Stenhousemuir vs Raith Rovers Prediction & Betting Tips

How each side has been playing

Stenhousemuir have won 12 of their last 20 matches across competitions, including back-to-back 1-0 league wins over Arbroath and Partick. There have been bumps too, notably a 0-3 League Cup loss to Hearts and a 0-1 defeat away to Livingston, but the wins have outweighed the losses.

Stenhousemuir: 20 completed matches; Raith Rovers: 20 completed matches.

Stenhousemuir

20 matches

Win

65% 13 / 20

Draw

25% 5 / 20

Loss

10% 2 / 20

Scored

27

Conceded

12

Difference

+15

Raith Rovers

20 matches

Win

50% 10 / 20

Draw

25% 5 / 20

Loss

25% 5 / 20

Scored

31

Conceded

18

Difference

+13

Raith Rovers have been a bit more mixed, with five draws in their last 20 games. They put four goals past Arbroath at one point but also lost away at Inverness and Dunfermline, and drew games at Partick, Hamilton and Kilmarnock without scoring more than once.

Stenhousemuir's recent form looks the more settled of the two, with fewer inconsistent results.

Comparative Team Statistics: Stenhousemuir vs Raith Rovers

Head-to-head record

There are only five recorded meetings here, and just one from this season, a 1-1 draw at Raith Rovers back in August. The other four go back to 2018 and 2019 in League One, a different level and a long way removed from either side's current squad.

Given that gap, the older results don't tell us much about how this fixture is likely to go now.

The only relevant recent meeting ended level, matching how close these two look in the table.

Early Championship table

Stenhousemuir currently top the Championship with 19 points from seven games, six wins and just two goals conceded. Raith Rovers are right behind in second on 14 points from the same number of matches, with four wins, two draws and a single defeat.

It's only a seven-game sample, so the gap is more about consistency so far than anything settled. Stenhousemuir's defensive record stands out, having let in only two goals all season.

Stenhousemuir's tighter defence is the main separator between two otherwise closely matched sides.

What might shape this one

Both sides have been tight defensively this season, Stenhousemuir conceding just two in seven league games and Raith three in the same span. Add in that their most recent meeting finished 1-1, and there's a reasonable chance goals are hard to come by again if that pattern holds.

Stenhousemuir's slightly sturdier recent form and home advantage give them a shade of encouragement, but Raith's away performances have shown they can be competitive without always finding the net.