Championship preview: Can Raith Rovers edge out victory against Queen of the South?

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Competition: Scotland Championship
Competition: Sat 11.September
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stark's Park (8473 seats)

Raith Rovers welcome Queen of the South for another intriguing Championship match here at Stark's Park.

The hosts Rovers saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Championship. That game was an away game at Ayr United, so at least Rovers are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!

14 - 7 - 16 with 54-63. What does this mean? Well, these are the statistics for Queen of the South when playing on grass like they will do today. Wins - draws- losses and goals scored-conceded. Queen of the South play their home games on artifical turf so that's why we provide these numbers.

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Raith Rovers form and stats

A Championship draw at home so far for Raith Rovers. Last season their home statistics were 6 wins, 3 draws and 4 defeats from 13 matches.

It's back home for Rovers, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Ayr United away with the result 2-0. E. Varian and D. Zanatta found the net in that victory.

Previous to that game, a Challenge Cup home match hosting Forfar Athletic in a game that was won 1-0.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Rovers handle that role? We have found ten games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are five wins, four draws and one defeat.

It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Raith Rovers at home in the league. 4 on target and 4 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.

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Queen of the South form and stats

Things could have gone better for Queen of the South in their Championship away matches, but 3 points from 2 games is all right.

Queen of the South are travelling after their nice 3-0 home win in the Challenge Cup against BSC Glasgow.

A 1-2 loss hosting Hamilton Academical before that.

Queen are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is two wins, four draws and eight defeats. From a total of 14 matches.

Queen of the South have the goal stats of 5-5 (for/against) from 2 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.

Head 2 Head

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

Top Goalscorers

Raith RoversL. Vaughan
L. Vaughan
2 goals
RoversD. Zanatta
D. Zanatta
2 goals
Queen of the SouthR. Paton
R. Paton
2 goals

Raith Rovers missing players

Queen of the South missing players

Raith Rovers Queen of the South
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
3 1 0 Played P 0 2 4
1 0 0 Won W 0 1 1
1 1 0 Drew D 0 0 0
1 0 0 Lost L 0 1 3
6 4 0 Scored S 0 5 6
5 4 0 Conceded C 0 5 8
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
67% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 75%
33% 100% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 100% 75%
33% 100% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 100% 50%
33% 100% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 100% 50%
33% 100% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 100% 75%
33% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
33% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 25%
 
5 3 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 6 5
6.7 5 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 4 5
2 2 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2 1.2
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
10 13 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 8 6.8
5 7 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 6.5 4
40% 57% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 38% 38%
Raith Rovers Last season Queen of the South
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
27 13   Played P   14 27
12 6   Won W   5 9
7 3   Drew D   2 5
8 4   Lost L   7 13
45 24   Scored S   21 38
36 18   Conceded C   27 51
89% 92%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   93% 96%
70% 77%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   86% 85%
56% 69%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   64% 59%
44% 62%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   43% 41%
22% 15%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   36% 30%
48% 38%   BTTS BTTS   71% 67%
30% 31%   Clean Sheets C S   21% 19%
33% 38%   Failed to Score F T   14% 19%
 
6.1 6.5   Corners for (avg) C F   3.9 4.5
5 4.5   Corners against (avg) C A   6.5 5.7
2.2 2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.5 1.5
4 3   Red cards R C   1 3
 
8.1 8.7   Shots (avg) S (   7.9 8.5
3.1 3.4   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.5 3.6
53% 55%   Goal Efficiency G E   43% 40%

  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 4 4 0 0 4 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 4 12
2 Partick Thistle 4 3 0 1 10 5 2 2 0 0 6 2 2 1 0 1 4 3 5 9
3 Kilmarnock 4 3 0 1 5 1 2 1 0 1 2 1 2 2 0 0 3 0 4 9
4 Arbroath 4 2 1 1 8 4 2 1 0 1 3 2 2 1 1 0 5 2 4 7
5 Raith Rovers 3 1 1 1 6 5 1 0 1 0 4 4 2 1 0 1 2 1 1 4
6 Hamilton Academical 4 1 1 2 6 8 2 0 0 2 0 3 2 1 1 0 6 5 -2 4
7 Greenock Morton 4 1 1 2 5 8 2 0 1 1 4 5 2 1 0 1 1 3 -3 4
8 Queen of the South 4 1 0 3 6 8 2 0 0 2 1 3 2 1 0 1 5 5 -2 3
9 Ayr United 4 0 1 3 2 7 2 0 1 1 2 4 2 0 0 2 0 3 -5 1
10 Dunfermline Athletic 3 0 1 2 2 8 2 0 0 2 0 6 1 0 1 0 2 2 -6 1
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

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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.