Scottish League Challenge Cup

FT Saturday, October 7, 2017
Raith Rovers WWWWL 3
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St Mirren WWLWW 1
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RRFC033
STM011
The SMISA Stadium · 1,970 att.

Match Report

Raith earn quarter-final place after surprise win over St Mirren

Raith earn quarter-final place after surprise win over St Mirren

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Head to Head

RRFC leads series 3-2

Lineups

STM · 3-4-1-2

  1. 21Ross StewartG
  2. 5Gregor BuchananCD
  3. 44Adam EckersleyCD-L
  4. 15Jack BairdCD-R
  5. 39Ethan ErhahonCM-L
  6. 16Ian McShaneCM-R
  7. 18Dale HilsonAM
  8. 2Stelios DemetriouLM
  9. 3Gary IrvineRM
  10. 20Gavin ReillyCF-L
  11. 19Ross StewartCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 1Craig SamsonSUB
  2. 8Darryl DuffySUB
  3. 30Cameron MacphersonSUB
  4. 17Jordan KirkpatrickSUB
  5. 4Stephen McGinnSUB
  6. 11Cameron SmithSUB
  7. 9John SuttonSUB

RRFC · 4-4-2

  1. 1Graeme SmithG
  2. 5Euan MurrayCD-L
  3. 18David MckayCD-R
  4. 2Jason ThomsonLB
  5. 6Jamie WatsonRB
  6. 4John HerronCM-L
  7. 8James BerryCM-R
  8. 11Robert BarrLM
  9. 12Ross MatthewsRM
  10. 10Lewis VaughanCF-L
  11. 7Greig SpenceCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 16Jonathan CourtSUB
  2. 19Kyle BellSUB
  3. 14Ryan StevensonSUB
  4. 15Yan Opoko-BerchieSUB
  5. 9Jack SmithSUB
  6. 3Euan ValentineSUB
  7. 17Rory BrianSUB

Timeline

  1. 56' Substitution, St. Mirren. Cameron MacPherson replaces Gary Irvine because of an injury.
  2. 63' Goal! St. Mirren 1, Raith Rovers 0. Gavin Reilly (St. Mirren) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Dale Hilson.
  3. 64' Goal! St. Mirren 1, Raith Rovers 1. Lewis Vaughan (Raith Rovers) left footed shot from outside the box to the top right corner.
  4. 73' Goal! St. Mirren 1, Raith Rovers 2. Greig Spence (Raith Rovers) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Lewis Vaughan.
  5. 76' Substitution, St. Mirren. Cameron Smith replaces Gavin Reilly.
  6. 76' Substitution, St. Mirren. Daryl Duffy replaces Gregor Buchanan.
  7. 81' Goal! St. Mirren 1, Raith Rovers 3. Bobby Barr (Raith Rovers) right footed shot from outside the box to the top right corner. Assisted by John Herron.
  8. 87' Graeme Smith (Raith Rovers) is shown the yellow card.
  9. 90'+1' Substitution, Raith Rovers. Jonathan Court replaces Greig Spence.

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