Raith Rovers will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 2 points behind Dundee.
- Raith Rovers have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Dundee has the most conceded goals (15) away in Championship
These are busy days for the home team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Championship. Thankfully the previous game, versus Hearts, was also a home game here at Stark's Park. The away team is better rested.
Raith Rovers form and stats
The story so far in the Championship for Raith Rovers at their home stadium (Stark's Park) is 2 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats. Two defeats in a row at home hurts for Rovers, their manager J. McGlynn and the supporters. There are certain expectations for improvement.
Raith Rovers's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-4 versus Hearts (placed 1st). In the game before, an away victory match versus Hearts with a 3-2 scoreline.
As you see from the result above, Rovers suffered greatly in their last game. Thankfully the team has a new chance to prove themselves in this one.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Raith Rovers as they are travelling to their away game against Dunfermline Athletic in the Championship. That match is four days after this one.
Goals decide football matches and Raith Rovers are scoring many of them at home; 10 on target from 5 league matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Rovers defense is not exactly impregnable. 8 goals conceded from 5 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Dundee form and stats
There's been little loot from Dundee's travels as they have only collected 6 points from 6 away games in the Championship. Dundee, who have the most conceded goals (15) away in Championship, only have 1 win to counter their 2 defeats and 3 draws.
Dundee are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 1-1 draw at Arbroath (placed 10th). A home win before that, celebrating 3-2 vs Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic (after extra-time).
Dundee has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 11 goals from 6 games. The opposition has been scoring high and low on Dundee's goalkeeper in away games this season, as they have let in 15 goals in 6 travels.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Dundee - Rovers 1-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Rovers one win, four draws and Dundee five victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  C. Adam 6 goals |  O. Sow 6 goals |   I. Duku 5 goals |
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| Raith Rovers | Dundee | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 5 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 6 | 12 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 24 | 10 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 11 | 23 |
| 17 | 8 | 6 | Conceded | C | 2 | 15 | 21 |
| 91% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 91% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 83% |
| 64% | 80% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 67% | 58% |
| 55% | 60% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 67% | 58% |
| 36% | 20% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 33% | 25% |
| 45% | 20% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 83% | 75% |
| 27% | 40% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 36% | 40% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 17% | 8% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.9 | 2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.8 | 1.5 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8.7 | 8.4 | 5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 9 | 8.6 |
| 3.8 | 3.6 | 1.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.2 | 4 |
| 57% | 56% | 67% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 44% | 48% |
- All of Dundee's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- All of Raith Rovers's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Dundee has the most conceded goals (15) away in Championship
- Dundee have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Dundee have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Dundee haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Raith Rovers have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Raith Rovers haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 | Hearts | 13 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 39 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 22 | 30 |
| 2 | Dunfermline Athletic | 12 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 20 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 21 |
| 3 | Dundee | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 23 | 21 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 15 | 2 | 20 |
| 4 | Raith Rovers | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 18 |
| 5 | Greenock Morton | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | -4 | 17 |
| 6 | Ayr United | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 0 | 14 |
| 7 | Queen of the South | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 19 | 30 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 14 | -11 | 14 |
| 8 | Inverness CT | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 13 |
| 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 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 13 | -10 | 7 |