National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Raith Rovers or Motherwell that keep their silverware dream alive.
These are full days for the hosts, as they played only three days ago in the Challenge Cup. That game was an away game at Dundee, so at least Raith Rovers are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Raith Rovers form and stats
Last season their Scottish Cup adventure ended in the 5th round.Raith Rovers have played 12 Championship games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 5-4-3 (wins-draws-losses).
The Raith Rovers boss Murray and his players return home after a 2-2 draw away versus Dundee in the Challenge Cup.
In the preceding match a 2-1 victory visiting Arbroath.A decent goal production from Rovers in their home games so far, with 22 goals from 12 league matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 18 goals have been conceded.
Motherwell form and stats
They also participated in Scottish Cup last season. This ended in the quarter-finals.Motherwell lost away at Aberdeen (1-3) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick. McGinn, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 6.84. McGinn won 12 of 19 duels.
A 0-2 loss hosting St. Johnstone before that.A new game in only four days for Motherwell, the Premiership home match versus St. Mirren. Busy days.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  A. Connolly 10 goals |   K. van Veen 10 goals |  S. Stanton 4 goals |
Raith Rovers missing players
Motherwell missing players
| Raith Rovers | Motherwell | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 5 | Won | W | 3 | 5 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | ||
| 6 | 1 | Lost | L | 8 | 15 | ||
| 37 | 24 | Scored | S | 15 | 28 | ||
| 28 | 15 | Conceded | C | 21 | 42 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 72% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 77% | 80% | ||
| 44% | 73% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 54% | 60% | ||
| 28% | 45% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 31% | 32% | ||
| 8% | 18% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 15% | 12% | ||
| 48% | 73% | BTTS | BTTS | 46% | 48% | ||
| 32% | 27% | Clean Sheets | C S | 23% | 24% | ||
| 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 31% | 32% | ||
| 5.4 | 4.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 5 | ||
| 5.1 | 4.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.5 | 4.9 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.4 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 9 | 9.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.3 | 11 | ||
| 4.4 | 4.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3.2 | ||
| 35% | 44% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 39% | 36% | ||
| 7.6 | 5.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.5 | 11 | ||
| 2.7 | 2.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 3.9 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Queen's Park | 23 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 46 | 30 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 24 | 18 | 16 | 43 |
| 2 | Ayr United | 23 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 46 | 31 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 22 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 24 | 18 | 15 | 39 |
| 3 | Dundee | 22 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 37 | 26 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 39 |
| 4 | Partick Thistle | 23 | 10 | 3 | 10 | 42 | 38 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 29 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 4 | 33 |
| 5 | Raith Rovers | 24 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 32 | 32 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 18 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 0 | 33 |
| 6 | Inverness CT | 23 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 34 | 32 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 20 | 2 | 32 |
| 7 | Greenock Morton | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 31 | 26 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 7 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 19 | 5 | 31 |
| 8 | Cove Rangers | 23 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 31 | 47 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 22 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 25 | -16 | 25 |
| 9 | Arbroath | 24 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 23 | 39 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 20 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 19 | -16 | 21 |
| 10 | Hamilton Academical | 23 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 40 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 18 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 22 | -21 | 18 |
