+0.19 points a game is the venue form gap, in Raith Rovers's favour: Raith Rovers takes 1.67 a game at home over the last two seasons, Dunfermline Athletic 1.48 away.
Raith Rovers: 49 league matches in the bank, 13 from this season and the rest from last season. Dunfermline Athletic: 49 league matches in the bank, 13 from this season and the rest from last season.
The question this step asks
Step two is HOME AND AWAY FORM -- the home side judged on its home record, the away side on its away record, because those are the records that will be on the pitch. The last five reach back into last season where this season is too young to answer, and say so.
The two sides
Raith Rovers -- at home
Its record at the relevant venue
This season at home: won 3, drew 1, lost 2 of 6, scoring 9 and conceding 5. Last season at home: won 9, drew 3, lost 6 of 18, scoring 34 and conceding 22 -- 1.67 points a game.
Its last five league matches
Newest first: beat Arbroath 4-0 away; lost to Inverness CT 0-2 at home; drew with Stenhousemuir 1-1 away; beat Queen's Park 2-0 at home; beat Greenock Morton 2-1 away.
The dugout
The banked record belongs to the club, not one man: 2 different managers took its 25 matches with one recorded (18, 7 apiece), most recently Dougie Imrie with 18. Who picks the team today is not yet recorded this season, so a summer change of manager would not show in these figures.
Dunfermline Athletic -- away
Its record at the relevant venue
This season away: won 3, drew 3, lost 1 of 7, scoring 5 and conceding 4. Last season away: won 7, drew 4, lost 7 of 18, scoring 28 and conceding 22 -- 1.39 points a game.
Its last five league matches
Newest first: beat Inverness CT 5-1 at home; beat Stenhousemuir 1-0 away; beat Queen's Park 1-0 away; drew with Partick Thistle 1-1 at home; drew with Livingston 0-0 at home.
The dugout
Every one of the 29 banked matches with a manager recorded was taken by Neil Lennon. Who picks the team today is not yet recorded this season, so a summer change of manager would not show in these figures.
Built 18:03 from matches completed before
kick-off. Every figure is an observed count with its denominator —
not a forecast, and nothing here is a tip or a selection.