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St. Johnstone prepare to entertain Raith Rovers at McDiarmid Park on Sunday afternoon, looking to continue an impressive record. The Saints are clearly on top, having won 21 and lost only 9 of the 39 games.
The most recent encounter between these two sides at McDiarmid Park was earlier this season, the Saints carving out a narrow 1-0 victory in a Scottish Division One match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2004/2005 | Sat 30 Oct | Raith Rovers | 1 - 0 | St. Johnstone | SCD1 |
| 2004/2005 | Sat 28 Aug | St. Johnstone | 1-0 | Raith Rovers | SCD1 |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 10 Apr | Raith Rovers | 1 - 1 | St. Johnstone | SCD1 |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 24 Jan | St. Johnstone | 5 - 2 | Raith Rovers | SCD1 |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 29 Nov | Raith Rovers | 1 - 4 | St. Johnstone | SCD1 |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 20 Sep | St. Johnstone | 0 - 1 | Raith Rovers | SCD1 |
| 1994/1995 | Sat 29 Apr | St. Johnstone | 1 - 2 | Raith Rovers | SCD1 |
Recent respective form guides
St. Johnstone have been playing quite well at home, winning 3, drawing 2, and losing just 1. A total of 10 goals have been scored by the Saints in those games, with 4 conceded.
The away form of Raith Rovers is pretty dire, collecting just 1 solitary point from the last six. Rovers have conceded 9 goals in these games, and only hit 1 in reply.
St. Johnstone's 28 points from 19 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 5th position. Raith Rovers find themselves stuck right at the bottom of the division. Their 19 games have yielded only 7 points.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| St. Johnstone | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 11 |
| Raith Rovers | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 2 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
With the Saints being in decent shape at home at the moment, I am pleased to predict that this match should result in nothing other than a comfortable home win. Home Win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| St. Johnstone | Unbeaten in the last 5 home games. Unbeaten run of 4 matches. |
| Raith Rovers | Lost each of the previous 2 away matches. Not won in previous 26 away matches. An overall losing run of 3 games. No win in the 7 most recent games. |