Raith begun the game on the front foot, creating a good early chance when Lewis Vaughan found some space in the Montrose box where he connected with a left footed volley that just dipped past the crossbar. The home side had another good opportunity only a few moments later when Aidan Connolly stepped up to take a free kick from a tight angle forcing a good save out of the Montrose goalkeeper.

Raith’s Pressure almost paid off when Dylan Easton played the ball across the face of goal where Lewis Vaughan tapped the ball home but was unfortunately offside. Raith kept putting up the pressure as the time went by creating chance after chance the most memorable of which was when Lewis Vaughan took another volley, just missing the target, after a Liam Dick throw in.

Finally and the 32nd minute Raith were able to break the deadlock after Adam Masson played a fantastic through ball to break the lines finding Callum Smith, he then ran through on goal slotting the ball past the goalkeeper. GOAL! 1-0 Raith.

Raith looked to double the lead quickly when Lewis Vaughan got the break of the ball going one-on-one against the Montrose goalkeeper and attempting a little dink over the goalkeeper, however the score stayed one nil due to the fact that the Montrose goalkeeper pulled off a fantastic save. HT Raith 1 – o Montrose.

Montrose came out in the second-half all guns blazing earning corner after corner; however it did not take long for Raith to adapt.

It only took until the 58th minute for Raith Rovers to double the lead, through Dylan Easton. The goal came after some intricate football on the left hand side where the ball was played into Sam Stanton and he played a delightful pass to Dylan Easton where he finished first time. GOAL! 2-0 Raith.

Unfortunately Dylan Easton was injured when scoring his goal therefore he was brought off and replaced by Josh Mullin.

Mullin was quickly able to impact the game after coming on scoring only 5 minutes after coming on to the pitch, after he was incredibly played through on goal by Lewis Vaughan with a travella pass, and Mullin did what he needed to do, passing it into the back of the net. GOAL! Raith 3-0.

Montrose were able to get a consolation goal through Watson, in the 72nd minute with a glancing header going in off the post after a wicked delivery from the right hand side. GOAL! Montrose 3-1.

Only one minute later the young left back Callum Hannah came on off the bench replacing Sean Byrne to make his debut. Williamson forced a world class save from Dabrowski in the closing minutes of the match.