Dunfermline Athletic v Raith Rovers: How to watch, TV channel, kick-off time, head-to-head stats and team news

Early season Scottish Championship strugglers Dunfermline Athletic and Raith Rovers will be hoping for a boost when they clash at East End Park in the first Fife derby of the league campaign.

James McPake's Dunfermline side are without a win in the league so far and sit bottom of the table, with Raith just one place above the Pars in the table after registering a win and three defeats.

How to watch Dunfermline Athletic v Raith Rovers and TV channel

The game between Dunfermline Athletic and Raith Rovers is being shown live on BBC Scotland and BBC iPlayer.

Dunfermline Athletic v Raith Rovers kick-off time, date and venue

The Scottish Championship clash has a kick-off time of 19:45 BST on Friday 13th September and is being played at East End Park in Dunfermline.

Dunfermline Athletic v Raith Rovers stats and head-to-head record (H2H)

The Fife rivals have endured difficult starts to the Scottish Championship season, with just one win between them from eight games and six losses.

Dunfermline enjoyed a 2-0 win last weekend in the SPFL Trust Trophy against another side from the Kingdom, East Fife.

New Raith manager Neill Collins watched his side lose 3-2 to Ayr United last weekend, despite having led 2-0, also in the SPFL Trust Trophy.

Dunfermline Athletic v Raith Rovers head-to-head record (H2H)

Dunfermline Athletic wins	52
Draws	31
Raith Rovers wins	48

*Head-to-head stats refer to all competitions

Dunfermline Athletic v Raith Rovers team news

Dunfermline Athletic team news

On-loan Birmingham City centre back Tommy Fogarty should be available for the Pars, though both Kyle Benedictus and Kieran Ngwenya are facing late checks having missed out last weekend and Matty Todd misses out.

Rhys Breen and Michael O'Halloran both got minutes in the reserves recently and are in line to return to the first team squad.

Raith Rovers team news

Former Barnsley and Tampa Bay Rowdies boss Collins will have taken positives despite ultimately losing at Ayr.

Callum Smith and Dylan Easton were on the scoresheet at Somerset Park and should continue in the starting side, with no apparent injury worries for the visitors.