Scottish League Challenge Cup

FT Saturday, October 9, 2021
East Fife WLLLL 1
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Raith Rovers WLWDW 3
1st2ndT
EFIF101
RRFC213
Stark's Park · 1,177 att.

Head to Head

RRFC leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

RRFC · 4-3-3

  1. 1Jamie McDonaldG
  2. 5Christophe BerraCD-L
  3. 6Kyle BenedictusCD-R
  4. 3Liam DickLB
  5. 2Reghan TumiltyRB
  6. 8Ross MatthewsCM
  7. 13Brad SpencerLM
  8. 15Dylan TaitRM
  9. 18Ethon VarianF
  10. 11Dario ZanattaLF
  11. 7Aidan ConnollyRF

EFIF · 3-5-2

  1. 21Jude SmithG
  2. 3Christopher HigginsCD
  3. 17Aaron SteeleCD-L
  4. 5Ross DunlopCD-R
  5. 14Liam WattCM-L
  6. 11Kieran MillarCM-R
  7. 6Conor McmanusAM
  8. 8Patrick SlatteryLM
  9. 12Scott MercerRM
  10. 20Andrew Osei-BonsuCF-L
  11. 15Sean BrownCF-R

Timeline

  1. 9' Kyle Benedictus (Raith Rovers) is shown the yellow card.
  2. 35' Goal! Raith Rovers 1, East Fife 0. Dylan Tait (Raith Rovers) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner.
  3. 37' Goal! Raith Rovers 1, East Fife 1. Scott Mercer (East Fife) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner.
  4. 39' Goal! Raith Rovers 2, East Fife 1. Aidan Connolly (Raith Rovers) from a free kick with a left footed shot to the top right corner.
  5. 58' Substitution, Raith Rovers. Matej Poplatnik replaces Ethon Varian because of an injury.
  6. 58' Substitution, East Fife. Daniel Denholm replaces Patrick Slattery.
  7. 58' Substitution, East Fife. Kyle Connell replaces Sean Brown.
  8. 62' Goal! Raith Rovers 3, East Fife 1. Matej Poplatnik (Raith Rovers) header from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Christophe Berra following a corner.
  9. 71' Substitution, East Fife. Liam Newton replaces Connor McManus.
  10. 77' Substitution, East Fife. Kevin Smith replaces Andrew Osei-Bonsu.
  11. 82' Substitution, Raith Rovers. Aaron Arnott replaces Aidan Connolly.
  12. 82' Substitution, Raith Rovers. Kieran Mitchell replaces Dario Zanatta.
  13. 88' Substitution, Raith Rovers. Greig Young replaces Liam Dick.
  14. 88' Substitution, Raith Rovers. Blaise Riley-Snow replaces Dylan Tait.

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