Raith Rovers vs Cove Rangers Live Stream, Predictions

📊 Form Guide

Raith Rovers

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Raith Rovers won’t want a repeat of their last result here after the 3-0 Scottish Cup loss in their previous game against Rangers.

The only player to score from Raith Rovers was Ryan Nolan (58' Own goal). Connor Goldson (42') and Scott Arfield (87') scored for Rangers.

It’s been a rare occasion in recent times that Raith Rovers have kept a clean sheet. In fact, Raith Rovers have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 5 of their previous 6 games, giving up 10 goals during that time.

Looking at the pre-match facts, Raith Rovers:

• haven't been beaten in the league by Cove Rangers in their last 2 games.
• are unbeaten in their last 5 league matches at home.
• are without a home win in the past 6 league matches. Their fans aren't happy.

Cove Rangers

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Following on from being defeated in their last game at the hands of Queen's Park in Championship competition, Cove Rangers will be aiming to make amends here.

The only name on the scoresheet from Cove Rangers was Morgyn Neill (78' Own goal).

The stats tell the story, and Cove Rangers have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, conceding 9 goals in all. At the back, Cove Rangers certainly have room for improvement. We will have to find out if that trend will be sustained into this next match.

Going into this contest, Cove Rangers are without a win away from home in their last 3 matches in the league.

🤜🤛 Head to head

Looking at their most recent head to head meetings dating back to 28/07/2018 tells us that Raith Rovers have won 2 of these games & Cove Rangers 3, with the number of drawn results being 1.

An aggregate of 15 goals were produced between them during those clashes, with 6 of them for The Rovers and 9 belonging to The Wee Rangers. That is an average goals per game value of 2.5.

The last league clash featuring the two was Championship match day 22 on 14/01/2023 when it finished Cove Rangers 2-2 Raith Rovers.

The match was refereed by Lloyd Wilson.

🗞️ Team News: Raith Rovers

The Raith Rovers boss Ian Murray has zero fitness worries at all before this game owing to a completely injury-free squad available to choose from.

It seems likely that The Rovers may well employ a 3-5-2 formation for this game, beginning the first half with Chris Maxwell, Jordan Thorniley, Curtis Nelson, James Husband, Andy Lyons, Charlie Patino, Callum Connolly, Kenny Dougall, CJ Hamilton, Jerry Yates and Keshi Anderson.

🗞️ Team News: Cove Rangers

Thanks to a mainly available group, there’s only the one fitness issue for the Cove Rangers manager Paul Hartley to be concerned with. Fraser Fyvie (Ankle Surgery) won’t be playing here.

We reckon that The Wee Rangers could decide to make use of a 3-4-1-2 formation using Ben Wilson, Luke McNally, Callum Doyle, Kyle McFadzean, Brooke Norton-Cuffy, Ben Sheaf, Gustavo Hamer, Jake Bidwell, Josh Eccles, Matt Godden and Viktor Gyokeres.

🧠 Prediction

We’re of the opinion that Raith Rovers look likely to get amongst the goals when they face Cove Rangers, who may well find it hard to break down their defence.

We’re therefore expecting to see a comfortable 2-0 winning score for Raith Rovers when the full-time whistle blows.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Renata Leite, 02:25 14/03/2023