Raith Rovers drawn at home to Hamilton in challenge cup
Raith Rovers will play Hamilton Academical at home in this football season’s KDM Evolution Trophy’s round of 32.
That tie is lined up for either Tuesday, December 9, or the day after.
William Hill League One outfit Accies were one of 16 unseeded teams in today’s draw after ending up 17th in the Scottish Professional Football League Challenge Cup’s league phase on nine points from six fixtures, having had one point deducted for breaching a transfer embargo.
The South Lanarkshire side are currently seventh in their table, on 18 points from 14 fixtures, ten places below Raith in the Scottish Professional Football League’s standings, the Fifers sitting seventh in the William Hill Championship, with the same number of points as Accies, having played one match more.
Interim manager Paul Hanlon’s Kirkcaldy club go into next month’s cup tie looking to extend a six-game unbeaten streak against Accies. having beaten them three times and drawn once in the championship last season, as well as having knocked them out of the Premier Sport Cup on penalties, and beaten them 4-1 away in the challenge cup prior to that in November 2023.
That last meeting in the challenge cup saw Jack Hamilton scoring twice, along with Dylan Easton and Sam Stanton and Dario Zanatta replying for Hamilton, left outnumbered by a 54th-minute red card for Lee Kilday.
Last term’s wins were by 2-0 at home in February and 3-0 away twice, in March and January, and their draw, with the scoreline at 3-3, was at home at Stark’s Park in September last year.
They won their league cup shootout 5-3 at home after ending open play tied at 1-1 in July 2024.
Rovers’ last loss to Accies was back in April 2023, by 2-1 at home in the championship.