League One match preview and statistics: Raith Rovers fight Falkirk

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Competition: Scotland League One
Date: Sat 05.October
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stark's Park (10104 seats)

Raith Rovers and Falkirk are both riding high in the League One with their 1st and 3rd positions respectively. Expect a great game!

Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!

Falkirk play their home games on artificial turf, while this game is played on grass. Recent stats for Falkirk when playing on grass are 14 wins, 8 draws and 17 defeats from 39 matches. They have scored 39 goals and conceded 45 times in these games.

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Raith Rovers form and stats

Perfect League One season at home so far for Raith Rovers, who have the most scored goals (20) in League One, 3 wins from 3 appearances. Nine out of nine points from the last three home games for Raith Rovers, and the home supporters are ready to scream their lungs out to keep the winning streak alive.

Happy days for Raith Rovers in their previous game, a League One match away at Forfar Athletic (placed 6th) that ended with a 2-1 victory. In the preceding match a 1-0 victory visiting Airdrieonians.

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 Raith Rovers have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found four matches with the results: Won 1 Drawn 1 Lost 2.

It's goals goals goals for Raith Rovers who have scored 12 goals from 3 league home games. Raith Rovers are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stark's Park in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 2 from 3 matches.

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Falkirk form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team, who have the fewest conceded goals (2) in League One, on their League One travels is 1 win, 2 draws and 1 defeat.

There were no winners in Falkirk's previous match, a League One home game that ended 0-0 vs East Fife (placed 2nd). Ahead of that match was the victory versus Stranraer at their stadium, the result 3-0.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found seven similar matches played by Falkirk in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for Falkirk, 3 draws and 2 defeats.

The attacking power of Falkirk when travelling is not overwhelming with 3 goals scored from 4 league matches away. Falkirk's manager R. McKinnon has created a great defensive setup working very nicely in away games with only 1 conceded goal. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Raith Rovers 2 wins, 2 draws and Falkirk 6 victories. As for goals, 5 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 5 games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

G. Anderson
4 goals / 1 assists
C. Sammon
4 goals / 1 assists
M. Miller
3 goals / 1 assists

Raith Rovers missing players

Falkirk missing players

Raith Rovers Falkirk
Total Home Home vs top Statistics Stat Away vs top Away Total
8 3 0 Played P 0 4 8
6 3 0 Won W 0 1 4
0 0 0 Drew D 0 2 3
2 0 0 Lost L 0 1 1
20 12 0 Scored S 0 3 14
10 2 0 Conceded C 0 1 2
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 50% 62%
75% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 25% 50%
75% 100% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 25% 50%
50% 67% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 12%
38% 33% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 12%
50% 33% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 12%
50% 67% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 75% 75%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 75% 50%
 
5.1 4.3 0 Corners For (avg) C F 0 7.5 7
3.6 3.3 0 Corners Against (avg) C A 0 3.2 3.2
1.8 2 0 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 0 1 1.2
0 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 0
Key stats This season:
  • All of Raith Rovers's home matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
  • Falkirk have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Falkirk have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Raith Rovers have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Raith Rovers have won all their home matches so far.
  • Raith Rovers haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

Raith Rovers
All League One Playoffs 2/3 League Cup Club Friendlies Scottish Cup Challenge Cup
All Home Away
31-08-19 LO East Fife 4 - 2 Raith Rovers
07-09-19 CC Raith Rovers 2 - 0 Falkirk
14-09-19 LO Raith Rovers 4 - 0 Peterhead
21-09-19 LO Airdrieonians 0 - 1 Raith Rovers
28-09-19 LO Forfar Athletic 1 - 2 Raith Rovers
05-10-19 LO Raith Rovers 14:00 Falkirk
12-10-19 CC Raith Rovers 14:00 Glenavon
19-10-19 LO Clyde 14:00 Raith Rovers
26-10-19 LO Raith Rovers 14:00 East Fife
02-11-19 LO Peterhead 15:00 Raith Rovers
Falkirk
All League One Championship League Cup Club Friendlies Scottish Cup Challenge Cup
All Home Away
31-08-19 LO Airdrieonians 0 - 0 Falkirk
07-09-19 CC Raith Rovers 2 - 0 Falkirk
14-09-19 LO Falkirk 3 - 0 Forfar Athletic
21-09-19 LO Stranraer 0 - 3 Falkirk
28-09-19 LO Falkirk 0 - 0 East Fife
05-10-19 LO Raith Rovers 14:00 Falkirk
19-10-19 LO Falkirk 14:00 Peterhead
26-10-19 LO Falkirk 14:00 Clyde
02-11-19 LO Forfar Athletic 15:00 Falkirk
09-11-19 LO Falkirk 15:00 Airdrieonians

  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 8 6 0 2 20 10 3 3 0 0 12 2 5 3 0 2 8 8 10 18
2 East Fife 8 4 4 0 17 9 4 2 2 0 11 6 4 2 2 0 6 3 8 16
3 Falkirk 8 4 3 1 14 2 4 3 1 0 11 1 4 1 2 1 3 1 12 15
4 Clyde 8 3 3 2 14 12 3 2 1 0 8 2 5 1 2 2 6 10 2 12
5 Airdrieonians 8 3 2 3 8 10 5 1 2 2 5 6 3 2 0 1 3 4 -2 11
6 Forfar Athletic 8 3 1 4 7 8 5 2 1 2 5 4 3 1 0 2 2 4 -1 10
7 Dumbarton 8 3 1 4 11 16 4 1 0 3 4 5 4 2 1 1 7 11 -5 10
8 Peterhead 8 2 3 3 10 14 4 1 2 1 4 4 4 1 1 2 6 10 -4 9
9 Stranraer 8 1 2 5 10 21 4 1 1 2 6 9 4 0 1 3 4 12 -11 5
10 Montrose 8 1 1 6 9 18 4 1 0 3 6 9 4 0 1 3 3 9 -9 4

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