- Queen’s Park are level on 36 points with Raith Rovers after 31 Championship 2025/2026 games with the hosts sitting in 7th place and Raith 5th.
- Raith Rovers have won 2 of their last 3 visits to Queen’s Park, which includes a 4-2 win in the Scottish Challenge Cup two months ago.
- Raith Rovers have a current winning streak of 2 games coming into this fixture following their 3-0 win over Ayr United and 4-1 success against Inverness CT in the cup.
Dogs on the charge as Rovers look to pile on the misery
Raith Rovers will be extremely difficult to beat in this Championship match at Queen’s Park, where the bookies make them 11/10 favourites against a side who are 12/5 and the draw 43/20.
Dougie Imrie took over as manager of the Championship club in November 2025 and has made them a versatile, tempo-driven team that play with plenty of width and can switch to 4-2-3-1 or 4-3-3 to create mismatches or ramp up the tempo.
His side have won three of their last five, although no recent away wins, with a defeat coming in the last away game. Queen’s Park’s shape is much more compact with the side playing with a strict structure, patient build-up and situational pressing when Sean Crighton took over in May 2025.
He has focused on a young squad with a few experienced players to manage the game and his best fit is 4-2-3-1, although he is also flexible enough to switch to a 4-4-2 to press the ball in the right areas.
Ruth to be ruthless in the half-spaces
The midfield battle will be pivotal in this game with the half-spaces the key area to control with both teams favouring the same system, but differing philosophies. Queen’s Park’s structure and discipline should keep this tight with the visitors’ pace and aggression the difference. They are unbeaten in their last 2 home games, picking up a win and a draw.
But Raith are in better form and the bookies’ favourites, so we must support them to edge this contest, even though the home side are capable of keeping it tight. Innes Cameron’s goalscoring form has been red-hot with 5 goals in Raith’s last 5 games and he could be a good anytime goal pick.
Dylan Easton, however, is the main goal threat for Rovers with 8 in 31 Championship appearances, although his strike rate is much better than that suggests. Euan Murray leads the scoring for Queen’s Park with 4 in 27 games, but Michael Ruth has found his shooting boots with 2 goals in the last 5.
Imrie’s Rovers will run
Queen’s Park will look to keep the scores down here and the visitors’ attacking form is strong, so we’ll take the over 2.5 goals market.
