Inverness CT - Raith Rovers: Small difference between teams in Championship clash

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Competition: Scotland Championship
Competition: Sat 08.January
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Tulloch Caledonian Stadium (7750 seats)

The Inverness CT & Raith Rovers head coaches Dodds and McGlynn are both fearful of and feeling excited about this vital match in the top regions of the Championship league table.

Insights:
  • Inverness CT have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Raith Rovers have the most scored goals in the first half (16) in Championship

Inverness CT and Raith Rovers should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Inverness CT form and stats

18 points is a decent return from 9 Championship games here at Tulloch Caledonian Stadium for Inverness CT. The data says 6 wins, 0 draws and 3 losses.

An away draw last time out for Inverness, facing Arbroath in a game that ended 0-0.

Before that game, the home loss against Hamilton Academical with the scoreline 1-2.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Inverness have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found seven matches with the results: Won three, drawn four and lost zero.

Inverness are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 12 goals in 9 games. From these home matches, Inverness have conceded only 7 goals. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Raith Rovers form and stats

As the visiting team in Championship matches, Raith Rovers have produced an overall stat of 4-3-3 so far. The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Raith Rovers have lost on their last two travels.

Rovers are looking to quickly end their 302 minutes long goal drought in the Championship.

There were no winners in Rovers's previous match, a Championship home game that ended 0-0 vs Dunfermline Athletic (placed 9th).

A 0-2 defeat away at Ayr United before that.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found eleven similar matches played by Raith Rovers in our archives, and the results are: three wins for Raith Rovers, five draws and three defeats.

Raith Rovers find the net regularly in their away games. 11 goals from 10 away fixtures in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. It's not easy to score on Raith Rovers as they have only conceded 7 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

This happened when the teams faced each other previously this campaign; Raith Rovers - Inverness 1-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Inverness CT six wins, four draws and Raith Rovers zero victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Raith RoversD. Zanatta
D. Zanatta
7 goals
Inverness CTB. McKay
B. McKay
5 goals
InvernessM. Gardyne
M. Gardyne
5 goals

Inverness CT missing players

Raith Rovers missing players

Inverness CT Raith Rovers
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
19 9 1 Played P 1 10 20
10 6 0 Won W 0 4 9
5 0 0 Drew D 1 3 7
4 3 1 Lost L 0 3 4
26 12 0 Scored S 0 11 27
14 7 1 Conceded C 0 7 19
84% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 90% 90%
53% 56% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 60% 65%
42% 44% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 20% 35%
16% 11% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 10% 15%
5% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 10%
47% 44% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 30% 50%
47% 44% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 40% 30%
21% 11% 100% Failed to Score F T 100% 40% 30%
 
4.7 5.4 4 Corners for (avg) C F 4 4.1 5
4.3 4.2 9 Corners against (avg) C A 7 6.5 5.8
1.6 1.4 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 2.3 2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 2 3
 
9.6 8.9 9 Shots (avg) S ( 4 7 8.8
3.6 4.1 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1 2.5 3.1
38% 32% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 44% 44%
 
6.9 5.8 5 Shots against (avg) S A 6 9.7 8.7
2.5 2.7 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2 3 2.9
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Inverness CT have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Inverness CT haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Raith Rovers have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (3) in Championship
  • Raith Rovers have the most scored goals in the first half (16) 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 Arbroath 20 10 8 2 33 14 10 4 5 1 15 7 10 6 3 1 18 7 19 38
2 Inverness CT 19 10 5 4 26 14 9 6 0 3 12 7 10 4 5 1 14 7 12 35
3 Raith Rovers 20 9 7 4 27 19 10 5 4 1 16 12 10 4 3 3 11 7 8 34
4 Kilmarnock 19 10 3 6 24 14 9 4 1 4 11 8 10 6 2 2 13 6 10 33
5 Partick Thistle 18 9 4 5 30 16 9 5 2 2 12 6 9 4 2 3 18 10 14 31
6 Hamilton Academical 20 6 5 9 22 34 10 3 1 6 8 19 10 3 4 3 14 15 -12 23
7 Ayr United 19 4 6 9 18 32 10 3 4 3 12 14 9 1 2 6 6 18 -14 18
8 Queen of the South 19 4 5 10 19 29 10 2 3 5 7 11 9 2 2 5 12 18 -10 17
9 Dunfermline Athletic 19 2 9 8 18 31 10 1 5 4 10 18 9 1 4 4 8 13 -13 15
10 Greenock Morton 19 2 8 9 17 31 9 0 5 4 10 19 10 2 3 5 7 12 -14 14

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.