Struggling Peterhead will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Raith Rovers in the upcoming league round. It’s 9th vs 1st and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
It's no vacation for neither Peterhead nor Raith Rovers as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Peterhead form and stats
The story so far in the League One for Peterhead, who have the fewest scored goals (5) at home in League One, at their home stadium (Balmoor Stadium) is 1 win, 2 draws and 2 defeats.
The home supporters saw a 0-0 draw versus Raith Rovers in the League One last time out and are looking for a win here. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Dumbarton (0-1).
The Peterhead fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 5 in 5 matches. 6 goals have been conceded.
Raith Rovers form and stats
3-1-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Raith Rovers, who have the most scored goals (25) in League One, in their League One matches away. The Raith Rovers manager J. McGlynn is a generous human being, having led his team to four draws in a row during the last 35 days. Two points from the last two away games for Raith Rovers, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Peterhead (placed 9th) in their previous outing. The League One match ended in a draw 0-0. A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting East Fife.
Raith Rovers are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 10 times in 6 away games so far. Raith Rovers have conceded 10 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Raith Rovers - Peterhead 4-0 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Peterhead 3 wins, 2 draws and Raith Rovers 5 victories. As for goals, 9 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 1 game had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Miller 4 goals |  G. Anderson 4 goals |   S. Brown 3 goals |
Peterhead missing players
Raith Rovers missing players
| Peterhead | Raith Rovers | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 6 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 12 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 11 | 5 | 0 | Scored | S | 4 | 10 | 25 |
| 21 | 6 | 0 | Conceded | C | 4 | 10 | 15 |
| 83% | 67% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 86% | 92% |
| 67% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 57% | 75% |
| 50% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 57% | 67% |
| 33% | 17% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 43% | 50% |
| 17% | 17% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 29% | 25% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 57% | 58% |
| 25% | 50% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 43% | 42% |
| 42% | 33% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 14% | 8% |
| 3.4 | 3.8 | 5 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 5 | 4.7 | 5.2 |
| 4.9 | 3.3 | 4 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 3.5 | 3.1 | 3.5 |
| 1.7 | 1.3 | 0 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 0.5 | 1.6 | 1.7 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
- Raith Rovers have scored more than double the goals of Peterhead.
| 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 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 21 |
| 2 | East Fife | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 20 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 21 |
| 3 | Falkirk | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 19 |
| 4 | Airdrieonians | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 17 |
| 5 | Dumbarton | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 11 | -2 | 17 |
| 6 | Clyde | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 16 |
| 7 | Montrose | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | -4 | 13 |
| 8 | Forfar Athletic | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 8 | -7 | 10 |
| 9 | Peterhead | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 15 | -10 | 9 |
| 10 | Stranraer | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 15 | -12 | 7 |