Raith Rovers

Compared with Celtic, Raith Rovers profile as a far more situational side. Their strongest numbers come at home, where they can score at a healthy rate, but even that falls short of the sort of relentless attacking output Celtic supporters expect. Defensively they are merely middle-ranking within a small section, whereas Celtic's baseline is usually set by control, territorial dominance and sustained pressure. The most important contrast is consistency: Raith Rovers can produce lively scorelines and useful home wins, but Celtic would expect to have the edge comfortably in attacking volume, defensive authority and the capacity to impose the game away from home as well as at home.

The standout strength is obvious: Raith Rovers are a strong home attacking side in league terms, with only St Johnstone scoring more often on their own ground. The obvious weakness is just as stark: they are the weakest away scorers in the division, and that drags down everything else. Defensively they are broadly middle-ranking overall, with away defending actually relatively solid, so this is not a side undone by chaos at the back so much as one limited by how little threat it carries outside Kirkcaldy. The card numbers also suggest their game becomes scrappier when they leave home.

Raith Rovers have used 20 players and there is at least one clear ever-present in the structure, with Josh Rae starting all 36 league matches. That points to a side built more around a settled core than heavy rotation. The goals return is reasonably shared rather than monopolised by one player, but with the top league scorer on eight, the squad profile again hints at collective contribution rather than a single decisive match-winner carrying the attack week after week.