Both teams will go into the match full of confidence with Rovers beating Rangers in the final of the Challenge Cup while Sons hit four by Alloa.

The Alloa match showed the strength in depth in the Sons squad and Ian Murray admitted the performance has given him plenty to think about ahead of the trip to Kirkcaldy, he said: “Agnew was disappointed not to start but I thought his appetite for the game and the way he took his goal certainly gives us food for thought for next week.

“I have said to the players it is now about picking a team for that individual game and there will be some unhappy people, there will be other people who are ecstatic and that is just the way it goes in football I am afraid.” Raith Rovers hold the upper hand between the teams this season with the previous three encounters producing two Rovers wins and a 3-3 draw — a run that Sons will be hoping to end this weekend to keep the pressure on Queen of the South in the final play-off place.