A home win is expected from this fixture if the league table is anything to judge by. The home fans are optimistic that the difference between 1st and 7th place in the table will show on the pitch.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Raith Rovers form and stats
18 points is a decent return from 9 League One games here at Stark's Park for Raith Rovers, who have the most scored goals (36) in League One,. The data says 5 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss.
Happy days for Raith Rovers in their previous game, a League One match away at East Fife (placed 4th) that ended with a 5-3 victory. Preceding that match was the home game against Dumbarton that was lost 0-2.
A goal frenzy last time out for Raith Rovers, with a total of 8 goals in the match against East Fife. Fun stuff to watch!
The Raith Rovers manager J. McGlynn has got the team scoring with 19 from 9 home games in the league. Raith Rovers have only conceded 8 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Peterhead form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Peterhead so far with only 7 points returning home. The records show 2-1-6 (win-draw-lose). With two straight losses from their last two away games, Peterhead are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.
Peterhead won their last game, 2-0 versus Clyde played at home. The game before that, was lost at home, a 1-2 defeat against East Fife.
Peterhead are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 10 away goals from 9 games (in the league). The Peterhead manager J. McInally has some worries about the defense as 20 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: Peterhead - Raith Rovers 2-0. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 5 Raith Rovers victories, 2 draws and 3 Peterhead wins. 7 of these games ended with three goals or more, 3 matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Gullan 8 goals |   S. Brown 7 goals |  M. Miller 4 goals |
Raith Rovers missing players
Peterhead missing players
| Raith Rovers | Peterhead | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 9 | 19 |
| 10 | 5 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | 9 |
| 36 | 19 | 8 | Scored | S | 1 | 10 | 23 |
| 24 | 8 | 3 | Conceded | C | 6 | 20 | 28 |
| 95% | 89% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 89% |
| 74% | 78% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 89% | 79% |
| 53% | 56% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 78% | 58% |
| 42% | 44% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 33% | 21% |
| 21% | 11% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 11% | 11% |
| 53% | 44% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 67% | 53% |
| 37% | 44% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 32% |
| 16% | 22% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 33% | 26% |
| 5.1 | 6 | 5 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 2 | 3.3 | 3.9 |
| 4.1 | 3.6 | 2.7 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 6.5 | 6.2 | 5.1 |
| 2 | 1.4 | 1 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 3.5 | 2.1 | 2 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 215 | 113 | 43 | Total Shots | T S | 14 | 95 | 209 |
| 78 | 39 | 16 | Shots on Target | S O | 4 | 30 | 71 |
| 46% | 49% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 33% | 32% |
- Peterhead have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Peterhead have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Peterhead haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Raith Rovers has the most points (18) at home
- Raith Rovers has the most scored goals (36)
- Raith Rovers has the most scored goals in the second half (22)
- 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 | Raith Rovers | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 36 | 24 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 16 | 12 | 35 |
| 2 | Airdrieonians | 19 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 30 | 23 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 33 |
| 3 | Falkirk | 19 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 32 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 20 | 32 |
| 4 | East Fife | 19 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 31 | 24 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 32 |
| 5 | Montrose | 19 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 31 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 17 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 29 |
| 6 | Dumbarton | 19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 28 | 32 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 18 | -4 | 28 |
| 7 | Peterhead | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 23 | 28 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 20 | -5 | 22 |
| 8 | Clyde | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 22 | 30 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 19 | -8 | 21 |
| 9 | Forfar Athletic | 19 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 20 | 31 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 13 | -11 | 18 |
| 10 | Stranraer | 19 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 42 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 25 | -23 | 11 |