The home fans are expecting three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. Dunfermline Athletic are in the 6th position while the guests worry at 7th.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Dunfermline Athletic and Queen of the South.
This pitch has grass, which is not Queen of the South's usual surface at their own ground. When playing on grass Queen of the South have performed like this: Played 34 matches resulting in 12 wins, 7 draws and 15 defeats with the goal stats 42-48 (scored/conceded).
Dunfermline Athletic form and stats
When playing at home in the Championship, Dunfermline Athletic have managed 2 wins, 2 draws and suffered 2 defeats from 6 games.
The points were shared in Dunfermline Athletic's previous game, also at home. Visiting Queen of the South (placed 7th) travelled back with a point after a 0-0 scoreline. Before that, Dunfermline Athletic had a home game versus Arbroath which ended with a victory 2-0.
The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Dunfermline Athletic handle that role? We have found five games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The win/draw/lost stats in these games are W2-D1-L2.
Dunfermline Athletic has scored 8 league goals at home this season, in 6 matches. 8 goals have been conceded.
Queen of the South form and stats
The visitors, who have the fewest conceded goals (10) in Championship, are W1-D2-L2 on the road this term. That's in the Championship. Visiting Queen of the South has seen their last two away games both end with a tied score and one point each.
Queen of the South are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 0-0 draw at Dunfermline Athletic (placed 6th). A 0-2 loss hosting Inverness CT before that.
Queen of the South are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 2 wins, 5 draws and 4 defeats. From a total of eleven matches.
The visitors have scored 3 goals from 5 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. As opposed to that, Queen of the South have seen the ball go into their own net 5 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Queen of the South - Dunfermline Athletic 1-1. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 3 Dunfermline Athletic victories, 4 draws and 3 Queen of the South wins. 3 of these games ended with three goals or more, 7 matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
 
K. Nisbet
4 goals
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K. Turner
3 goals
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S. Dobbie
3 goals
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Dunfermline Athletic missing players
Queen of the South missing players
| Dunfermline Athletic | Queen of the South | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs
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Statistics | Stat | vs
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Away | Total |
| 12 | 7 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 12 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 13 | 8 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| 13 | 8 | 1 | Conceded | C | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 92% | 86% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 67% | 83% |
| 75% | 71% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 33% | 50% |
| 25% | 29% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 17% | 17% |
| 17% | 29% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 17% | 17% |
| 8% | 14% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 42% | 43% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 17% | 25% |
| 25% | 29% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 50% | 42% |
| 42% | 43% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 67% | 50% |
| 5.2 | 5.9 | 6 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 6 | 5.2 | 4.7 |
| 3.7 | 3.7 | 1 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 7 | 4.2 | 4.7 |
| 1 | 1.3 | 2 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 0.7 | 1.3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- Dunfermline Athletic have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Dunfermline Athletic have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Queen of the South have scored 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 | Dundee United | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 25 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 24 |
| 2 | Ayr United | 11 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 23 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 21 |
| 3 | Dundee | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 21 |
| 4 | Inverness CT | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 20 |
| 5 | Arbroath | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 9 | -4 | 14 |
| 6 | Dunfermline Athletic | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 13 |
| 7 | Queen of the South | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 13 |
| 8 | Greenock Morton | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 16 | 27 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 19 | -11 | 13 |
| 9 | Alloa Athletic | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | -9 | 10 |
| 10 | Partick Thistle | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | -6 | 8 |