The home fans are expecting three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. Arbroath are in the 6th position while the guesting Queen of the South worry at 8th.
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
12 - 6 - 16 with 37-48. What does this mean? Well, these are the statistics for Queen of the South when playing on grass like they will do today. Wins - draws- losses and goals scored-conceded. Queen of the South play their home games on artifical turf so that's why we provide these numbers.
Arbroath form and stats
5-3-3 (win-draw-lost) are the Championship numbers at home for Arbroath so far this season.
Happy days for Arbroath in their previous game, a Championship match away at Dundee United (placed 1st) that ended with a 1-0 victory. Heartbreak before that as Arbroath lost 0-2 at Falkirk's place.
This is expected to be a close game, with Arbroath perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Arbroath as a small favourite), we find four games. Arbroath has won one of these, drawn three and lost zero.
Arbroath has scored 12 league goals at home this season, in 11 matches. Arbroath have only conceded 10 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Queen of the South form and stats
The visitors are W3-D3-L4 on the road this term. That's in the Championship.
Queen of the South has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Greenock Morton for a Championship game that ended a draw (2-2). A loss against Dunfermline Athletic was the result prior to that, in a home game.
The draw against Greenock Morton came from a losing position. The Queen of the South manager A. Johnston brought on J. Hamilton as a substitute and the player scored to make the scores level.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found three similar matches played by Queen of the South in our archives, and the results are: one win for Queen of the South, one draw and one defeat.
The visitors have scored 9 goals from 10 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Queen of the South have conceded 14 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The last H2H meeting was Queen of the South - Arbroath 2-0, played this season. Arbroath-Queen of the South H2H statistics last seven meetings regardless of arena: Arbroath zero wins, Queen of the South five wins, two draws. four of these seven matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  S. Dobbie 8 goals |   B. Linn 6 goals |  L. Donnelly 5 goals |
Arbroath missing players
Queen of the South missing players
| Arbroath | Queen of the South | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 11 | 5 | Played | P | 2 | 10 | 22 |
| 9 | 5 | 3 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 10 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 21 | 12 | 7 | Scored | S | 2 | 9 | 26 |
| 25 | 10 | 5 | Conceded | C | 3 | 14 | 29 |
| 96% | 91% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 90% | 95% |
| 65% | 64% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 70% | 73% |
| 35% | 45% | 60% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 50% | 45% |
| 4% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 20% | 27% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 9% |
| 39% | 45% | 80% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 40% | 45% |
| 30% | 36% | 20% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 23% |
| 35% | 27% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 50% | 36% |
| 5.3 | 6.2 | 6.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 5.1 | 4.8 |
| 5.1 | 4.5 | 3.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 5.3 | 5.5 |
| 1.7 | 1.3 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 197 | 108 | 56 | Total Shots | T S | 20 | 112 | 259 |
| 71 | 44 | 21 | Shots on Target | S O | 8 | 51 | 105 |
| 28% | 27% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 18% | 25% |
- Arbroath has the fewest matches over the total-line (8)
- Arbroath has the fewest scored goals (21)
- Arbroath has the fewest scored goals in the second half (9)
- Arbroath has the most matches under the total-line (15)
- Arbroath have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Queen of the South have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Dundee United | 23 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 49 | 18 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 32 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 31 | 53 |
| 2 | Inverness CT | 22 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 30 | 24 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 36 |
| 3 | Ayr United | 22 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 35 | 31 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 19 | 4 | 35 |
| 4 | Dundee | 23 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 29 | 31 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 17 | -2 | 33 |
| 5 | Dunfermline Athletic | 23 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 36 | 32 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 18 | 4 | 31 |
| 6 | Arbroath | 23 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 21 | 25 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 15 | -4 | 31 |
| 7 | Greenock Morton | 23 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 32 | 43 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 26 | -11 | 28 |
| 8 | Queen of the South | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 26 | 29 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 14 | -3 | 26 |
| 9 | Alloa Athletic | 23 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 27 | 37 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 20 | -10 | 25 |
| 10 | Partick Thistle | 24 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 30 | 45 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 21 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 24 | -15 | 23 |