Raith Rovers 2-1 East Fife

There was little between these two for the 90 minutes with neither side really doing too much to trouble the opposing goalkeeper.

Periods of possession were swapped but, ultimately, it was the hosts who made the most of what few genuine chances were created.

East Fife started Tuesday night's win over Cowdenbeath slowly but couldn't be accused of the same at Stark's Park.

They got of on the front foot and were by far the better of the two in the opening stages.

Scott Agnew pulled the strings and the midfielder was unlucky with an effort which sailed over the bar.

On the quarter of an hour mark the visitors took a more than deserved lead, Liam Newton on hand to rifle home from close range following some good work from Liam Watt and Ryan Wallace.

Raith didn't react well to going behind at all and it looked like the visitors would grab the game's crucial second goal.

Danny Denholm's lob dropped over the bar as East Fife pressed.

Raith started to grow into the half the longer it went on and Ross Dunlop had to look lively to halt Manny Duju's path to goal.

Duku was putting himself about and helped Raith draw level on the stroke of half time.

From a Raith corner Craig Watson had his arms around the big striker who had no hesitation in throwing himself to the ground.

From the resultant penalty Regan Hendry rattled a terrific spot kick beyond Jordan Hart.

You could barely slip a fag paper between the two sides in the opening 45 and that was a theme which continued after the re-start.

Both had plenty of the ball but failed to really do too much with it.

Pat Slattery was back on the line to clear Regan Tummilty's effort for Raith while Thomas Collins will feel he could have done a lot better with a through ball he snatched at.

The game looked like it was heading for penalties but there was to be one final twist.

Kieran MacDonald nodded the ball into Duku's path and the striker couldn't miss from close range.