It's advantage Hearts so far with their 1st position in the Championship table, welcoming Raith Rovers who are placed 5th.
- Hearts has the most scored goals (33) in Championship
- Raith Rovers has the fewest conceded goals (11) in Championship
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
Hearts form and stats
Hearts, who have the most scored goals (33) in Championship, have been very solid at home in the Championship so far, with 18 points collected from 6 matches (6-0-0). This has contributed greatly to their 1st position in the table. After failing to beat Motherwell here at Tynecastle Park, Hearts has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with six wins in a row.
A good away victory last time out for Hearts, who won 3-1 against Alloa Athletic (placed 9th). Heartbreak before that as Hearts lost 1-3 at Dundee's place.
The manager R. Neilson will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Raith Rovers in only three days.
It's goals goals goals for Hearts who have scored 25 goals from 6 league home games. Hearts's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 8 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Raith Rovers form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team, who have the fewest conceded goals (11) in Championship, on their Championship travels is 2 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat.
The manager J. McGlynn was unhappy after their last game, a Championship match played at their home ground Stark's Park. Raith Rovers suffered a 0-2 loss to Queen of the South (placed 8th). Preceding that game was the away victory against Alloa Athletic with the score of 5-2.
A quick return to home after this game, as Rovers are hosting Hearts in the Championship only three days away.
The Raith Rovers manager J. McGlynn has got the team scoring on the road, with 11 away goals in 5 league matches. Rovers have conceded 7 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's seven Hearts victories, three draws and zero Raith Rovers wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  L. Boyce 5 goals |  S. Naismith 5 goals |  S. Kingsley 4 goals |
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| Hearts | Raith Rovers | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 6 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 9 | 6 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 33 | 25 | 5 | Scored | S | 1 | 11 | 21 |
| 14 | 8 | 3 | Conceded | C | 1 | 7 | 11 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 80% | 89% |
| 91% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 80% | 89% |
| 82% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 40% | 56% |
| 55% | 67% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 40% | 44% |
| 27% | 50% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 40% | 33% |
| 73% | 83% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 60% | 44% |
| 27% | 17% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 40% | 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 | 1.2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.6 | 1.9 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13.8 | 13.7 | 19 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5 | 9.4 | 9.8 |
| 5.6 | 5.7 | 9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 4.2 | 4.3 |
| 57% | 74% | 56% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 52% | 54% |
- All of Hearts's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Hearts has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (3) in Championship
- Hearts has the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Championship
- Hearts has the fewest matches under the total-line (2) in Championship
- Hearts has the most matches over the total-line (9) in Championship
- Hearts has the most points (18) at home in Championship
- Hearts has the most scored goals (25) at home in Championship
- Hearts has the most scored goals (33) in Championship
- Hearts has the most scored goals in the first half (16) in Championship
- Hearts has the most scored goals in the second half (17) in Championship
- Hearts has the the best goal difference (+17) at home in Championship
- Hearts has the the best goal difference (+19) in Championship
- Hearts have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Hearts have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Hearts have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Raith Rovers have scored away.
- Hearts have scored in all their matches so far.
- Hearts have won all their matches at home so far.
- Hearts haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Hearts is in the best form (5-0-1)
- Raith Rovers has the fewest conceded goals (11) in Championship
- Raith Rovers has the the best goal difference (+4) 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 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 33 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 19 | 27 |
| 2 | Dunfermline Athletic | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 20 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 20 |
| 3 | Dundee | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 14 | 2 | 19 |
| 4 | Greenock Morton | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | -3 | 16 |
| 5 | Raith Rovers | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 15 |
| 6 | Ayr United | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 0 | 13 |
| 7 | Inverness CT | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 12 |
| 8 | Queen of the South | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 29 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 14 | -12 | 11 |
| 9 | Alloa Athletic | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 28 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 9 | -16 | 8 |
| 10 | Arbroath | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 13 | -10 | 6 |