We close out the season today by welcoming Grant Murray and his Raith Rovers side to the Braidwood Motor Company Stadium.
A win for the Starks Park side will ensure a sixth place finish – one place higher than last season so Murray will be keen to pick up the three points and show that the club has made some progress over the campaign.
However a defeat coupled with a Dumbarton victory over champions Partick Thistle and Rovers would finish in seventh place, one point worse off than last season.
It’s been a tough end to the season and Raith haven’t managed a win, or a goal for that matter, in the last four games so the side will be desperate to end that run and finish the season on a high.
A 0-0 stalemate at Starks Park back in August is the only point Raith have picked up in the ties between the teams this season with the other two fixtures ending in 2-1 and 2-0 victories for the Lions.
A home point last weekend courtesy of a 0-0 draw with Falkirk would have been welcomed after a lacklustre performance at New Douglas Park the weekend before saw the Accies canter to a 2-0 win.
Despite drawing a blank in the last four games, Raith have fire power in the shape of Brian Graham who’s netted on 25 occasions this season – one of which came here back in January. He’ll likely be joined upfront by Greig Spence whose 15 goals contribute to a total of 40 strikes from the Rovers front pair.
The reliance on those two for goals often means that when they don’t score, Raith don’t score.
Murray will be hoping his main men have their shooting boots on today and help contribute to taking a final day three points back to Kirkcaldy.
Dave Black
As published in 'ROAR' - the Livingston FC matchday magazine.
A win for the Starks Park side will ensure a sixth place finish – one place higher than last season so Murray will be keen to pick up the three points and show that the club has made some progress over the campaign.
However a defeat coupled with a Dumbarton victory over champions Partick Thistle and Rovers would finish in seventh place, one point worse off than last season.
It’s been a tough end to the season and Raith haven’t managed a win, or a goal for that matter, in the last four games so the side will be desperate to end that run and finish the season on a high.
A 0-0 stalemate at Starks Park back in August is the only point Raith have picked up in the ties between the teams this season with the other two fixtures ending in 2-1 and 2-0 victories for the Lions.
A home point last weekend courtesy of a 0-0 draw with Falkirk would have been welcomed after a lacklustre performance at New Douglas Park the weekend before saw the Accies canter to a 2-0 win.
Despite drawing a blank in the last four games, Raith have fire power in the shape of Brian Graham who’s netted on 25 occasions this season – one of which came here back in January. He’ll likely be joined upfront by Greig Spence whose 15 goals contribute to a total of 40 strikes from the Rovers front pair.
The reliance on those two for goals often means that when they don’t score, Raith don’t score.
Murray will be hoping his main men have their shooting boots on today and help contribute to taking a final day three points back to Kirkcaldy.
Dave Black
As published in 'ROAR' - the Livingston FC matchday magazine.
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