Match Preview: St Mirren (Home)

Raith Rovers V St Mirren Saturday 13th August 2016 Stark’s Park Kick off: 3.00pm

 Admission Prices:

Adults – £15

Junior (Under 16, when accompanied by an adult) – £5 *

Junior (12 – 16, when unaccompanied) – £8*

Senior Citizen – £8*

Student/Jobseeker – £10*

Disabled – £8*

*Concession tickets must be purchased at the ticket office for Home fans and the ticket pod for away fans. The ticket pod for away fans is located at the McDermid Stand. Proof of status/age will be required

Match Preview:

Rovers make their home bow in the Championship this Saturday, when they welcome Alex Rae’s St. Mirren side to Stark’s Park.

Rovers will be hoping to reproduce the same kind of result as they achieved against the Paisley outfit last term, when they took 10 points from 12 from the four meetings, eventually finishing 20 points clear of the Buddies by the end of the campaign.

They’ll find it tough however, against a team who have not only kicked on after the appointment of Rae, but have strengthened significantly over the summer.

Goalkeeper, Scott Gallacher has been brought in after leaving Alloa Athletic, while the defence has been bolstered by the arrivals of Ben Gordon from Livingston as well as former Doncaster centre-half, Gary Mackenzie.

Kyle Hutton and Tom Walsh could both feature in the middle of the park after they were brought in from Queen of the South and Rangers respectively, but it’s up-front which has seen the most amount of new faces.

David Clarkson has been given a permanent contract after he impressed whilst on loan from Motherwell last season, while John Sutton has joined from St. Johnstone. Lawrence Shankland begins a second loan spell from Aberdeen, while Ryan Hardie, a well-known face to Raith fans after an impressive loan term last season, has signed a similar deal with the Buddies this time around.

Rae’s charges will be aiming for their first league win of the season, after they drew one each with Morton in the season-opening Renfrewshire derby, a result which retained St. Mirren’s 17-year unbeaten record in the derby fixture.

Thomas O’Ware put the Greenock side in-front, but a late John Sutton goal meant the match ended all-square.

Rovers on the other hand went top of the fledgling Championship table, after a reasonably straightforward 2-0 win at Ayr United. Ross Callachan opened the scoring in the first-half, while Ross Matthews ensured the points would return to Kirkcaldy with a goal deep into the second-period.

Raith’s unbeaten campaign against St. Mirren last time around, bolstered their recent record against them, with five wins and two draws from their last 10 meetings.

Saturday’s match referee will be Kevin Graham

Head-to-Head League Record at Stark’s Park:

Raith Rovers Wins: 29 | St. Mirren Wins: 18 | Draws: 11

Raith Rovers Goals: 118 | St. Mirren Goals: 79

Current Form:

Raith Rovers: W-W-D-L-W

St. Mirren: W-W-L-W-D

Top Goal-scorers:

Raith Rovers: Lewis Vaughan 2 | Kyle Benedictus 1 | Chris Johnston 1 | Ross Callacahan 1 | Ross Matthews 1

St. Mirren: Jack Baird 2 | David Clarkson 2

Match Odds:

Raith Rovers: 5/6 | St. Mirren: 17/5 | Draw: 13/5

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