Arbroath vs Raith Rovers – Match Preview
Ladbrokes Championship – Game 17 – Season 2020 / 2021
Saturday 19th February 2021, Gayfield Park, Arbroath, 3.00pm kick off
Arbroath are back in action tomorrow as they welcome Raith Rovers to Gayfield for the side’s second meeting of the season.
It is the first time the two sides have met since the opening day of the season where Arbroath were on top for the first 30 minutes but didn’t take their chances with Raith then scoring 3 goals before half time. The second half wasn’t any better with Thomas O’Brien being shown a second yellow card for an apparent handball but Derek Gaston denied Regan Hendry to make keep the score at 3-0.
Raith Rovers sit second in the Championship and have impressed many with their attacking football as the league’s second highest scorers with 29 goals.
With an already impressive striking line up, Rovers brought in the very dangerous Kai Kennedy from Rangers on loan, Timmy Abraham from Fulham, Jamie Gullan from Hibernian and Adam King from Dundee United in January to bolster their already impressive strike force.
Arbroath are now unbeaten in 6 games, scoring 8 goals along the way with Jack Hamilton impressing already with three goals in his first four games giving Arbroath a new dimension up front.
However tomorrow’s match will be a very tough match as the Arbroath defence try and keep tabs on the Raith Strike force.
Gavin Swankie misses out with injury and James Craigen is suspended for tomorrow’s match as Manager Dick Campbell will be looking to build on his side’s recent good form.
It will be another tough match, but we hope you will be cheering us on from home!
C’mon the Lichties!
Raith Rovers 2020/2021 (Loan and winter arrivals)
Raith Rovers Manager – John McGlynn
Raith Rovers Assistant Manager – Paul Smith
Goalkeepers:
1 – Jamie MacDonald
17 – Robbie Thomson
20 – David McGurn
28 – Kyle Bow
Defenders:
2 – Reghan Tumilty
3 – Kieran MacDonald
4 – Iain Davidson
5 – Fernandy Mendy
6 – Kyle Benedictus
14 – Frankie Musonda
15 – David McKay
Midfielders:
7 – Daniel Armstrong
8 – Regan Hendry
11 – Grant Anderson
12 – Ross Matthews
13 – Brad Spencer
18 – Dylan Tait
21 – Kai Kennedy (Rangers, loan)
25 – Aaron Arnottrait
26 – Adam King (Dundee United, loan)
27 – Quinn Coulson
Forwards:
9 – Immanuelson Duku
10 – Lewis Vaughan
11 – Timmy Abraham (Fulham, loan)
16 – Jack Smith
19 – Luke Mahady
23 – Gozie Ugwu
32 – Jamie Gullan (Hibernian, loan)
Raith Rovers Departures
22 – Ethan Ross – Aberdeen end of loan
11 – Lars Lokotsch – Livingstone, end of loan
Arbroath vs Raith Rovers – Head to Head
Raith Rovers 3 – 0 Arbroath – Saturday 17th October 2020
Ladbrokes Championship – Game 01 – Season 2020 / 2021
Goals – Armstrong 31, Tumilty 36, Hendry 44 pen
Arbroath 2 – 2 Raith Rovers – Sunday 21st April 2019
Scottish League One – Game 34 – Season 2018/2019
Goals – Swankie 30, Wallace 77 – Nisbit 27, 51 r
Raith Rovers 0 – 1 Arbroath – 16th February 2019
Scottish League One – Game 25- Season 2018/2019
Goal – Hamilton 27
Raith Rovers – Scottish Championship Results 2020/2021
Game 01 – Raith Rovers 3 – 0 Arbroath – Sat 17th October
Game 02 – Queen of the South 2 – 5 Raith Rovers – Sat 24th October
Game 03 – Dundee 1 – 1 Raith Rovers – Saturday 31st October
Game 04 – Raith Rovers 5 – 0 Greenock Morton – Sat 7th November
Game 05 – Inverness Caledonian Thistle 2 – 0 Raith Rovers – Sat 21st November
Game 06 – Raith Rovers 2 – 2 Dunfermline Athletic – Sat 5th December
Game 07 – Ayr United 0 – 0 Raith Rovers – Fri 11th December
Game 08 – Raith Rovers 0 – 4 Heart of Midlothian – Tues 26th January 2021
Game 09 – Alloa Athletic 2 – Raith Rovers 5 – Sat 26th December
Game 10 – Raith Rovers 0 – 2 Queen of the South – Tues 29th December
Game 11 – Dunfermline Athletic 4 – 1 Raith Rovers – Wed 3rd February
Game 12 – Raith Rovers 3 – 1 Dundee – Saturday 30th January
Game 13 – Raith Rovers vs Inverness Caledonian Thistle – Postponed
Game 14 – Heart of Midlothian 2 – 3 Raith Rovers – Sat 23rd January
Game 15 – Greenock Morton 0 – 1 Raith Rovers – Sat 6th February
Game 16 – Raith Rovers vs Ayr United – Sat 13th February – Postponed
Suspensions;
James Craigen misses out for Arbroath after his red card last weekend.
Officials;
Referee – Greg Aitken
Assistant Referee 1 – Joseph Lawson
Assistant Referee 2 – Gordon McCabe
How to Watch
We shall once again be streaming this match on Arbroath FC TV https://arbroathfc.tv/
A reminder that this match is available for free to all season ticket holders over 18 (this age is down to a legal reason) and as a pay-per-view to everyone else for £12
Season Ticket Holders
Your username is your email address that you supplied when you bought your season ticket and you should have set your own password.
Non Season Ticket Holders / Away Supporters
If you aren’t a season ticket holder you can still purchase this game for £12 and can sign up here; https://arbroathfc.tv/
The match will be online until the evening of Sunday 7th February, so even if you can’t physically sit down and watch the game at 3.00pm, you can still relive the entire 90 minutes at a time that suits you.
If you are new to Arbroath FC TV we suggest that you try logging on before Saturday so you can familiarise yourself how to watch the game.
For any problems or issues please contact [email protected] directly.
Matchday Programme
Our matchday programme producers, JJ Sports Promotions Ltd have produced a physical programme for tomorrow’s game.
Copies of this programme can be purchased for £2 each plus £2 postage and packing, by emailing: [email protected]. It will be full colour and packed with great content and photography, but hurry because there is a limited print run
C’mon the Lichties!
