Inverness CT fights Queen of the South in Championship battle

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Competition: Scotland Championship
Date: Sat 11.January
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Caledonian Stadium (7750 seats)

It's advantage Inverness CT so far with their 2nd position in the Championship table, welcoming Queen of the South who are placed 6th.

Inverness CT and Queen of the South should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

This stadium uses grass, unlike Queen of the South's home stadium. The visitors last 35 games on grass have ended in 13 wins, 6 draws and 16 losses.

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Inverness CT form and stats

6 victories, 1 draw and 3 defeats. That’s what Inverness CT, who have the most clean sheets (11) in Championship, have to build on here at Caledonian Stadium in the Championship.

Happy days for Inverness CT in their previous game, a Championship match away at Dundee (placed 4th) that ended with a 2-0 victory. Preceding that match was a defeat to Arbroath (0-1).

The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Inverness CT matches with similar probabilities have ended with 3 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat (from five games).

A decent goal production from Inverness CT in their home games so far, with 17 goals from 10 league matches. Inverness CT's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 10 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Queen of the South form and stats

As the visiting team in Championship matches, Queen of the South have produced an overall stat of 3-2-4 so far. Queen of the South has recorded two wins in a row in their away matches and hold legitimate hopes of a third one.

The manager A. Johnston was unhappy after their last game, a Championship match played at their home ground Palmerston Park. Queen of the South suffered a 0-1 loss to Dundee United (placed 1st). Prior to that result Queen of the South won their away game at Ayr United. The scoreline was 2-1.

As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Queen of the South playing away, we found five games. Results were 2 away wins, 0 draws and 3 home wins.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Queen of the South as they have only managed to score 7 times from 9 away games in the league. As opposed to that, Queen of the South have seen the ball go into their own net 12 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Inverness CT and Queen of the South have met before this season: Queen of the South - Inverness CT 0-2. Inverness CT-Queen of the South H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Inverness CT 5 wins, Queen of the South 1 win, 4 draws. 3 of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Queen of the SouthS. Dobbie
S. Dobbie
6 goals
Inverness CTA. Doran
A. Doran
5 goals
Inverness CTJ. White
J. White
4 goals

Inverness CT missing players

Queen of the South missing players

Inverness CT Queen of the South
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
20 10 2 Played P 3 9 19
11 6 2 Won W 1 3 7
2 1 0 Drew D 0 2 4
7 3 0 Lost L 2 4 8
29 17 3 Scored S 2 7 20
22 10 0 Conceded C 5 12 21
95% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 89% 95%
80% 80% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 67% 68%
45% 50% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 44% 37%
25% 30% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 11% 16%
10% 10% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
30% 30% 0% BTTS BTTS 33% 33% 37%
55% 50% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 22% 26%
20% 20% 0% Failed to Score F T 67% 56% 42%
 
5.8 7.2 6 Corners For (avg) C F 5.3 5 4.3
6 4.7 3 Corners Against (avg) C A 5.7 5.1 5.1
1.4 1.2 2.5 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 2.7 1.4 1.7
0 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 0
 
250 133 16 Total Shots T S 34 105 226
108 57 4 Shots on Target S O 13 47 92
27% 30% 75% Goal Efficiency G E 15% 15% 22%
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Inverness CT has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (8)
  • Inverness CT has the most clean sheets (11)
  • Inverness CT have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Inverness CT have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Queen of the South have scored away.
  • Inverness CT have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Inverness CT haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Queen of the South has the fewest scored goals (7) 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 20 16 1 3 44 15 10 9 1 0 31 6 10 7 0 3 13 9 29 49
2 Inverness CT 20 11 2 7 29 22 10 6 1 3 17 10 10 5 1 4 12 12 7 35
3 Ayr United 20 10 1 9 33 30 10 5 1 4 16 12 10 5 0 5 17 18 3 31
4 Dundee 20 8 5 7 26 28 10 5 1 4 13 14 10 3 4 3 13 14 -2 29
5 Dunfermline Athletic 20 7 4 9 29 27 11 5 2 4 19 14 9 2 2 5 10 13 2 25
6 Queen of the South 19 7 4 8 20 21 10 4 2 4 13 9 9 3 2 4 7 12 -1 25
7 Arbroath 20 7 4 9 18 22 10 4 3 3 10 9 10 3 1 6 8 13 -4 25
8 Partick Thistle 20 6 4 10 27 36 9 2 1 6 10 16 11 4 3 4 17 20 -9 22
9 Greenock Morton 19 7 1 11 25 37 9 5 1 3 16 12 10 2 0 8 9 25 -12 22
10 Alloa Athletic 20 4 6 10 21 34 10 2 3 5 8 17 10 2 3 5 13 17 -13 18

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The Scottish Championship is the second level of the Scottish Professional Football League. Ten teams play each other four times for a total of 36 fixtures in a season from August to May. The winner in the league table promotes to the Premiership and a playoff can promote one more team.