Raith Rovers - Partick Thistle: Small difference between teams in Championship clash

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Competition: Scotland Championship
Competition: Sun 26.September
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stark's Park (8473 seats)

Raith Rovers prepare to fight against Partick Thistle in this Championship match. All you can learn about the match is located here!

Insights:
  • Raith Rovers have yet to win a game at home.
  • Partick Thistle have the most dropped points from leading position (6) in Championship

These are busy days for the hosts, as they had a game only three days ago in the League Cup. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Celtic.

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Raith Rovers form and stats

0 victories, 1 draw and 1 defeat. That’s what Raith Rovers have to build on here at Stark's Park in the Championship.

In their previous game, the manager J. McGlynn led his Raith Rovers to a defeat in the League Cup match away at Celtic. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Stark's Park.

In the game before, an away victory in the Championship match versus Greenock Morton with a 1-0 scoreline.

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 eight matches with the results: Won five, drawn one and lost two.

Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Championship game versus Dunfermline Athletic in only three days. This game is also played here at Stark's Park.

Raith Rovers has scored 4 goals so far and conceded 5 goals from 2 home games. These are numbers from the league only.

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Partick Thistle form and stats

Partick Thistle are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Championship, having played 3 games and collected 3 points (1 win, 0 draws and 2 losses). The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Partick have lost on their last two travels.

Partick Thistle might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Kilmarnock proved too strong as Partick slumped to a 0-2 defeat in front of their own fans at The Energy Check Stadium.

Prior to that match, the Partick manager I. McCall faced defeat when travelling to Inverness CT and losing 1-3.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found ten similar matches played by Partick Thistle in our archives, and the results are: two wins for Partick Thistle, three draws and five defeats.

Partick are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 5 times in 3 away games so far. The Partick manager I. McCall has some worries about the defense as 6 goals have been conceded in these travels.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - five - two (Rovers wins - draws - Partick Thistle wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Raith RoversD. Zanatta
D. Zanatta
3 goals
Partick ThistleB. Graham
B. Graham
3 goals
RoversL. Vaughan
L. Vaughan
2 goals

Raith Rovers missing players

Partick Thistle missing players

Raith Rovers Partick Thistle
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
5 2 0 Played P 0 3 6
2 0 0 Won W 0 1 3
1 1 0 Drew D 0 0 0
2 1 0 Lost L 0 2 3
7 4 0 Scored S 0 5 11
6 5 0 Conceded C 0 6 10
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
40% 50% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 100%
20% 50% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 100% 83%
20% 50% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 67% 50%
20% 50% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 17%
20% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 67% 50%
40% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 33% 33%
40% 50% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 17%
 
6.8 8.5 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 5 5.3
6 5.5 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 4 4.7
2.2 3 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1.7 2
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
11.6 17 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 8.3 10.3
4.4 6 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 3.7 4.5
32% 33% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 45% 41%
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • All of Partick Thistle's away-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
  • Partick Thistle have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Partick Thistle have the most dropped points from leading position (6) in Championship
  • Partick Thistle have the most matches over the total-line (5) in Championship
  • Partick Thistle haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Raith Rovers have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Raith Rovers have yet to win a game at home.
  • Raith Rovers haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Inverness CT 6 5 1 0 7 1 3 3 0 0 5 1 3 2 1 0 2 0 6 16
2 Kilmarnock 6 5 0 1 8 1 3 2 0 1 3 1 3 3 0 0 5 0 7 15
3 Arbroath 6 4 1 1 14 4 3 2 0 1 7 2 3 2 1 0 7 2 10 13
4 Partick Thistle 6 3 0 3 11 10 3 2 0 1 6 4 3 1 0 2 5 6 1 9
5 Raith Rovers 5 2 1 2 7 6 2 0 1 1 4 5 3 2 0 1 3 1 1 7
6 Ayr United 6 2 1 3 7 8 3 1 1 1 5 5 3 1 0 2 2 3 -1 7
7 Queen of the South 6 2 0 4 7 10 3 0 0 3 1 5 3 2 0 1 6 5 -3 6
8 Greenock Morton 6 1 1 4 5 10 3 0 1 2 4 6 3 1 0 2 1 4 -5 4
9 Hamilton Academical 6 1 1 4 6 14 3 0 0 3 0 5 3 1 1 1 6 9 -8 4
10 Dunfermline Athletic 5 0 2 3 3 11 3 0 1 2 0 6 2 0 1 1 3 5 -8 2

Read more about Championship

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.