Club 27/01/2017
Match Preview: Dumbarton
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Raith Rovers V Dumbarton Saturday 28th January 2017 Stark’s Park Kick off: 3.00pm |
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Admission Information:
Adults – £15 Over 65 / Under 16 / Disabled – £8* Student / Jobseeker – £10* Under 16 (accompanied by an adult) – £5* *All concession tickets must be purchased from the home ticket office. Proof of concession must be provided.Dumbarton fans will be housed in the Turnbull Hutton Stand.
Match Preview:
After the high drama of Wednesday evening at Tynecastle, Rovers return to Stark’s Park this weekend, to take part in a fixture which has a habit of causing a fair amount of it’s own excitement.
Dumbarton are the visitors to Kirkcaldy this Saturday, and while the last meeting between the two at the Cheaper Insurance Direct Stadium in November finished 0-0, that’s far from the norm in a fixture which generally produces goals, and plenty of them.
This season’s first meeting was a case in point, with Rovers marching into a 3-0 half-time lead, thanks to goals from Kevin McHattie, Ross Callachan and Scott Roberts, but a late fightback from Dumbarton saw them reduce the arrears down to one, after goals from Ryan Stevenson and Robert Thomson.
Only a late red card for Gregor Buchanan arrested The Sons momentum, in a game where it appeared they were about to once again, salvage something from being three down.
While Dumbarton enjoyed an excellent run of results over November and December, a period which saw them lose just twice in eight league fixtures, they go into Saturday’s match on the back of three straight defeats, after narrow losses to Morton, Hibernian and Queen of the South.
One man who won’t be involved in attempting to stop that run is Lewis Vaughan, with the on-loan Raith man unable to play against his parent side, although there will potentially be one familiar face in the away line up, with Christian Nade returning to the club where he enjoyed success in the second half of last season.
Rovers will also need to be wary of a team which has been free-scoring away from home, with no team managing to better The Sons 15 league goals away from home in the Championship.
Rovers do have a fine record in this fixture however, with five wins and four draws from their last ten meetings.
Saturday’s match referee will be Mat Northcroft.
Head-To-Head League Record At Stark’s Park:
Raith Rovers Wins: 36 | Dumbarton Wins: 11 | Draws: 11
Raith Rovers Goals: 123 | Dumbarton Goals: 68
Current Form:
Raith Rovers: D-L-L-L-D-L
Dumbarton: W-D-W-L-L-L
Top Goal Scorers:
Raith Rovers: Declan McManus 5 | Mark Stewart 5 | Ross Callachan 3
Dumbarton: Robert Thomson 6 | Greg Fleming 5
Match Odds:
Raith Rovers: 9/10 | Dumbarton: 3/1 | Draw: 13/5