Evenly matched teams: Forfar Athletic vs Raith Rovers match preview

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.

Raith Rovers play their home games on grass, while this game is played on artificial turf. Recent stats for Raith Rovers when playing on artificial turf are 4 wins, 6 draws and 7 defeats from 17 matches. They have scored 22 goals and conceded 28 times in these games.

Forfar Athletic form and stats

Overall League One stats at home this season for Forfar Athletic are 2-1-1 (wins-draw-losses).

Forfar Athletic's previous game was a League One match also played at home, ending 2-0 versus Montrose (placed 10th). The home side are looking to build on that result. A defeat was the result before that one, 0-3 away at Falkirk.

This is expected to be a close game, with Forfar Athletic perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Forfar Athletic as a small favourite), we find nine games. Forfar Athletic has won 5 of these, drawn 3 and lost 1.

Forfar Athletic are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 4 goals in 4 attempts. Forfar Athletic have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 2 goals.

Raith Rovers form and stats

2 wins, 0 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Raith Rovers, who have the most scored goals (18) in League One, playing as the away team in the League One this season.

Two travels in a row for Raith Rovers, whose manager J. McGlynn could celebrate last time after the League One win against Airdrieonians. Before that, Raith Rovers secured a home win against Peterhead with the score 4-0.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found four similar matches played by Raith Rovers in our archives, and the results are: 0 wins for Raith Rovers, 3 draws and 1 defeat.

The travelling fans enjoy Raith Rovers's attacking play in away games, having scored 6 goals in 4 league matches away. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Raith Rovers have conceded 7 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 3 Forfar Athletic victories, 3 draws and 4 Raith Rovers wins. 7 of these games ended with three goals or more, 3 matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

G. Anderson 4 goals

M. Miller 3 goals

K. Bowie 2 goals

Forfar Athletic missing players

Raith Rovers missing players