Raith Rovers - Arbroath: Small difference between teams in Championship clash

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Competition: Scotland Championship
Competition: Sat 17.October
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stark's Park (8473 seats)

It's a new Championship campaign and Raith Rovers are eager to get started here at Stark's Park. Arbroath are coming to visit and this should be a thrilling season kickoff.

It's no vacation for neither Rovers nor Arbroath 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.

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Raith Rovers form and stats

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 Rovers have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found four matches with the results: Won two, drawn zero and lost two.

With the first game of the season soon underway, it's time to look at the results from the Raith Rovers friendly games in pre-season: Rovers played one friendly, won 1, drew 0 and lost 0. If you are really into statistics you might appreciate knowing that Raith Rovers scored 5 goals and conceded 2 in these one game.

It's the first season at a new level for Rovers as they were promoted from League One last season. Happy days that were secured through 15 wins, 8 draws and 5 losses from 28 games. The team scored 29 goals at home last season and conceded 14. It will be interesting to see how they perform at this level.

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Arbroath form and stats

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found seven similar matches played by Arbroath in our archives, and the results are: three wins for Arbroath, one draw and three defeats.

It's a day of discovery for Arbroath as they finally learn what impact all the hours of pre-season training, along with the changes in personnel, have had on their performance in an official game. It's never easy knowing what to expect based on friendly games, of which Arbroath have played one with the results W1-D0-L0 (win-draw-lost). In these games Arbroath has scored 3 goals and conceded 0 times.

Let's have a look at how Arbroath performed last season in the Championship: They landed a 6th position in the league table after playing out 10 victories, 6 draws and 10 defeats. In total they scored 24 and conceded 26 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 4 - drew 2 and lost 7 with 10/16 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Rovers won four games, five matches ended with a draw and Arbroath has one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / six

Raith Rovers missing players

Arbroath missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Raith Rovers Arbroath
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Total Shots T S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
Raith Rovers Last season Arbroath
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
28 14   Played P   13 26
15 9   Won W   4 10
8 4   Drew D   2 6
5 1   Lost L   7 10
49 29   Scored S   10 24
33 14   Conceded C   16 26
96% 93%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 92%
71% 79%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   69% 65%
46% 57%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   23% 31%
32% 36%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   8% 4%
18% 14%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 0%
57% 57%   BTTS BTTS   38% 38%
32% 36%   Clean Sheets C S   23% 35%
14% 14%   Failed to Score F T   38% 35%
 
0 0   Corners for (avg) C F   0 0
0 0   Corners against (avg) C A   0 0
1.8 1.4   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.2 1.7
6 3   Red cards R C   0 0
 
298 160   Total Shots T S   95 225
102 55   Shots on Target S O   29 81
48% 53%   Goal Efficiency G E   31% 28%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Alloa Athletic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Arbroath 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Ayr United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Dundee 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Dunfermline Athletic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Greenock Morton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Hearts 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Inverness CT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Queen of the South 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Raith Rovers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Raith Rovers 28 15 8 5 49 33 14 9 4 1 29 14 14 6 4 4 20 19 16 53
2 Falkirk 28 14 10 4 54 18 14 10 2 2 35 5 14 4 8 2 19 13 36 52
3 Airdrieonians 28 14 6 8 38 27 15 7 4 4 20 13 13 7 2 4 18 14 11 48
4 Montrose 28 15 2 11 48 38 14 9 0 5 29 19 14 6 2 6 19 19 10 47
5 East Fife 28 12 9 7 44 36 14 6 6 2 27 19 14 6 3 5 17 17 8 45
6 Dumbarton 28 11 5 12 35 44 14 6 3 5 16 14 14 5 2 7 19 30 -9 38
7 Clyde 28 9 7 12 35 43 14 7 4 3 27 18 14 2 3 9 8 25 -8 34
8 Peterhead 27 7 5 15 30 44 14 5 4 5 16 14 13 2 1 10 14 30 -14 26
9 Forfar Athletic 28 6 6 16 26 47 14 4 3 7 17 22 14 2 3 9 9 25 -21 24
10 Stranraer 27 2 10 15 28 57 12 2 4 6 13 20 15 0 6 9 15 37 -29 16
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Dundee United 28 18 5 5 52 22 14 10 3 1 35 10 14 8 2 4 17 12 30 59
2 Inverness CT 27 14 3 10 39 32 13 8 2 3 24 14 14 6 1 7 15 18 7 45
3 Dundee 27 11 8 8 32 31 13 7 2 4 17 14 14 4 6 4 15 17 1 41
4 Ayr United 27 12 4 11 38 35 14 6 3 5 18 14 13 6 1 6 20 21 3 40
5 Dunfermline Athletic 28 10 7 11 41 36 15 7 3 5 25 17 13 3 4 6 16 19 5 37
6 Arbroath 26 10 6 10 24 26 13 6 4 3 14 10 13 4 2 7 10 16 -2 36
7 Greenock Morton 28 10 6 12 45 52 14 6 5 3 27 22 14 4 1 9 18 30 -7 36
8 Alloa Athletic 28 7 10 11 33 43 14 4 4 6 12 19 14 3 6 5 21 24 -10 31
9 Queen of the South 28 7 7 14 28 40 14 4 2 8 17 20 14 3 5 6 11 20 -12 28
10 Partick Thistle 27 6 8 13 32 47 13 2 4 7 13 22 14 4 4 6 19 25 -15 26

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Alloa Athletic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Arbroath 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Ayr United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Dundee 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Dunfermline Athletic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Greenock Morton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Hearts 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Inverness CT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Queen of the South 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Raith Rovers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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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.