 17% 31% 44%
28% 25% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 17% 19% 25%
12% 12% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 6% 16%
47% 44% 25% BTTS BTTS 33% 38% 50%
28% 38% 50% Clean Sheets C S 50% 31% 28%
41% 38% 50% Failed to Score F T 17% 38% 34%
 
4.7 5.5 5.5 Corners for (avg) C F 4 3.8 5
5.4 4.8 8.2 Corners against (avg) C A 4.3 5.6 5.2
1.8 1.9 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 1.9 1.7
2 0 0 Red cards R C 1 2 5
 
9 10.4 9.5 Shots (avg) S ( 7.8 7.2 8.6
2.9 3.6 3.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.8 2.8 3.1
35% 33% 36% Goal Efficiency G E 41% 40% 40%
 
9.5 8.3 8.2 Shots against (avg) S A 10.3 9.7 8.7
3.8 3.7 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.8 3.7 3.6
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Dunfermline Athletic have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Dunfermline Athletic have the most conceded goals (47) in Championship
  • Raith Rovers have the fewest scored goals in the second half (14) in Championship
  • Raith Rovers have the most dropped points from leading position (20) in Championship
  • Raith Rovers have the most scored goals in the first half (26) in Championship
  • Raith Rovers have won significantly less corners away then at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Kilmarnock 32 18 6 8 44 23 16 10 1 5 24 13 16 8 5 3 20 10 21 60
2 Arbroath 32 14 14 4 44 25 16 7 8 1 24 13 16 7 6 3 20 12 19 56
3 Inverness CT 31 13 10 8 43 29 16 8 3 5 24 16 15 5 7 3 19 13 14 49
4 Partick Thistle 32 12 10 10 43 36 16 8 4 4 16 12 16 4 6 6 27 24 7 46
5 Raith Rovers 32 10 13 9 40 42 16 5 7 4 22 24 16 5 6 5 18 18 -2 43
6 Hamilton Academical 32 9 12 11 37 46 16 5 5 6 16 25 16 4 7 5 21 21 -9 39
7 Greenock Morton 32 8 13 11 35 42 16 3 9 4 23 25 16 5 4 7 12 17 -7 37
8 Ayr United 32 8 10 14 32 46 16 4 6 6 16 22 16 4 4 8 16 24 -14 34
9 Dunfermline Athletic 32 6 14 12 33 47 16 4 8 4 19 21 16 2 6 8 14 26 -14 32
10 Queen of the South 31 6 8 17 30 45 15 3 4 8 10 16 16 3 4 9 20 29 -15 26

Read more about Championship

The Scottish Championship is the second level of the Scottish Professional Football League. Ten teams play each other four times for a total of 36 fixtures in a season from August to May. The winner in the league table promotes to the Premiership and a playoff can promote one more team.