The league table in League One tells a story about these teams so far, with Raith Rovers leading Forfar Athletic by 14 points. Match preview to follow:
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Raith Rovers and Forfar Athletic.
This stadium uses grass, unlike Forfar Athletic's home stadium. The visitors last 31 games on grass have ended in 8 wins, 6 draws and 17 losses.
Raith Rovers form and stats
Raith Rovers, who have the most scored goals (28) in League One, have performed here at Stark's Park this season with 4 wins from 6 League One matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 2 games and lost 0.
Raith Rovers's last game was hosting Peterhead (placed 8th) and winning 1-0. Ahead of that match, Raith Rovers won a home game hosting Elgin City (3-2).
Raith Rovers are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found six matches and the win/draw/lost stats: W5-D1-L0.
There will be little rest for Raith Rovers after this match as they are travelling to Montrose for a League One game in only four days.
Goals are plentiful at Stark's Park in the league this season as Raith Rovers has scored 18 goals here in 6 home games. 6 goals have been conceded.
Forfar Athletic form and stats
Forfar Athletic have only collected 3 points from their away games in the League One, after 1-0-5 (6 played). A depressing five defeats in a row for Forfar Athletic in their away games. Unhappy days, as the last time they avoided a loss on the road was versus Airdrieonians. With the Forfar Athletic losing streak of six defeats in a row, regardless of arena, optimism is low and sinking.
Forfar Athletic aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 236 league minutes without a goal. D. Hilson was the last player to find the net.
It might be tough going out on the road again for Forfar Athletic, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 1-3 versus Dumbarton (placed 6th). A 0-3 defeat away at Montrose before that.
We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Forfar Athletic played away with similar odds. This revealed two games. The visitors overcame the odds to win 0 times, 0 were draws and the home team won as expected 2 times.
A quick return to home after this game, as Forfar Athletic are hosting Peterhead in the League One only four days away.
There's been a serious shortage of goals from Forfar Athletic's away games in the league this season with only 3 goals from 6 matches. Forfar Athletic have conceded 11 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
The most recent history between these sides is the Forfar Athletic - Raith Rovers 1-2 played earlier this season. Last ten meetings between the teams: Raith Rovers won 4, Forfar Athletic won 3 and 3 draws. 7 games with over 2,5 goals, 3 matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Gullan 5 goals |  M. Miller 4 goals |  G. Anderson 4 goals |
Raith Rovers missing players
Forfar Athletic missing players
| Raith Rovers | Forfar Athletic | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 6 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 13 |
| 7 | 4 | 3 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 28 | 18 | 12 | Scored | S | 2 | 3 | 9 |
| 18 | 6 | 3 | Conceded | C | 1 | 11 | 21 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 92% |
| 85% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 67% | 69% |
| 69% | 83% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 46% |
| 54% | 67% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 17% | 15% |
| 23% | 17% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 62% | 67% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 17% | 31% |
| 31% | 33% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 17% | 31% |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 67% | 46% |
| 5.6 | 6 | 4 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 8 | 3.8 | 3.7 |
| 3.7 | 3.8 | 3 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 6 | 5.3 |
| 1.9 | 1.7 | 1.7 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 2 | 1.5 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 159 | 84 | 48 | Total Shots | T S | 20 | 49 | 116 |
| 63 | 35 | 21 | Shots on Target | S O | 8 | 16 | 42 |
| 44% | 51% | 57% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 19% | 21% |
- All of Raith Rovers's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Forfar Athletic has the fewest scored goals (3) away
- Forfar Athletic has the fewest scored goals (9)
- Forfar Athletic has the fewest scored goals in the first half (4)
- Forfar Athletic has the most dropped points from leading position (9)
- Forfar Athletic have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Forfar Athletic have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Forfar Athletic haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Forfar Athletic is in the worst form (0-0-6)
- Raith Rovers has the most points (14) at home
- Raith Rovers has the most scored goals (18) at home
- Raith Rovers has the most scored goals (28)
- Raith Rovers has the most scored goals in the second half (19)
- 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.
- Raith Rovers have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Raith Rovers have scored more than double the goals of Forfar Athletic.
- Raith Rovers haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 26 |
| 2 | Raith Rovers | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 24 |
| 3 | East Fife | 13 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 24 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 10 | 24 |
| 4 | Falkirk | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 24 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 16 | 23 |
| 5 | Montrose | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 20 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| 6 | Dumbarton | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 14 | -6 | 18 |
| 7 | Clyde | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 13 | -3 | 16 |
| 8 | Peterhead | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 16 | -7 | 16 |
| 9 | Forfar Athletic | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 11 | -12 | 10 |
| 10 | Stranraer | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 29 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 18 | -13 | 10 |