It's advantage Raith Rovers so far with their 2nd position in the Championship table, welcoming Dunfermline Athletic who are placed 4th.
- Raith Rovers have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
It's no vacation for neither Rovers nor Dunfermline Athletic 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.
Raith Rovers form and stats
Overall Championship stats at home this season for Raith Rovers are 5-2-3 (wins-draw-losses).
Rovers's previous game was a Championship match also played at home, ending 1-0 versus Greenock Morton (placed 8th). The home side are looking to build on that result. In the preceding match a 2-0 victory visiting Stirling Albion.
The victory against Greenock Morton came after J. Gullan's winning goal. The Rovers manager J. McGlynn was very happy afterwards with the decision to bring on that player in the 65th minute.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Rovers as they are travelling to their away game against Livingston in the Scottish Cup. That match is four days after this one.
A decent goal production from Rovers in their home games so far, with 17 goals from 10 league matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. 11 goals have been conceded. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Dunfermline Athletic form and stats
Dunfermline Athletic have only collected 8 points from their away games in the Championship, after 1-5-4 (10 played). A depressing four defeats in a row for Dunfermline in their away games. Unhappy days, as the last time they avoided a loss on the road was versus Greenock Morton.
Dunfermline play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 2-3 to Dundee (placed 3rd). Preceding that game, the 0-0 draw paying a visit to Greenock Morton (after extra-time, 6-5 on penalties).
A huge disappointment for Dunfermline in their last match (vs Dundee). Leading 2-0 the victory seemed almost certain, but a fascinating collapse turned everything around and in the end all was lost in a 2-3 defeat.
After this away game Dunfermline return home for a Championship game against Hearts. That game is only four sleeps after this.
Dunfermline have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 10 league away games 12 goals have been scored. 14 goals have been conceded by Dunfermline in these games.
Head 2 Head
The most recent history between these sides is the Dunfermline Athletic - Rovers 4-1 played earlier this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Rovers victories, two draws and four Dunfermline Athletic wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  D. McManus 7 goals |   I. Duku 5 goals | K. O'Hara 5 goals |
Raith Rovers missing players
Dunfermline Athletic missing players
| Raith Rovers | Dunfermline Athletic | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 10 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 10 | 20 |
| 9 | 5 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 6 | 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 34 | 17 | 0 | Scored | S | 5 | 12 | 29 |
| 26 | 11 | 3 | Conceded | C | 7 | 14 | 23 |
| 86% | 90% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 80% | 85% |
| 67% | 70% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 60% | 60% |
| 48% | 60% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 40% | 50% |
| 43% | 50% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 40% | 35% |
| 24% | 10% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 67% | 30% | 25% |
| 43% | 30% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 50% | 55% |
| 33% | 40% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 25% |
| 38% | 40% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 50% | 35% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.3 | 2.2 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.4 | 1.3 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8.3 | 8.8 | 6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 9.3 | 9.7 |
| 3.1 | 3.3 | 1.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 3.7 | 4.1 |
| 52% | 52% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 32% | 35% |
- Raith Rovers have played more matches over 2,5 goals 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 | Hearts | 22 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 50 | 24 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 35 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 26 | 46 |
| 2 | Raith Rovers | 21 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 34 | 26 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 8 | 33 |
| 3 | Dundee | 21 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 40 | 37 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 22 | 3 | 33 |
| 4 | Dunfermline Athletic | 20 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 29 | 23 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 6 | 30 |
| 5 | Inverness CT | 22 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 28 | 23 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 30 |
| 6 | Queen of the South | 22 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 36 | 44 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 20 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 20 | 24 | -8 | 30 |
| 7 | Ayr United | 22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 28 | 27 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 19 | 1 | 26 |
| 8 | Greenock Morton | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 19 | 27 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 14 | -8 | 25 |
| 9 | Arbroath | 22 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 27 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 17 | -10 | 22 |
| 10 | Alloa Athletic | 22 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 26 | 49 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 27 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 22 | -23 | 18 |