There's seemingly a pronounced gulf in quality between these teams based on table positions so far, with Arbroath ahead of Queen of the South by 12 points.
- Arbroath have the the best goal difference (+12) in Championship
- Queen of the South have the most dropped points from leading position (8) in Championship
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Arbroath's stadium, Gayfield Park, has a grass surface. Queen of the South have artifical turf on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Queen of the South when playing on grass; 14 wins, 7 draws and 15 losses from 36 matches. They have scored 53 goals in these games and conceded 59.
Arbroath form and stats
The story so far in the Championship for Arbroath at their home stadium (Gayfield Park) is 3 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat.
An away draw last time out for Arbroath, facing Hamilton Academical in a game that ended 1-1.
Previous to that game, a home match hosting Dunfermline Athletic in a game that was won 4-2.Goals decide football matches and Arbroath are scoring many of them at home; 12 on target from 6 league matches. Arbroath are not conceding a lot of goals here at Gayfield Park in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 5 from 6 matches.
Queen of the South form and stats
Queen of the South have only collected 6 points from their away games in the Championship, after 2-0-5 (7 played). It's all red in the travel logs of Queen, having lost four matches in a row as the visiting team.
Queen of the South delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Raith Rovers (placed 4th) in their previous match; a Championship game.
A 0-4 defeat away at Kilmarnock before that.Queen find the net regularly in their away games. 8 goals from 7 away fixtures in the league. The Queen manager A. Johnston has some worries about the defense as 14 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
The two teams involved met each other earlier this campaign: Queen of the South - Arbroath 0-2. Arbroath-Queen of the South H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Arbroath two wins, Queen of the South four wins, four draws. four of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  M. McKenna 11 goals |  L. Connelly 4 goals | T. O'Brien 3 goals |
Arbroath missing players
Queen of the South missing players
| Arbroath | Queen of the South | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 6 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 13 |
| 6 | 3 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| 24 | 12 | 8 | Scored | S | 1 | 8 | 11 |
| 12 | 5 | 2 | Conceded | C | 6 | 14 | 20 |
| 92% | 83% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 92% |
| 77% | 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 71% | 62% |
| 54% | 50% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 71% | 46% |
| 38% | 50% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 43% | 23% |
| 8% | 17% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 29% | 15% |
| 54% | 50% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 57% | 46% |
| 38% | 33% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 14% | 23% |
| 15% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 29% | 38% |
| 6.6 | 6.5 | 6.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.5 | 4.7 | 5.1 |
| 3.5 | 2.2 | 2.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.5 | 7.1 | 6 |
| 1.5 | 1.5 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.4 | 1.1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10.6 | 12.3 | 11.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5 | 7.4 | 9.3 |
| 5.2 | 5.5 | 7.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 3.7 | 3.5 |
| 36% | 36% | 53% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 31% | 24% |
| 8.7 | 7.8 | 8.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.5 | 13 | 11.3 |
| 3.2 | 2.3 | 2.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6 | 5.1 | 4.1 |
- Arbroath have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Arbroath have scored more than double the goals of Queen of the South.
- Arbroath have the most points from losing position (8) in Championship
- Arbroath have the the best goal difference (+12) in Championship
- Arbroath have the the best goal difference (+7) at home in Championship
- Arbroath have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Queen of the South have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Queen of the South have the most conceded goals (14) away in Championship
- Queen of the South have the most dropped points from leading position (8) in Championship
- Queen of the South haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Kilmarnock | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 26 |
| 2 | Inverness CT | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 25 |
| 3 | Arbroath | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 24 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 12 | 23 |
| 4 | Raith Rovers | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 21 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 23 |
| 5 | Partick Thistle | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 21 |
| 6 | Ayr United | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | -6 | 13 |
| 7 | Hamilton Academical | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 12 | -12 | 13 |
| 8 | Greenock Morton | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -5 | 12 |
| 9 | Queen of the South | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 14 | -9 | 11 |
| 10 | Dunfermline Athletic | 13 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 23 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | -13 | 7 |