Both teams are enjoying a good season so far and games like this could be decisive. Here's the preview for East Fife - Raith Rovers!
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.
East Fife form and stats
3 victories, 5 draws and 1 defeat. That’s what East Fife have to build on here at Bayview Stadium in the League One. East Fife have played two draws in a row on their own stadium.
East Fife are returning here after visiting Peterhead in a League One game and winning with a 2-1 scoreline. In the game before, an away victory match versus Stranraer with a 2-0 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 East Fife have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found nine matches with the results: Won 5 Drawn 1 Lost 3.
The East Fife fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 13 in 9 matches. East Fife are not conceding a lot of goals here at Bayview Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 8 from 9 matches.
Raith Rovers form and stats
The visitors are W4-D2-L3 on the road this term. That's in the League One.
The manager J. McGlynn was unhappy after their last game, a League One match played at their home ground Stark's Park. Raith Rovers suffered a 0-2 loss to Dumbarton (placed 5th). A 1-1 draw at Falkirk's stadium before that.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found three similar matches played by Raith Rovers in our archives, and the results are: 0 wins for Raith Rovers, 3 draws and 0 defeats.
Raith Rovers are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 12 away goals from 9 games (in the league). 13 goals have been conceded by Raith Rovers in these games.
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: Raith Rovers - East Fife 1-1. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 3 East Fife victories, 2 draws and 5 Raith Rovers wins. 7 of these games ended with three goals or more, 3 matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  S. Agnew 6 goals |   J. Gullan 6 goals |  R. Wallace 4 goals |
East Fife missing players
Raith Rovers missing players
| East Fife | Raith Rovers | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 9 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 9 | 18 |
| 8 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 8 | 5 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 28 | 13 | 4 | Scored | S | 1 | 12 | 31 |
| 19 | 8 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 13 | 21 |
| 83% | 78% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 94% |
| 72% | 56% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 67% | 72% |
| 44% | 33% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 44% | 50% |
| 33% | 33% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 39% |
| 17% | 22% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 22% | 17% |
| 61% | 56% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 56% | 50% |
| 28% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 33% | 39% |
| 28% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 11% | 17% |
| 5.3 | 5.8 | 6 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 9 | 4.4 | 5.2 |
| 4.7 | 4.9 | 8 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4.3 | 3.9 |
| 1.9 | 1.7 | 2 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 2.4 | 1.9 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 216 | 120 | 9 | Total Shots | T S | 8 | 89 | 202 |
| 85 | 36 | 5 | Shots on Target | S O | 6 | 32 | 71 |
| 33% | 36% | 80% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 17% | 38% | 44% |
- East Fife has the most matches under the total-line (10)
- Raith Rovers has the most scored goals in the second half (20)
- Raith Rovers haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Raith Rovers | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 31 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 32 |
| 2 | East Fife | 18 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 28 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 32 |
| 3 | Airdrieonians | 18 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 29 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 32 |
| 4 | Falkirk | 18 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 31 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 20 | 31 |
| 5 | Dumbarton | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 27 | 31 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 18 | -4 | 27 |
| 6 | Montrose | 18 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 28 | 24 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 17 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 26 |
| 7 | Clyde | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 22 | 28 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 17 | -6 | 21 |
| 8 | Peterhead | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 21 | 28 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 20 | -7 | 19 |
| 9 | Forfar Athletic | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 18 | 28 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 13 | -10 | 18 |
| 10 | Stranraer | 18 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 18 | 41 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 24 | -23 | 10 |