League One preview: Can Queen of the South edge out victory against Alloa Athletic?

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Competition: Scotland League One
Competition: Sat 05.Aug
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Palmerston Park (8690 seats)

This match was marked in the calendar a long time ago by followers of both contenders, as it's the first League One game of the season. Both Queen of the South and Alloa Athletic are looking for a positive start to their campaign.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Queen of the South form and stats

In the previous season, Queen of the South's league results were 16 wins, 6 draws and 14 losses, leading to 5th place in the League One. In these 36 matches they scored {59 goals} and let in 59. Playing as the host team in the former season Queen of the South generated 9-2-7 (win-draw-lost) with {30 goals} and 25 conceded.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Queen of the South handle that role? We have found 7 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 2 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats.

Queen have spent many days and weeks preparing for this match, with countless hours on the training pitches and four practice matches played. These training games have ended with 1 win, 1 draw and 2 defeats. Some might be interested in the goal production stats for these matches; Queen of the South scored {5 goals-1} and let in {5 goals-2} during these four games.

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Alloa Athletic form and stats

Let's have a look at how Alloa Athletic performed last season in the League One: They landed a 4th position in the league table after playing out 17 victories, 6 draws and 13 defeats. In total they scored 56 and conceded {47 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 7 - drew 4 and lost 7 with 25/24 goals scored/conceded.

Alloa Athletic are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 2 wins, 2 draws and 4 defeats. From a total of 8 matches.

It's a day of discovery for Alloa Athletic as they finally learn what impact all the hours of pre-season training, along with the changes in personnel, have had on their performance in an official game. It's never easy knowing what to expect based on friendly games, of which Alloa have played five with the results W1-D1-L3 (win-draw-lost). In these games Alloa Athletic has scored {1 goals} and conceded 4 times.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Queen of the South three wins, two draws and Alloa Athletic five victories. As for goals, eight matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.

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Total First Half Second Half
Queen of the South Alloa Athletic
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 0
Queen of the South Last season Alloa Athletic
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
36 18   Played P   18 36
16 9   Won W   7 17
6 2   Drew D   4 6
14 7   Lost L   7 13
59 30   Scored S   25 56
59 25   Conceded C   24 47
97% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   94% 94%
83% 83%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   78% 78%
64% 56%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   39% 50%
44% 39%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   33% 33%
28% 28%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   11% 17%
64% 61%   BTTS BTTS   39% 47%
19% 28%   Clean Sheets C S   33% 31%
19% 11%   Failed to Score F T   33% 28%
 
5.3 4.8   Corners for (avg) C F   4.6 4.5
4.7 4.2   Corners against (avg) C A   5.4 5.2
1.7 1.5   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.3 1.2
6 4   Red cards R C   1 1
 
10.7 10.5   Shots (avg) S (   8.1 7.6
4.4 4.6   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.7 3.6
38% 36%   Goal Efficiency G E   37% 43%
 
8.9 8.5   Shots against (avg) S A   9.4 7.4
3.4 3.4   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.4 3.5

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Alloa Athletic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Annan Athletic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Cove Rangers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Edinburgh City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Falkirk 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Hamilton Academical 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Kelty Hearts 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Montrose 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Queen of the South 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Stirling Albion 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Dunfermline Athletic 36 23 12 1 63 21 18 10 8 0 30 10 18 13 4 1 33 11 42 81
2 Falkirk 36 19 10 7 70 39 18 10 5 3 38 17 18 9 5 4 32 22 31 67
3 Airdrieonians 36 17 9 10 82 51 18 10 3 5 50 27 18 7 6 5 32 24 31 60
4 Alloa Athletic 36 17 6 13 56 47 18 10 2 6 31 23 18 7 4 7 25 24 9 57
5 Queen of the South 36 16 6 14 59 59 18 9 2 7 30 25 18 7 4 7 29 34 0 54
6 Edinburgh City 36 15 6 15 60 55 18 7 3 8 28 30 18 8 3 7 32 25 5 51
7 Montrose 36 13 9 14 50 55 18 8 5 5 31 26 18 5 4 9 19 29 -5 48
8 Kelty Hearts 36 10 10 16 39 54 18 7 4 7 21 18 18 3 6 9 18 36 -15 40
9 Clyde 36 5 9 22 35 68 18 4 6 8 23 32 18 1 3 14 12 36 -33 24
10 Peterhead 36 3 7 26 19 84 18 3 4 11 10 33 18 0 3 15 9 51 -65 16

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Alloa Athletic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Annan Athletic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Cove Rangers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Edinburgh City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Falkirk 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Hamilton Academical 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Kelty Hearts 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Montrose 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Queen of the South 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Stirling Albion 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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The Scottish League One is the third division in the Scottish football league pyramid. It holds ten teams who play each other four times for a total of 36 fixtures in a season from August to May. The top team in the league table is promoted, the bottom team relegated. There are also playoffs to promote and relegate.