Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Queen of the South & Partick Thistle face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Challenge Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
This pitch has artifical turf, which is not Partick Thistle's everyday surface at their own ground. When appearing on artifical turf Partick Thistle have performed like this: Played 19 matches producing 9 wins, 7 draws and 3 defeats with the goal production 31-17 (scored/conceded).
Queen of the South form and stats
Queen have not come this way in the Challenge Cup without some hard work on the way, more precisely defeating BSC Glasgow. Last season, Queen of the South's Challenge Cup journey ended in the 3rd round.Queen of the South have played 4 Championship games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 1-0-3 (wins-draws-losses).
Queen's previous game was a Championship match also played at home, ending 1-0 versus Dunfermline Athletic. The home side are looking to build on that result.
A Championship defeat was the result before that one, 1-2 away at Inverness CT.The lack of attacking qualities in Queen means that they have only scored 2 goals in 4 league home games, less than half a goal per match. On the other hand, Queen have conceded 5 goals.
Partick Thistle form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Stranraer in order to reach 3rd round of Challenge Cup. Partick Thistle was sent out of Challenge Cup in the semi-finals last season.Playing away, Partick Thistle have won 1 game, drawn 0 and suffered 3 defeats in the Championship this season. Three might be a magic number, but there's been little wizardry in Partick Thistle's last three away games as they have all been lost.
Partick Thistle go into this game after a win, the home game against Ayr United that ended 4-0. As mentioned above, Partick was the only team on the pitch versus Ayr United in their previous game, winning 4-0. This could be a tougher task.
A 2-3 defeat away at Raith Rovers before that.Partick has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 7 goals from 4 games. For Partick Thistle, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: two - two - six (Queen of the South wins - draws - Partick Thistle wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  B. Graham 4 goals |  Z. Rudden 4 goals |  L. Connelly 3 goals |
Queen of the South missing players
Partick Thistle missing players
| Queen of the South | Partick Thistle | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Won | W | 6 | 14 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 2 | ||
| 13 | 8 | Lost | L | 6 | 9 | ||
| 37 | 16 | Scored | S | 25 | 52 | ||
| 38 | 18 | Conceded | C | 22 | 31 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 72% | 64% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 60% | 43% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 79% | 68% | ||
| 40% | 21% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 43% | 44% | ||
| 28% | 14% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 14% | 24% | ||
| 60% | 43% | BTTS | BTTS | 64% | 44% | ||
| 20% | 21% | Clean Sheets | C S | 29% | 44% | ||
| 24% | 36% | Failed to Score | F T | 7% | 12% | ||
| 4.7 | 4.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.8 | 5.8 | ||
| 4.8 | 3.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.8 | 4.3 | ||
| 1 | 0.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.4 | 1.5 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 9.8 | 11.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.6 | 12.3 | ||
| 3.9 | 3.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.9 | 5.3 | ||
| 37% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 41% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Inverness CT | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 19 |
| 2 | Kilmarnock | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 16 |
| 3 | Arbroath | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 15 |
| 4 | Raith Rovers | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 14 |
| 5 | Partick Thistle | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 12 |
| 6 | Queen of the South | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | -3 | 9 |
| 7 | Ayr United | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -5 | 8 |
| 8 | Hamilton Academical | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | -7 | 8 |
| 9 | Greenock Morton | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -5 | 6 |
| 10 | Dunfermline Athletic | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -9 | 4 |