Raith Rovers and Hearts are both riding high in the Championship with their 2nd and 1st positions respectively. Expect a great game!
- Raith Rovers is in the best form (4-1-1)
- Hearts have the most scored goals (59) in Championship
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Raith Rovers form and stats
6 victories, 3 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what Raith Rovers have to build on here at Stark's Park in the Championship.
Before that match, a win away at Alloa Athletic.
Goals decide football matches and Rovers are scoring many of them at home; 24 on target from 12 league matches. Rovers's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 14 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Hearts form and stats
Playing away, Hearts, who have the most scored goals (59) in Championship, have won 5 games, drawn 5 and suffered 2 defeats in the Championship this season. The away team travel with confidence. Not since the Dundee game have they lost an away game, meaning Hearts has taken points from eight away matches in a row.
The Hearts goalkeeper Craig Gordon is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 368 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
Preceding that game, the 0-0 draw paying a visit to Greenock Morton.
It was a convincing performance from Hearts when Inverness CT were beaten. The team "killed" the match in the first half leading 3-0 and the second half was comfortable. A. McEneff and G. Mackay-Steven (2) scored their goals.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Hearts have scored 15 goals in 12 league games away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (8 so far). There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Raith Rovers - Hearts 0-4. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: one win for Raith Rovers, two draws and seven wins for Hearts. Over 2,5 goals: seven times; under 2,5 goals: three games.Top Goalscorers
  L. Boyce 13 goals |  J. Walker 7 goals |   D. Armstrong 6 goals |
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| Raith Rovers | Hearts | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 26 | 12 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 12 | 26 |
| 12 | 6 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 5 | 16 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 45 | 24 | 3 | Scored | S | 1 | 15 | 59 |
| 32 | 14 | 1 | Conceded | C | 3 | 8 | 24 |
| 88% | 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 75% | 88% |
| 69% | 75% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 58% | 77% |
| 54% | 67% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 33% | 58% |
| 42% | 58% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 25% | 38% |
| 23% | 17% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 23% |
| 50% | 42% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 42% | 54% |
| 31% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 58% | 46% |
| 31% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 12% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.2 | 2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.5 | 1.1 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8.3 | 9.1 | 6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 12.1 | 12.6 |
| 3.3 | 3.7 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6 | 4.4 | 5 |
| 53% | 55% | 60% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 17% | 29% | 47% |
- Hearts have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Hearts have the fewest conceded goals (24) in Championship
- Hearts have the fewest conceded goals (8) away in Championship
- Hearts have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (8) in Championship
- Hearts have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Championship
- Hearts have the most clean sheets (12) in Championship
- Hearts have the most clean sheets (7) away in Championship
- Hearts have the most scored goals (59) in Championship
- Hearts have the most scored goals in the first half (26) in Championship
- Hearts have the most scored goals in the second half (33) in Championship
- Hearts have the the best goal difference (+35) in Championship
- Hearts have the the best goal difference (+7) away in Championship
- Raith Rovers have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Raith Rovers is in the best form (4-1-1)
| 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 | 26 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 59 | 24 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 44 | 16 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 35 | 54 |
| 2 | Raith Rovers | 26 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 45 | 32 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 18 | 13 | 43 |
| 3 | Dundee | 26 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 47 | 40 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 22 | 23 | 7 | 42 |
| 4 | Dunfermline Athletic | 26 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 38 | 33 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 20 | 5 | 39 |
| 5 | Inverness CT | 26 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 34 | 29 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 18 | 5 | 35 |
| 6 | Queen of the South | 26 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 38 | 49 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 22 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 21 | 27 | -11 | 32 |
| 7 | Arbroath | 26 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 28 | 34 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 23 | -6 | 29 |
| 8 | Ayr United | 26 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 29 | 35 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 23 | -6 | 28 |
| 9 | Greenock Morton | 26 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 22 | 33 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 15 | -11 | 28 |
| 10 | Alloa Athletic | 26 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 29 | 60 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 29 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 31 | -31 | 19 |