Arbroath vs Queen of the South match preview: Even contest expected at Gayfield Park

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Competition: Scotland Championship
Date: Sat 03.August
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Gayfield Park (5985 seats)

A new Championship season is about to begin and this is the first game for these teams. Bring it on!

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

This stadium uses grass, unlike Queen of the South's home stadium. The visitors last 37 games on grass have ended in 14 wins, 9 draws and 14 losses.

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Arbroath form and stats

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Arbroath have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found three matches with the results: Won 0 Drawn 3 Lost 0.

Arbroath have spent many days and weeks preparing for this match, with countless hours on the training pitches and three practice matches played. These training games have ended with 2 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat. Some might be interested in the goal production stats for these matches; Arbroath scored 7 goals and let in 5 goals during these three games.

Arbroath could celebrate like crazy last season after winning the Championship. Home supporters are hoping for more of the same this season. In the home games here at Gayfield Park they witnessed 11 victories, 4 draws and 3 defeats. In total the trophy was secured after W20 - D10 - L6 from 36 games.

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Queen of the South form and stats

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found eight similar matches played by Queen of the South in our archives, and the results are: 3 wins for Queen of the South, 3 draws and 2 defeats.

It's finally time to play a game of importance again as a long period of training has passed. Queen of the South have played a number of friendly games in this period, resulting in 1 win, 0 draws and 0 defeats from one fixture.

Head 2 Head

Numbers for the last five meetings between these two teams are: 0 wins for Arbroath, 1 draw and 4 wins for Queen of the South. Over 2,5 goals: 4 times; under 2,5 goals: 1 game.

Top Goalscorers

S. Dobbie
21 goals

Arbroath missing players

Queen of the South missing players

Arbroath Queen of the South
Total Home Home vs low Statistic Away vs mid Away Total
1 1 0 Played 0 1 1
0 0 0 Won 0 0 0
1 1 0 Drew 0 1 1
0 0 0 Lost 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS 0% 0% 0%
100% 100% 0% Clean Sheets 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Failed To Score 0% 100% 100%
 
2 2 0 Corners For (avg) 0 5 5
5 5 0 Corners Against (avg) 0 2 2
0 0 0 Yellow Cards (avg) 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red Cards 0 0 0
Arbroath Last season Queen of the South
Total Home   Statistic   Away Total
36 18   Played   2 4
20 11   Won   1 2
10 4   Drew   0 1
6 3   Lost   1 1
63 33   Scored   4 9
38 21   Conceded   3 3
97% 100%   Over 0.5   100% 75%
81% 83%   Over 1.5   100% 75%
47% 50%   Over 2.5   100% 75%
33% 44%   Over 3.5   50% 50%
14% 11%   Over 4.5   0% 25%
58% 61%   BTTS   100% 50%
28% 22%   Clean Sheets   0% 50%
17% 17%   Failed To Score   0% 25%
 
5.6 5.5   Corners For (avg)   6.5 5.2
4.4 4.3   Corners Against (avg)   3.5 3
1.7 1.9   Yellow Cards (avg)   0 0
4 1   Red Cards   0 0

Arbroath
All League One Playoffs 2/3 Championship League Cup Club Friendlies Scottish Cup Challenge Cup
All Home Away
13-07-19 LC Arbroath 2 - 1 Elgin City
17-07-19 LC Stirling Albion 1 - 6 Arbroath
23-07-19 LC Hibernian 3 - 0 Arbroath
27-07-19 LC Arbroath 2 - 3 Alloa Athletic
03-08-19 CH Arbroath 14:00 Queen of the South
10-08-19 CH Inverness CT 14:00 Arbroath
24-08-19 CH Alloa Athletic 14:00 Arbroath
31-08-19 CH Arbroath 14:00 Dunfermline Athletic
13-09-19 CH Arbroath 18:05 Partick Thistle
21-09-19 CH Dundee United 14:00 Arbroath
Queen of the South
All Playoffs 2/3 Championship League Cup Club Friendlies Scottish Cup Challenge Cup
All Home Away
13-07-19 LC Queen of the South 0 - 3 Motherwell
16-07-19 LC Queen of the South 3 - 3 Annan Athletic
20-07-19 LC Dumbarton 1 - 4 Queen of the South
27-07-19 LC Greenock Morton 3 - 3 Queen of the South
03-08-19 CH Arbroath 14:00 Queen of the South
10-08-19 CH Queen of the South 14:00 Dunfermline Athletic
24-08-19 CH Ayr United 14:00 Queen of the South
31-08-19 CH Queen of the South 14:00 Alloa Athletic
14-09-19 CH Queen of the South 14:00 Greenock Morton
21-09-19 CH Inverness CT 14:00 Queen of the South

Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Arbroath 36 20 10 6 63 38 18 11 4 3 33 21 18 9 6 3 30 17 25 70
2 Forfar Athletic 36 19 6 11 54 47 18 12 3 3 30 18 18 7 3 8 24 29 7 63
3 Raith Rovers 36 16 12 8 75 49 18 11 4 3 41 20 18 5 8 5 34 29 26 60
4 Montrose 36 15 6 15 49 50 18 9 4 5 29 27 18 6 2 10 20 23 -1 51
5 Airdrieonians 36 14 6 16 51 44 18 6 4 8 22 19 18 8 2 8 29 25 7 48
6 Dumbarton 36 12 10 14 60 60 18 8 5 5 33 26 18 4 5 9 27 34 0 46
7 East Fife 36 13 7 16 49 56 18 6 3 9 25 31 18 7 4 7 24 25 -7 46
8 Stranraer 36 11 9 16 45 57 18 6 4 8 24 28 18 5 5 8 21 29 -12 42
9 Stenhousemuir 36 10 7 19 35 61 18 5 4 9 18 29 18 5 3 10 17 32 -26 37
10 Brechin City 36 9 9 18 42 61 18 5 6 7 21 28 18 4 3 11 21 33 -19 36

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