East Fife will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 7 points behind Raith Rovers.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
East Fife form and stats
The story so far for East Fife at their home stadium (Bayview Stadium) is 6 wins, 3 draws and 6 defeats.The East Fife fans got no joy from their last match, a League One game also here at Bayview Stadium: A 0-2 defeat against Brechin City (placed 9th). Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Arbroath (1-2).
East Fife are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home, having created 22 goals in 15 matches. East Fife have conceded 24 from these games.
Raith Rovers form and stats
4-5-5 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Raith Rovers in their matches away.The supporters enjoyed Raith Rovers's previous game versus Dumbarton (placed 7th), a League One 4-1 win played at home. Preceding that game, the 1-2 loss visiting Forfar Athletic's place.
Raith Rovers have scored more than twice per away game on average, an impressive attacking display. They have 28 goals from 14 away matches. Raith Rovers have conceded 24 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Raith Rovers - East Fife 1-2. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): East Fife 2 wins, 1 draw and Raith Rovers 7 victories.Top Goalscorers
  K. Nisbet 20 goals |  L. Buchanan 9 goals |   K. Smith 7 goals |
East Fife missing players
Raith Rovers missing players
| East Fife | Raith Rovers | |||
| Total | Home | Statistic | Away | Total |
| 30 | 15 | Played | 16 | 30 |
| 97% | 100% | Over 0.5 | 100% | 100% |
| 87% | 93% | Over 1.5 | 88% | 93% |
| 53% | 53% | Over 2.5 | 56% | 63% |
| 30% | 27% | Over 3.5 | 38% | 43% |
| 13% | 13% | Over 4.5 | 25% | 27% |
| 47% | 60% | Both teams to score | 69% | 80% |
| 27% | 13% | Clean Sheet | 25% | 17% |
| 30% | 27% | Failed To Score | 6% | 3% |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | D | P |
| 1 | Arbroath | 30 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 57 | 29 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 29 | 18 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 28 | 11 | 28 | 64 |
| 2 | Raith Rovers | 30 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 64 | 39 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 36 | 15 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 28 | 24 | 25 | 51 |
| 3 | Forfar Athletic | 30 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 44 | 42 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 27 | 17 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 25 | 2 | 50 |
| 4 | East Fife | 30 | 13 | 5 | 12 | 45 | 45 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 22 | 24 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 23 | 21 | 0 | 44 |
| 5 | Montrose | 29 | 11 | 5 | 13 | 38 | 45 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 24 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 21 | -7 | 38 |
| 6 | Airdrieonians | 29 | 11 | 4 | 14 | 37 | 37 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 18 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 18 | 19 | 0 | 37 |
| 7 | Dumbarton | 29 | 9 | 7 | 13 | 48 | 52 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 19 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 26 | 33 | -4 | 34 |
| 8 | Stranraer | 29 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 34 | 43 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 21 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 22 | -9 | 33 |
| 9 | Brechin City | 28 | 8 | 7 | 13 | 35 | 45 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 20 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 25 | -10 | 31 |
| 10 | Stenhousemuir | 30 | 8 | 4 | 18 | 29 | 54 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 24 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 13 | 30 | -25 | 28 |
