Match Report
7 points and 2 places separated them: Arbroath 3rd with 52, Raith Rovers 5th with 45. Scoring rates set the scale: Arbroath 1.19 scored and 1.14 conceded per game, Raith Rovers 1.19 and 1.17, with the league averaging 1.22.
Arbroath had lost three in a row. Raith Rovers had won four straight. Over the last five, Arbroath had taken 4 of 15 points to Raith Rovers's 12.
18 meetings are on record — 4 won by Arbroath, 7 by Raith Rovers, 7 drawn, at 2.94 goals per meeting. The host's record in this fixture is thin — 33% of meetings won. Goals tend to flow: 67% of the meetings produced three or more, and both sides scored in 61%.
Gayfield Park staged the fixture, a ground that holds 5,900. On the scoreboard, Arbroath led 1-0 at the break; 2 second-half goals set the final 2-1.
Goal scorers
Arbroath: Jacob MacIntyre (45'), Findlay Marshall (83') · Raith Rovers: Kai Montagu (90')
Key stats
Possession: Arbroath 44% · Raith Rovers 56% · Total shots: 5-2 · On target: 5-2 · Corners: 4-2