National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Queen's Park or Raith Rovers that keep their silverware dream alive.
The hosts Queen's Park saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Championship. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Cove Rangers.
Queen's Park form and stats
Last season their Challenge Cup adventure ended in the 3rd round.20 points is a decent return from 10 Championship games here at Ochilview Park for Queen's Park. The data says 6 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses.
Nothing to worry about in defence for Queen's Park, as their goalkeeper Calum Ferrie has completely shut out the opponents for 180 minutes in the Championship.
A strong away win for Queen's against Cove Rangers the last match, as Murray, Savoury and Davidson were on target. As mentioned above, Queen's Park "killed" Cove Rangers in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency. What a game it was for Murray when beating Cove Rangers, applying the finishing touch to four goals!
Previous to that game, a Championship home match hosting Partick Thistle in a game that was won 2-0.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Queen's Park have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 7 games) they have won 3 times, drawn 3 and lost 1.
Queen's are traveling soon after this match as the Championship match at Inverness CT awaits in three days.
Queen's Park's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 12 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Raith Rovers form and stats
Nothing but glory last season for Raith Rovers, as they won the Challenge Cup.There's been little loot from Raith Rovers's travels as they have only collected 10 points from 10 away games in the Championship. Raith Rovers only have 3 wins to counter their 6 defeats and 1 draw.
Rovers played 1-1 against Dundee in their previous match.
Before that one, a nice away victory 1-0 at Hamilton Academical.We have checked recent matches where Raith Rovers have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 12 games were 2 victories, 3 draws and 7 defeats.
Raith Rovers have another game away in just three nights, a Championship fixture vs Cove Rangers. A hard diary for the visitors!
The visitors have scored 6 goals from 10 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Rovers have conceded 11 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Queen's Park two wins, one draw and Raith Rovers seven victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  S. Murray 15 goals |   A. Connolly 9 goals | G. Savoury 7 goals |
Queen's Park missing players
Raith Rovers missing players
| Queen's Park | Raith Rovers | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 7 | Won | W | 4 | 10 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Lost | L | 7 | 10 | ||
| 54 | 23 | Scored | S | 7 | 31 | ||
| 32 | 14 | Conceded | C | 12 | 29 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 72% | ||
| 68% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 8% | 36% | ||
| 40% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 16% | ||
| 28% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | ||
| 56% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 17% | 40% | ||
| 32% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 28% | ||
| 12% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 32% | ||
| 6.3 | 7.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.2 | 4.6 | ||
| 6.7 | 6.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 4.8 | ||
| 1.2 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.9 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 11.3 | 11.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.3 | 9.1 | ||
| 4.8 | 4.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.6 | 4 | ||
| 44% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 18% | 32% | ||
| 11.7 | 12.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.4 | 7.5 | ||
| 5.1 | 5.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 2.7 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Queen's Park | 20 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 44 | 27 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 15 | 17 | 39 |
| 2 | Ayr United | 20 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 39 | 27 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 16 | 12 | 35 |
| 3 | Dundee | 20 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 33 | 25 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 8 | 35 |
| 4 | Partick Thistle | 21 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 42 | 36 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 29 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 6 | 33 |
| 5 | Greenock Morton | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 28 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 7 | 30 |
| 6 | Inverness CT | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 30 | 28 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 2 | 29 |
| 7 | Raith Rovers | 21 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 26 | 27 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 11 | -1 | 28 |
| 8 | Cove Rangers | 20 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 28 | 40 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 25 | -12 | 21 |
| 9 | Arbroath | 21 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 34 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 16 | -16 | 17 |
| 10 | Hamilton Academical | 20 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 39 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 22 | -23 | 11 |
