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Raith Rovers vs Dunfermline Athletic Live Stream, Predictions
Raith Rovers will host visiting team Dunfermline Athletic at Stark's Park in this Championship game on Saturday.
Our full set of predictions, statistics and match poll for Raith Rovers v Dunfermline Athletic can be seen below - as well as up-to-date odds.
๐ Form Guide
Raith Rovers
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Raith Rovers will be hoping to bounce back here after the 3-2 Championship defeat last time out to Arbroath.
For Raith Rovers, the scorers were Zak Rudden (26') and Josh Mullin (49'). Jay Bird (61'), Leighton McIntosh (69') and Mark Stowe (77') scored for Arbroath.
Itโs not been often in recent games where Raith Rovers have kept a clean sheet. It will be a concern for them that Raith Rovers have been scored against in 5 of their previous 6 clashes, letting in 9 goals along the way.
Their past results show that Raith Rovers:
- have not lost a league tie with Dunfermline Athletic in their last 3 games.
- are unbeaten in their previous 2 league matches at home.
Dunfermline Athletic
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Following on from a loss in their previous game against Airdrie United in Championship competition, Dunfermline Athletic will be hoping to turn things around here.
Nikolay Todorov (16') and Gabby McGill (60') scored for Airdrie United.
James McPake's Dunfermline Athletic have seen their goal attempts be successful a total of 6 times throughout their previous six matches. The overall goals that they have conceded during those same clashes comes to 10.
Looking at their past form shows that Dunfermline Athletic:
- haven't beaten Raith Rovers in away games against them for the last 5 matches in the league. They really have not been travelling well at all.
- are unbeaten in their last 3 league matches away from home.
โ๏ธ Head to head
An examination of their most recent head-to-head clashes stretching back to 02/01/2022 shows that Raith Rovers have won 3 of these games and Dunfermline Athletic 1, with the tally of drawn games standing at 2.
A total of 9 goals were scored between the two sides in these games, with 5 from The Rovers and 4 netted by The Pars. The average number of goals per game works out to 1.5.
The previous league game between the two was Championship match day 19 on 02/01/2024 which finished with the scoreline of Dunfermline Athletic 1-2 Raith Rovers.
The referee was Graham Grainger.
โน๏ธ Team News: Raith Rovers
The Raith Rovers manager Ian Murray has a full complement, with no fitness concerns whatsoever before this game owing to a fully healthy squad available to choose from.
๐๏ธ Team News: Dunfermline Athletic
Dunfermline Athletic boss James McPake has multiple availability issues to deal with. Andy Tod (Calf problems), Kyle Benedictus (Foot injury) and Rhys Breen (Knee problems) will not be playing here.
๐ก Prediction
Weโre thinking that Raith Rovers will likely be able to score a couple when they line up against Dunfermline Athletic, who may well struggle getting goals.
Therefore, we are anticipating a decent 2-0 victory for Raith Rovers come full-time.
Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Victor Martins, 14:04 09/03/2024
โฝ๏ธ Team Focus:
Raith Rovers
Formed: 1883
Stadium: Stark's Park (8,867)
Captain: Scott Brown
Chairman: Steven MacDonald
Manager: Ian Murray
Competitions: Championship position 2
โญ Star Player: Jack Hamilton
Normally playing in the Striker position, Jack Hamilton was born in Scotland. After making a first senior appearance for Livingston in the 2018 - 2019 season, the talented Forward has managed to score 5 league goals in this Championship 2023 - 2024 season to date coming from a total of 21 appearances.
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | +/- | Pts | Form |
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27 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 34 | 55 | LWLDW |
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26 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 51 | LWWDL |
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26 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 39 | DDLLD |
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27 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 37 | DWDLL |
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26 | 10 | 5 | 11 | -2 | 35 | LLWDW |
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27 | 8 | 8 | 11 | -6 | 32 | DWDWL |
7 |
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27 | 9 | 5 | 13 | -12 | 32 | LWLWL |
8 |
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27 | 8 | 7 | 12 | -6 | 31 | WDLWD |
9 |
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27 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 30 | LDDDW |
10 |
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26 | 6 | 5 | 15 | -27 | 23 | LDDLW |
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Greenock Morton |
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Dundee United |
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Airdrie United |
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Ayr United |
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Goals scored | 1.9 |
Goals conceded | 1.6 |
Time first goal scored | 31 |
Time first goal conceded | 47 |
Yellow cards | 1.9 |
Red cards | 0 |
Subs used | 3.5 |
Biggest victory | 4-3 |
Biggest defeat | 3-2 |
Goals scored | 1.2 |
Goals conceded | 1.1 |
Time first goal scored | 50 |
Time first goal conceded | 56 |
Yellow cards | 1.5 |
Red cards | 0 |
Subs used | 2.9 |
Biggest victory | 3-1 |
Biggest defeat | 3-0 |
Lewis Vaughan | 12 |
Dylan Easton | 7 |
Jack Hamilton | 5 |
Sam Stanton | 5 |
Callum Smith | 4 |
Craig Wighton | 5 |
Lewis McCann | 4 |
Matty Todd | 4 |
Owen Moffat | 3 |
Josh Edwards | 2 |
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