Can Raith Rovers beat Hamilton Academical in Stark's Park clash?

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Competition: Scotland Championship
Competition: Sat 31.July
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stark's Park (8473 seats)

Raith Rovers and Hamilton Academical supporters have their finest supporter outfits for this first game week of a new Championship season. Game on!

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

This stadium uses grass, unlike Hamilton Academical's home stadium. The visitors last 36 games on grass have ended in 10 wins, 6 draws and 20 losses.

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Raith Rovers form and stats

Last season, Raith Rovers's league statistics were 12 wins, 7 draws and 8 losses, resulting in a 3rd position in the Championship. Over these 27 matches they scored 45 goals and conceded 36. Playing at home last season Raith Rovers managed 6-3-4 (win-draw-lost) with 24 goals and 18 conceded.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Rovers have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found ten games) they have won six times, drawn three and lost one.

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: Raith Rovers played four friendlies, won 1, drew 1 and lost 2. If you are really into statistics you might appreciate knowing that Raith Rovers scored 7 goals and conceded 7 in these four games.

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Hamilton Academical form and stats

The last season was not a pleasant experience for Hamilton Academical as they could not accumulate enough points to survive. After only 6 victories from 30 games, relegation was a fact. Academical's manager B. Rice are hoping to lead the team right back to Premiership at the first attempt.

Hamilton Academical are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is three wins, three draws and three defeats. From a total of nine matches.

Head 2 Head

Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: four wins for Rovers, one draw and five wins for Hamilton Academical. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: six games.

Raith Rovers missing players

Hamilton Academical missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Raith Rovers Hamilton Academical
Total Home vs mid 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 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
Raith Rovers Last season Hamilton Academical
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
27 13   Played P   19 38
12 6   Won W   5 7
7 3   Drew D   3 9
8 4   Lost L   11 22
45 24   Scored S   21 34
36 18   Conceded C   38 67
89% 92%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   89% 92%
70% 77%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   84% 76%
56% 69%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   58% 42%
44% 62%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   26% 18%
22% 15%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   26% 16%
48% 38%   BTTS BTTS   58% 47%
30% 31%   Clean Sheets C S   21% 18%
33% 38%   Failed to Score F T   32% 42%
 
6.1 6.5   Corners for (avg) C F   3.7 4.3
5 4.5   Corners against (avg) C A   6.4 5.9
2.2 2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.7 1.6
4 3   Red cards R C   1 3
 
8.1 8.7   Shots (avg) S (   8.1 8.4
3.1 3.4   Shots on Target (avg) S O   2.3 2.7
53% 55%   Goal Efficiency G E   48% 34%

  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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Ayr United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Dunfermline Athletic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Greenock Morton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Hamilton Academical 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Inverness CT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Kilmarnock 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Partick Thistle 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 Hearts 27 17 6 4 63 24 14 11 1 2 44 16 13 6 5 2 19 8 39 57
2 Dundee 27 12 9 6 49 40 13 8 3 2 25 17 14 4 6 4 24 23 9 45
3 Raith Rovers 27 12 7 8 45 36 13 6 3 4 24 18 14 6 4 4 21 18 9 43
4 Dunfermline Athletic 27 10 9 8 38 34 14 9 3 2 24 13 13 1 6 6 14 21 4 39
5 Inverness CT 27 8 12 7 36 31 13 3 8 2 16 13 14 5 4 5 20 18 5 36
6 Queen of the South 27 9 5 13 38 51 13 4 3 6 17 24 14 5 2 7 21 27 -13 32
7 Arbroath 27 7 9 11 28 34 14 5 6 3 16 11 13 2 3 8 12 23 -6 30
8 Ayr United 27 6 11 10 31 37 13 3 6 4 11 12 14 3 5 6 20 25 -6 29
9 Greenock Morton 27 6 11 10 22 33 14 4 5 5 14 18 13 2 6 5 8 15 -11 29
10 Alloa Athletic 27 5 7 15 30 60 14 3 5 6 18 29 13 2 2 9 12 31 -30 22

Hamilton Academical:
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 Arbroath 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Ayr United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Dunfermline Athletic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Greenock Morton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Hamilton Academical 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Inverness CT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Kilmarnock 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Partick Thistle 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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