Balanced ball game between Raith Rovers and Arbroath expected

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Competition: Scotland Championship
Competition: Sat 15.January
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stark's Park (8473 seats)

Arbroath cannot look for any handouts from their host Raith Rovers in this Championship match. Here's the thorough guide!

Insights:
  • Raith Rovers have the most scored goals in the first half (17) in Championship
  • Arbroath have the most scored goals (33) in Championship

This promises to be an action-packed fixture with lots of action and bustle as both sides are well renewed since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

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Raith Rovers form and stats

5 victories, 4 draws and 1 defeat. That’s what Raith Rovers have to build on here at Stark's Park in the Championship.

Raith Rovers shared the glory with Inverness CT in their last match, an away game that ended all square 1-1.

Before that, Rovers drew at home versus Dunfermline Athletic.

This is expected to be a close game, with Raith Rovers perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Raith Rovers as a small favourite), we find ten games. Raith Rovers has won six of these, drawn three and lost one.

Raith Rovers have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stark's Park with 16 goals in 10 league matches. Raith Rovers have conceded 12 in these home matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Arbroath form and stats

6-3-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Arbroath, who have the most scored goals (33) in Championship, in their Championship matches away.

Arbroath are looking to quickly end their 189 minutes long goal drought in the Championship.

There might be some fixture complaints from Arbroath as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous match, the Championship match against Ayr United (0-1).

Preceding that match was the 0-0 draw at home vs Inverness CT.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Arbroath playing away and similar expectations, we found seven relevant matches. Results were three Arbroath wins, one draw and three defeats.

Arbroath has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 18 goals from 11 games. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (8 so far).

Head 2 Head

These sides encountered each other before this match year: Arbroath - Raith Rovers 0-0. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Raith Rovers victories, five draws and two Arbroath wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

ArbroathM. McKenna
M. McKenna
13 goals
RoversD. Zanatta
D. Zanatta
7 goals
Raith RoversE. Ross
E. Ross
5 goals

Raith Rovers missing players

Arbroath missing players

Raith Rovers Arbroath
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
21 10 2 Played P 2 11 21
9 5 1 Won W 1 6 10
8 4 1 Drew D 1 3 8
4 1 0 Lost L 0 2 3
28 16 2 Scored S 3 18 33
20 12 1 Conceded C 1 8 15
90% 90% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 86%
67% 70% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 73% 67%
33% 50% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 45% 43%
14% 20% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 18% 24%
10% 20% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 5%
52% 70% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 36% 43%
29% 20% 50% Clean Sheets C S 50% 55% 48%
29% 20% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 9% 24%
 
5 6 2.5 Corners for (avg) C F 11 6.9 6.9
5.6 5 3 Corners against (avg) C A 3 4.8 4.1
2.1 1.8 0.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 1.4 1.4
3 1 1 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
8.8 10.5 8 Shots (avg) S ( 14.5 10 11.3
3.1 3.7 1 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6 4.6 4.9
42% 43% 100% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 35% 32%
 
8.5 7.7 8 Shots against (avg) S A 6.5 8.4 7.9
2.9 2.7 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 3.5 3
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Arbroath have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Arbroath have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Arbroath have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (8) in Championship
  • Arbroath have the most points from losing position (9) in Championship
  • Arbroath have the most scored goals (33) in Championship
  • Arbroath have the most scored goals in the second half (20) in Championship
  • Arbroath have the the best goal difference (+10) away in Championship
  • Arbroath have the the best goal difference (+18) in Championship
  • Arbroath haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Raith Rovers have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Raith Rovers have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (3) in Championship
  • Raith Rovers have the most scored goals (16) at home in Championship
  • Raith Rovers have the most scored goals in the first half (17) in Championship
  • Raith Rovers have won significantly more corners at home than away.

  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 21 10 8 3 33 15 10 4 5 1 15 7 11 6 3 2 18 8 18 38
2 Inverness CT 20 10 6 4 27 15 10 6 1 3 13 8 10 4 5 1 14 7 12 36
3 Kilmarnock 20 11 3 6 26 14 9 4 1 4 11 8 11 7 2 2 15 6 12 36
4 Raith Rovers 21 9 8 4 28 20 10 5 4 1 16 12 11 4 4 3 12 8 8 35
5 Partick Thistle 19 9 5 5 32 18 9 5 2 2 12 6 10 4 3 3 20 12 14 32
6 Hamilton Academical 21 6 6 9 24 36 11 3 2 6 10 21 10 3 4 3 14 15 -12 24
7 Ayr United 20 5 6 9 19 32 11 4 4 3 13 14 9 1 2 6 6 18 -13 21
8 Greenock Morton 20 3 8 9 22 31 10 1 5 4 15 19 10 2 3 5 7 12 -9 17
9 Queen of the South 20 4 5 11 19 31 11 2 3 6 7 13 9 2 2 5 12 18 -12 17
10 Dunfermline Athletic 20 2 9 9 18 36 10 1 5 4 10 18 10 1 4 5 8 18 -18 15

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.