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Raith Rovers face a trip to Falkirk at The Falkirk Stadium on Saturday afternoon, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The Rovers will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them ending up on the losing side in more than half of the games played between the two.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was less than a year ago, in March 2004, the Bairns carving out a narrow 1 - 0 victory in a Scottish Division One match.
For a detailed analysis of the head-to-head between the two sides, click here
| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2003/2004 | Sat 27 Mar | Falkirk | 1 - 0 | Raith Rovers | SCD1 |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 03 Jan | Raith Rovers | 2 - 0 | Falkirk | SCD1 |
| 2003/2004 | Fri 14 Nov | Falkirk | 3 - 2 | Raith Rovers | SCD1 |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 30 Aug | Raith Rovers | 0 - 1 | Falkirk | SCD1 |
| 2001/2002 | Sat 09 Mar | Falkirk | 2 - 1 | Raith Rovers | SCD1 |
| 2001/2002 | Sat 23 Feb | Raith Rovers | 5 - 1 | Falkirk | SCD1 |
| 2001/2002 | Sat 27 Oct | Falkirk | 1 - 0 | Raith Rovers | SCD1 |
Recent respective form guides
Falkirk are in decent form at home, having won four and drawn two of their last six games, In this time, Bairns have rattled up an impressive 16 goals, and conceded 5.
In complete contrast to Falkirk, Raith Rovers are having a torrid time on their travels, managing a paltry 2 draws from the last six matches. Rovers have conceded 8 goals in these games, and only hit 3 in reply.
Falkirk are just outside the promotion places, in 3rd, having taken 10 points from 5 games. Raith Rovers find themselves stuck right at the bottom of the division. Their 5 games have yielded only 1 points.
For a detailed analysis of team form guides throughout the leagues, click here
| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Falkirk | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 7 | 16 |
| Raith Rovers | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 1 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Rovers are in poor form away, and the FootyMad team are afraid to say this game can be passed over as a comfortable defeat against Falkirk. Home win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Falkirk | Unbeaten in the last 8 home games. Won their latest 5 matches. Not drawn a match in their last 5 . |
| Raith Rovers | Not won in previous 19 away matches. An overall losing run of 2 games. No win in the 15 most recent games. |