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Raith Rovers face a trip to Ayr United at Somerset Park, Ayr on Wednesday evening, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The Rovers will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them lose 36 and win only 12 of the 67 games.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was earlier this season, the Honest Men carving out a narrow 1 - 0 victory in a Scottish Division Two match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2006/2007 | Sat 16 Dec | Raith Rovers | 1 - 0 | Ayr Utd. | SCD2 |
| 2006/2007 | Sat 30 Sep | Ayr Utd. | 1 - 0 | Raith Rovers | SCD2 |
| 2005/2006 | Sat 18 Mar | Ayr Utd. | 0 - 0 | Raith Rovers | SCD2 |
| 2005/2006 | Sat 21 Jan | Raith Rovers | 1 - 1 | Ayr Utd. | SCD2 |
| 2005/2006 | Tue 22 Nov | Ayr Utd. | 2 - 1 | Raith Rovers | SCD2 |
| 2005/2006 | Sat 17 Sep | Raith Rovers | 3 - 3 | Ayr Utd. | SCD2 |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 15 May | Ayr Utd. | 1 - 0 | Raith Rovers | SCD1 |
Recent respective form guides
Ayr United's dreadful home form has resulted in just 1 victory and 1 draw from their last six played. Honest Men have conceded a disappointing 6 goals in this period, and managed to convert only 3 of their own chances.
Raith Rovers's away form is none too clever either, coming away with three points on 3 occasions, but drawing 1 and losing 2. The Rovers's have a narrow positive goal difference over these games, with 5 goals for and 3 against.
Ayr Utd. lie just outside the playoff positions in the Bells Scottish Division Two, picking up 30 points from their 25 games so far. Raith Rovers's total of 37 points from their 25 games sees them sitting in the playoff places in Bells Scottish Division Two.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Ayr Utd. | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 3 |
| Raith Rovers | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 13 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Raith Rovers are in reasonable form away from home coming into this match, and the Madmen are quite confident that they should come away with a comfortable victory from this contest. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Ayr Utd. | Failed to win in previous 2 home matches. Latest 2 games ended in defeat. Not won in the 7 most recent games. |
| Raith Rovers | Undefeated in last 3 away games. 6 games since last defeat. |