The managers J. McGlynn and I. Murray are both dreading and looking forward to this decisive game in the upper regions of the League One league table.
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
This stadium uses grass, unlike Airdrieonians's home stadium. The visitors last 29 games on grass have ended in 11 wins, 5 draws and 13 losses.
Raith Rovers form and stats
15 points is a decent return from 7 League One games here at Stark's Park for Raith Rovers, who have the most scored goals (29) in League One,. The data says 4 wins, 3 draws and 0 losses.
Raith Rovers are confident in defense, having played 195 minutes without conceding a goal.
Raith Rovers are returning here after visiting Montrose in a League One game and winning with a 1-0 scoreline. In the match before that, Raith Rovers hosted Forfar Athletic and drew the game 0-0.
Goals are plentiful at Stark's Park in the league this season as Raith Rovers has scored 18 goals here in 7 home games. From these home matches, Raith Rovers have conceded only 6 goals.
Airdrieonians form and stats
The away performances of Airdrieonians, who have the most points (18) away in League One, have been very solid so far with 6 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat in the League One. The question is whether this happy travelling can continue. Impressively, the visitors are on a five-match winning run which they hope continue versus Raith Rovers. Airdrieonians has been amazing away for a time now, winning five in a row on their travels. The last time they went home with a point loss was against East Fife.
199 minutes! That's how long the Airdrieonians goalkeeper Brett Long and his defense have shut out their league opponents.
The supporters enjoyed Airdrieonians's previous game versus East Fife (placed 4th), a League One 4-0 win played at home. Before that one, a nice away victory 4-1 at Albion Rovers.
As mentioned above, Airdrieonians was the only team on the pitch versus East Fife in their previous game, winning 4-0. This could be a tougher task.
Airdrieonians has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 13 goals from 7 games. Airdrieonians have conceded 7 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Airdrieonians - Raith Rovers 0-1. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: 8 wins for Raith Rovers, 2 draws and 0 wins for Airdrieonians. Over 2,5 goals: 5 times; under 2,5 goals: 5 games.Top Goalscorers
  C. Gallagher 8 goals |  D. Carrick 8 goals |   J. Gullan 5 goals |
Raith Rovers missing players
Airdrieonians missing players
| Raith Rovers | Airdrieonians | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 7 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 7 | 15 |
| 8 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 6 | 9 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 29 | 18 | 2 | Scored | S | 2 | 13 | 26 |
| 18 | 6 | 2 | Conceded | C | 1 | 7 | 17 |
| 93% | 86% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 93% |
| 73% | 86% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 71% | 73% |
| 60% | 71% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 57% | 60% |
| 47% | 57% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 29% | 47% |
| 20% | 14% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 29% | 13% |
| 53% | 57% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 57% | 53% |
| 40% | 43% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 43% | 33% |
| 13% | 14% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 5.4 | 6 | 11 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 5 | 6.7 | 5.7 |
| 3.7 | 3.3 | 4 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 12 | 4.9 | 5.5 |
| 1.9 | 1.4 | 1 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.7 | 1.5 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 176 | 97 | 9 | Total Shots | T S | 7 | 73 | 166 |
| 66 | 36 | 5 | Shots on Target | S O | 4 | 27 | 63 |
| 44% | 50% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 48% | 41% |
- Airdrieonians has the fewest dropped points from leading position (3)
- Airdrieonians has the most points (18) away
- Airdrieonians has the most scored goals (13) away
- Airdrieonians has the the best goal difference (+6) away
- Airdrieonians have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Airdrieonians haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Airdrieonians is in the best form (5-0-1)
- Raith Rovers has the most scored goals (29)
- Raith Rovers has the most scored goals in the second half (20)
- Raith Rovers have not yet lost a game at home.
- Raith Rovers have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Raith Rovers have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Airdrieonians | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 26 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 9 | 29 |
| 2 | Raith Rovers | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 29 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 28 |
| 3 | Falkirk | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 27 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 19 | 26 |
| 4 | East Fife | 15 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 24 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 25 |
| 5 | Dumbarton | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 15 | -5 | 21 |
| 6 | Montrose | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 20 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 10 | -1 | 20 |
| 7 | Clyde | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 | -4 | 17 |
| 8 | Peterhead | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 24 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 18 | -8 | 16 |
| 9 | Forfar Athletic | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 11 | -11 | 14 |
| 10 | Stranraer | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 32 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 21 | -16 | 10 |