Match Report
The table gap was wide: 20 points between Dundee (1st, 63 pts) and Raith Rovers (7th, 43 pts). Against a league average of 1.4 goals per team per game, Dundee ran at 1.83 scored and 1.11 conceded, Raith Rovers at 1.28 and 1.36.
Dundee's unbeaten run stood at 5.
The head-to-head ledger counts 24 games: 13 Dundee wins, 4 for Raith Rovers, 7 draws, at 1.92 goals per meeting. Whoever hosts gains little here: home teams have taken just 42% of the wins in this fixture. Low-scoring is the pattern: just 33% of the meetings went over two goals.
The match was played at Kilmac Stadium at Dens Park in Dundee (capacity 11,506). Half-time and full-time told different stories: Dundee led 1-0 at the break, before 3 more goals closed it at 3-1.