Preview Raith Rovers
Tuesday, 26th Oct 2021cinch Championship (home) v Raith Rovers, Tuesday 26th October 2021, kick off 7.45pm at East End Park
The second Fife derby of the season takes place on Tuesday and it will be the first in front of the East End Park fans since April 2017 when a crowd of 4865 saw a Kallum Higginbotham penalty enough to separate the teams.
The first match against Raith this season on 29th September was the usual fiercely contested meeting. A game of two halves really with Kevin O’Hara netting in 79 minutes to cancel out an early Dario Zanatta opener.
In total the clubs have met 122 times, Dunfermline winning 50 and Raith 43. At home Dunfermline have won 28 of their 61 matches against Raith, the visitors winning 22 and eleven drawn. It is nine league visits back, in August 2009, since the Rovers left with the three points.
Milestones v Raith Rovers (home)
Last Home Victory | 03/02/21 | 3-1 | Championship
Last Home Defeat | 20/08/13 | 0-2 | Ramsden Cup
Best Home Victory | 08/09/62 | 6-0 | Division One (old)
Best Home Victory | 01/01/68 | 6-0 | Division One (old)
Worst Home Defeat | 19/11/27 | 0-4 | Division One (old)
Last Goalless Home Draw | 04/05/21 | 0-0 | Premiership Play Off
First Ever Home Meeting | 10/02/23 | 0-3 | Scottish Cup
Last time at East End Park
Premiership Quarter Final Play Off First Leg
Dunfermline 0-0 Raith Rovers
Tue, 4th May 2021
After finishing fourth and third respectively in the Scottish Championship Dunfermline and Raith Rovers had to play off over two legs for the opportunity to take on Dundee and hopefully progress from there to meet the team finishing in eleventh placed side in the Premiership.
The match was full of chances, the Pars with three times as many as the visitors. McManus, Wighton, O’Hara, Henderson and Banks had their chances amongst the 14 shots that Dunfermline mustered. However Rovers keeper Jamie McDonald more than earned his wages defying the Pars any advantage to take into the second leg.
The home side were left lamenting there being no goals and paid for that when Raith went on to win the return at Stark’s Park.
DUNFERMLINE: Owain Fôn Williams: Aaron Comrie, Paul Watson, Euan Murray (c), Josh Edwards: Steven Whittaker: Dom Thomas (Scott Banks 80), Declan McManus (Kerr McInroy 73), Ewan Henderson: Kevin O’Hara, Craig Wighton.
SUBS NOT USED: Kyle Macdonald, Vytas Gašpuitis, Lewis McCann, Lewis Mayo, Cammy Gill (GK)
RAITH ROVERS: Jamie Macdonald: Reghan Tumilty, Iain Davidson, Kyle Benedictus (c), Kieran Macdonald: Ross Matthews (Adam King 82), Regan Hendry, Brad Spencer, Kai Kennedy: Lewis Vaughan (Manny Duku 85), Jamie Gullan (Gozie Ugwu 87)
SUBS NOT USED: Fernandy Mendy, Nathan Cooney, Dan Armstrong, Robbie Thomson (GK)
Last Twelve Meetings
Dunfermline have won four of the last twelve meetings, lost four and four have been drawn.
29/09/21 | A | Raith Rovers 1 Dunfermline 1 | D | Championship
08/05/21 | A | Raith Rovers 2 Dunfermline 0 | L | Premiership Play Off
04/05/21 | H | Dunfermline 0 Raith Rovers 0 | D | Premiership Play Off
27/03/21 | A | Raith Rovers 5 Dunfermline 1 | | L | Championship
03/02/21 | H | Dunfermline 4 Raith Rovers 1 | W | Championship
05/12/20 | A | Raith Rovers 2 Dunfermline 2 | D | Championship
19/01/19 | A | Raith Rovers 3 Dunfermline 0 | L | Scottish Cup
08/04/17 | H | Dunfermline 1 Raith Rovers 0| W | Championship
02/01/17 | A | Raith Rovers 0 Dunfermline 2 | W | Championship
05/12/16 | H | Dunfermline 0 Raith Rovers 0 | D | Championship
20/08/16 | A | Raith Rovers 2 Dunfermline 0 | L | Championship
05/08/14 | H | Dunfermline 1 Raith Rovers 0 | W | Challenge Cup
Recent Form
Dunfermline have now drawn five of their last six matches. They are still chasing their first league win of the season and of course would love to right that on Tuesday night. They have only netted four times in their last ten matches.
Raith Rovers have played five of their last six matches at home and prior to Inverness on Saturday Dunfermline were the only visitors in that time to have left with points. Their away match was an impressive win at Rugby Park and they have only failed to win once in the league on the road, at Inverness.
Last six matches
DUNFERMLINE
Partick Thistle (A) D 0-0
Kilmarnock (H) D 2-2
Queen of the South (A) L 0-1
Raith Rovers (A) D 1-1
Hamilton Accies (H) D 0-0
Inverness Caley Thistle (H) D 0-0
RAITH ROVERS
Inverness Caley Thistle (H) D 1-1
Arbroath (H) W 2-1
East Fife (H) W 3-1
Kilmarnock (A) W 3-1
Dunfermline (H) D 1-1
Partick Thistle (H) W 3-2
League Record
DUNFERMLINE
League Position: 10th
League Points: 5
Goal Difference: -9
League Record: P10 W0 D6 L4 GF5 GA14
Last Six Match Form: DDDLDD
RAITH ROVERS
League Position: 3rd
League Points: 18
Goal Difference: +5
League Record: P10 W5 D3 L2 GF17 GA12
Last Six Match Form: WDWWWD
Last Time Out
DUNFERMLINE (v Partick Thistle): Owain Fôn Williams (c): Aaron Comrie, Mark Connolly, Vytas Gašpuitis, Josh Edwards: Dom Thomas, Dan Pybus, Paul Allan, Ryan Dow (Iain Wilson 60): Kevin O’Hara (Kai Kennedy 72), Craig Wighton (Nikolay Todorov 80).
SUBS NOT USED: Kyle Macdonald, Rhys Breen, Lewis McCann, Deniz Mehmet (GK)
RAITH ROVERS (v Inverness Caley Thistle): Jamie MacDonald: Regan Tumilty, Christophe Berra, Kyle Benedictus (Tom Lang 53), Liam Dick: Aidan Connolly (Ethan Ross 78), Ross Matthews Brad Spencer, Dylan Tait, Ethan Varian (Matej Poplatnik 21), Dario Zanatta
SUBS NOT USED: Blaine Riley-Snow, Kieran Mitchell, Greig Young, Robbie Thomson (GK)
The referee will be Alan Muir, his first time at East End Park since 19th October 2019 when Dunfermline defeated Ayr United 3-2.
Other cinch Championship fixtures
Ayr United v Kilmarnock
Hamilton Academical v Queen of the South
Inverness Caley Thistle v Arbroath
Morton v Partick Thistle
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