The visiting Raith Rovers side should be favourites in this visit to Forfar Athletic, as the away team holds a 20 point advantage from their 20 league games this season.
Forfar Athletic and Raith Rovers should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on artificial turf and that the visiting Raith Rovers have a different surface at their stadium (grass). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on artificial turf is 6-4-7 (win-draw-loss) from 17 matches.
Forfar Athletic form and stats
With 3 League One wins, 1 draw and 6 defeats from their home games, Forfar Athletic, who have the most conceded goals (18) at home in League One, are certainly not brimming with confidence. Forfar Athletic are very eager to stop a potential losing streak at Station Park, having lost their two previous games here.
The fans are hoping that Forfar Athletic will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the League One game against Airdrieonians (placed 2nd). Before that game, the home loss against Montrose with the scoreline 2-3.
The Forfar Athletic fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 13 in 10 matches. Forfar Athletic have conceded 18 from these games.
Raith Rovers form and stats
5 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses. That’s the product of Raith Rovers, who have the most scored goals (38) in League One, playing as the away team in the League One this season.
The supporters enjoyed Raith Rovers's previous game versus Peterhead (placed 7th), a League One 2-1 win played at home. Before that one, a nice away victory 5-3 at East Fife.
The travelling fans enjoy Raith Rovers's attacking play in away games, having scored 17 goals in 10 league matches away. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Raith Rovers have conceded 16 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Raith Rovers - Forfar Athletic 0-0. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: 3 wins for Forfar Athletic, 3 draws and 4 wins for Raith Rovers. Over 2,5 goals: 7 times; under 2,5 goals: 3 games.Top Goalscorers
  J. Gullan 9 goals |   R. Forbes 4 goals |  D. Hilson 4 goals |
Forfar Athletic missing players
Raith Rovers missing players
| Forfar Athletic | Raith Rovers | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 10 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 10 | 20 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 5 | 11 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 12 | 6 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 20 | 13 | 1 | Scored | S | 4 | 17 | 38 |
| 32 | 18 | 6 | Conceded | C | 7 | 16 | 25 |
| 85% | 90% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 95% |
| 65% | 80% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 70% | 75% |
| 50% | 60% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 50% | 55% |
| 25% | 30% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 40% | 40% |
| 20% | 30% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 30% | 20% |
| 40% | 60% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 60% | 55% |
| 30% | 30% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 30% | 35% |
| 45% | 20% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 10% | 15% |
| 3.4 | 3.4 | 3 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 5 | 4.3 | 5.5 |
| 5.2 | 4.6 | 2.5 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 3.3 | 4.5 | 4.2 |
| 1.6 | 1.4 | 2 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.5 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 180 | 100 | 16 | Total Shots | T S | 33 | 102 | 224 |
| 72 | 43 | 4 | Shots on Target | S O | 10 | 39 | 80 |
| 28% | 30% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 44% | 48% |
- Forfar Athletic has the fewest scored goals (20)
- Forfar Athletic has the fewest scored goals in the second half (8)
- Forfar Athletic has the most conceded goals (18) at home
- Forfar Athletic has the most dropped points from leading position (15)
- Forfar Athletic have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Raith Rovers has the most scored goals (17) away
- Raith Rovers has the most scored goals (38)
- Raith Rovers has the most scored goals in the second half (22)
- Raith Rovers have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Raith Rovers haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Raith Rovers is in the best form (4-1-1)
| 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 | 20 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 38 | 25 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 16 | 13 | 38 |
| 2 | Airdrieonians | 20 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 31 | 23 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 36 |
| 3 | Falkirk | 20 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 35 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 23 | 35 |
| 4 | Montrose | 20 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 32 | 26 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 18 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 32 |
| 5 | East Fife | 20 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 31 | 25 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 6 | 32 |
| 6 | Dumbarton | 20 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 28 | 35 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 21 | -7 | 28 |
| 7 | Peterhead | 20 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 24 | 30 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 22 | -6 | 22 |
| 8 | Clyde | 20 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 25 | 33 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 19 | -8 | 22 |
| 9 | Forfar Athletic | 20 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 20 | 32 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 14 | -12 | 18 |
| 10 | Stranraer | 20 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 22 | 45 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 28 | -23 | 12 |