Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Kilmarnock & Raith Rovers face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the League Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
Raith Rovers play their home games on grass, while this game is played on artifical turf. The latest results for Raith Rovers when featuring on artifical turf are 9 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats from 13 matches. They have scored {20 goals} and conceded 11 times on these occasions.
Kilmarnock have less rest than Raith Rovers in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a League Cup game only four days ago. That game was an away game at Dunfermline Athletic, so at least Kilmarnock are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Kilmarnock form and stats
Last season, Kilmarnock's League Cup journey ended in the semi-finals.37 points is a decent return from 18 League Cup games here at BBSP Stadium Rugby Park for Kilmarnock. The data says 12 wins, 1 draw and 5 losses.
The Kilmarnock goalkeeper Will Dennis is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 180 minutes without conceding a goal in the League Cup.
Kilmarnock are returning here after visiting Dunfermline Athletic in a League Cup game and winning with a 2-0 scoreline.
A victory at home ahead of that game, as anticipated. The team were huge favourites against Annan Athletic and won 3-0.
Kilmarnock are traveling soon after this match as the League Cup match at Albion Rovers awaits in three days.
Kilmarnock have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at BBSP Stadium Rugby Park with 28 goals in 18 league matches. Kilmarnock are not conceding a lot of goals here at BBSP Stadium Rugby Park in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 14 from 18 matches.
Raith Rovers form and stats
Last season their League Cup adventure ended in the group stage.The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Raith Rovers so far with only 15 points returning home. The records show 4-3-11 (win-draw-lose).
The fans enjoyed Raith Rovers's previous fixture versus Albion Rovers, a League Cup win (2-0) played at home.
Preceding that, 1-1 at home hosting Dunfermline Athletic (after extra-time, 2-4 on penalties) in the League Cup.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Raith Rovers manager Murray as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Annan Athletic.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Raith Rovers as they have only managed to score 12 times from 18 away games in the league. Rovers have conceded 25 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Kilmarnock-Raith Rovers H2H statistics last five meetings regardless of arena: Kilmarnock one win, Raith Rovers three wins, one draw. three of these five matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Kilmarnock missing players
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| Kilmarnock | Raith Rovers | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 6 | Won | W | 5 | 9 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 8 | ||
| 12 | 3 | Lost | L | 6 | 8 | ||
| 28 | 17 | Scored | S | 19 | 39 | ||
| 31 | 12 | Conceded | C | 21 | 32 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 72% | 73% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 86% | 84% | ||
| 40% | 45% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 57% | 52% | ||
| 20% | 27% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 36% | 36% | ||
| 8% | 18% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 7% | 8% | ||
| 36% | 55% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 56% | ||
| 36% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 14% | 20% | ||
| 32% | 9% | Failed to Score | F T | 36% | 28% | ||
| 4.4 | 4.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.1 | 6.1 | ||
| 4.4 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.4 | 4.2 | ||
| 1.4 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.8 | ||
| 5 | 4 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 11.3 | 14.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.4 | 11.6 | ||
| 3.2 | 3.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 4.9 | ||
| 35% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 32% | ||
| 10.6 | 9.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.1 | 7.6 | ||
| 4.2 | 3.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.3 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Kilmarnock | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| 2 | Raith Rovers | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 3 | Dunfermline Athletic | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | Albion Rovers | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 3 |
| 5 | Annan Athletic | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | -8 | 0 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Kilmarnock | 36 | 20 | 7 | 9 | 50 | 27 | 18 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 28 | 14 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 22 | 13 | 23 | 67 |
| 2 | Arbroath | 36 | 17 | 14 | 5 | 54 | 28 | 18 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 32 | 14 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 22 | 14 | 26 | 65 |
| 3 | Inverness CT | 36 | 16 | 11 | 9 | 53 | 34 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 30 | 17 | 18 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 23 | 17 | 19 | 59 |
| 4 | Partick Thistle | 36 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 46 | 40 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 13 | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 29 | 27 | 6 | 52 |
| 5 | Raith Rovers | 36 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 44 | 44 | 18 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 23 | 26 | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 21 | 18 | 0 | 50 |
| 6 | Hamilton Academical | 36 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 38 | 53 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 28 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 22 | 25 | -15 | 42 |
| 7 | Greenock Morton | 36 | 9 | 13 | 14 | 36 | 47 | 18 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 23 | 27 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 20 | -11 | 40 |
| 8 | Ayr United | 36 | 9 | 12 | 15 | 39 | 52 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 21 | 25 | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 27 | -13 | 39 |
| 9 | Dunfermline Athletic | 36 | 7 | 14 | 15 | 36 | 53 | 18 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 22 | 24 | 18 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 29 | -17 | 35 |
| 10 | Queen of the South | 36 | 8 | 9 | 19 | 36 | 54 | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 19 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 23 | 35 | -18 | 33 |
