Match ends, Raith Rovers 1, Alloa Athletic 1.
Raith Rovers 1-1 Alloa Athletic
- From the section Football
Alloa Athletic moved off the bottom of the Scottish Championship after claiming a hard-fought draw against Raith Rovers.
Liam Buchanan headed in before the quarter-hour mark to give the visitors the lead.
Grant Anderson nodded Raith level before half-time.
The Wasps were reduced to 10 men when Kyle Benedictus picked up a second yellow card late on but held out for a point.
Line-ups
Raith Rovers
- 20McGurn
- 2Thomson
- 4Watson
- 3Perry
- 23McKeown
- 19McKaySubstituted forConroyat 72'minutes
- 8MoonBooked at 45minsSubstituted forCallachanat 88'minutes
- 6FoxBooked at 77mins
- 7AndersonSubstituted forVaughanat 85'minutes
- 9Stewart
- 11ScottBooked at 79mins
Substitutes
- 5Hill
- 12Callachan
- 14Conroy
- 16Vaughan
- 17Laidlaw
- 30Robertson
- 31Matthews
Alloa
- 21McDowall
- 17Doyle
- 4Gordon
- 14BenedictusBooked at 81mins
- 5Meggatt
- 3Docherty
- 7Cawley
- 6SimmonsSubstituted forFernsat 11'minutes
- 8McCord
- 10Holmes
- 19BuchananSubstituted forMarrat 82'minutes
Substitutes
- 2Tiffoney
- 11Ferns
- 12Weatherston
- 15Marr
- 18Hetherington
- 20Asghar
- 31Couser
- Referee:
- Euan Anderson
- Attendance:
- 1,541
Match Stats
Home TeamRaith RoversAway TeamAlloa
- Possession
- Home53%
- Away47%
- Shots
- Home8
- Away9
- Shots on Target
- Home2
- Away5
- Corners
- Home4
- Away5
- Fouls
- Home15
- Away10
Live Text
Full Time
Second Half ends, Raith Rovers 1, Alloa Athletic 1.
Foul by Jason Thomson (Raith Rovers).
Mark Docherty (Alloa Athletic) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt missed. Mark Stewart (Raith Rovers) left footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left.
Substitution
Substitution, Raith Rovers. Ross Callachan replaces Kevin Moon.
Foul by Jason Thomson (Raith Rovers).
Kevin Cawley (Alloa Athletic) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Substitution
Substitution, Raith Rovers. Lewis Vaughan replaces Grant Anderson.
Foul by Mark Stewart (Raith Rovers).
Jason Marr (Alloa Athletic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Martin Scott (Raith Rovers).
Mark Docherty (Alloa Athletic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution
Substitution, Alloa Athletic. Jason Marr replaces Liam Buchanan.
Dismissal
Second yellow card to Kyle Benedictus (Alloa Athletic).
Martin Scott (Raith Rovers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Kyle Benedictus (Alloa Athletic).
Grant Anderson (Raith Rovers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Kevin Cawley (Alloa Athletic).
Booking
Martin Scott (Raith Rovers) is shown the yellow card.
Foul by Martin Scott (Raith Rovers).
Daryll Meggatt (Alloa Athletic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Booking
Liam Fox (Raith Rovers) is shown the yellow card.
Foul by Liam Fox (Raith Rovers).
Kevin Cawley (Alloa Athletic) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Corner, Alloa Athletic. Conceded by David McGurn.
Attempt saved. Edward Ferns (Alloa Athletic) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top left corner.
Foul by Liam Fox (Raith Rovers).
Kevin Cawley (Alloa Athletic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution
Substitution, Raith Rovers. Ryan Conroy replaces Barrie McKay.
Foul by Martin Scott (Raith Rovers).
Kevin Cawley (Alloa Athletic) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Kevin Moon (Raith Rovers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Kevin Cawley (Alloa Athletic).
Attempt missed. Barrie McKay (Raith Rovers) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right.
Foul by Martin Scott (Raith Rovers).
Liam Buchanan (Alloa Athletic) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Attempt missed. Daryll Meggatt (Alloa Athletic) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left.
Booking
Kyle Benedictus (Alloa Athletic) is shown the yellow card.
Mark Stewart (Raith Rovers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.