An important duel in the bottom section of the Championship, with both Partick Thistle and Queen of the South experiencing more worry than joy. This match is a classic "six-pointer" with the home team placed 10th and the visitors in 9th place.
Queen of the South could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Championship game only three sleeps ago.
12-7-16 (wins/draws/losses). These are the numbers for Queen of the South when playing away games on grass, which is not the surface they have on their own home stadium (which has artifical turf). Their goal statistics from those 35 matches are 39-50 (scored/conceded).
Partick Thistle form and stats
The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Championship this season. Partick Thistle have only managed 2 wins, 2 draws and 7 losses from their games here at The Energy Check Stadium.
Partick Thistle's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 1-2 versus Raith Rovers. A Championship defeat was the result before that one, 0-2 away at Dundee.
The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Partick Thistle have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found eight games) they have won three times, drawn one and lost four.
The manager I. McCall will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Dundee United in only four days.
Partick Thistle has scored 12 league goals at home this season, in 11 matches. Partick Thistle have conceded 21 from these games.
Queen of the South form and stats
The visitors are W3-D3-L5 on the road this term. That's in the Championship. Recent form does not give Queen of the South much hope, as the visitors have lost three games in a row. Partick Thistle will be a tough nut to crack.
Queen of the South aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 287 league minutes without a goal. J. Hamilton was the last player to find the net.
This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Championship home defeat versus Greenock Morton with 0-4 on the scoreboard. A loss against Dundee was the result prior to that, in a home game.
Queen of the South lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 0-4 beating and focus on this one.
We have checked recent matches where Queen of the South have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those ten games were two victories, four draws and four defeats.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Championship trip to Dunfermline Athletic.
The attacking power of Queen of the South when travelling is not overwhelming with 9 goals scored from 11 league matches away. Queen of the South have conceded 16 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Queen of the South - Partick Thistle 1-2. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Partick Thistle won six games, one match ended with a draw and Queen of the South has three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: six / fourTop Goalscorers
 S. Dobbie 8 goals |   K. Miller 5 goals | S. Gordon 4 goals |
Partick Thistle missing players
Queen of the South missing players
| Partick Thistle | Queen of the South | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 24 | 11 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 11 | 25 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 13 | 7 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 13 |
| 30 | 12 | 2 | Scored | S | 2 | 9 | 26 |
| 45 | 21 | 4 | Conceded | C | 4 | 16 | 36 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 91% | 96% |
| 88% | 82% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 73% | 72% |
| 62% | 64% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 45% | 44% |
| 38% | 36% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 18% | 28% |
| 21% | 18% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 79% | 73% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 36% | 40% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 18% | 20% |
| 21% | 27% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 55% | 44% |
| 5.5 | 5.4 | 8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.3 | 5.1 | 4.6 |
| 5.2 | 4.3 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.3 | 5.5 | 5.6 |
| 1.2 | 0.8 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.7 | 1.5 | 1.5 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 244 | 119 | 23 | Total Shots | T S | 44 | 119 | 278 |
| 102 | 41 | 5 | Shots on Target | S O | 24 | 55 | 111 |
| 29% | 29% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 8% | 16% | 23% |
- Partick Thistle has the fewest clean sheets (0)
- Partick Thistle has the fewest clean sheets (0) at home
- Partick Thistle has the fewest points (8) at home
- Partick Thistle has the fewest scored goals in the first half (9)
- Partick Thistle has the the worst goal difference (-15)
- Partick Thistle have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Partick Thistle have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Partick Thistle haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Queen of the South have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Queen of the South is in the worst form (0-1-5)
| 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 | 26 | 18 | 3 | 5 | 51 | 21 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 34 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 30 | 57 |
| 2 | Inverness CT | 24 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 33 | 27 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 16 | 6 | 39 |
| 3 | Ayr United | 24 | 12 | 2 | 10 | 38 | 33 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 20 | 19 | 5 | 38 |
| 4 | Dundee | 24 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 30 | 31 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 17 | -1 | 36 |
| 5 | Greenock Morton | 26 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 42 | 48 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 21 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 16 | 27 | -6 | 35 |
| 6 | Dunfermline Athletic | 25 | 10 | 4 | 11 | 39 | 34 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 24 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 18 | 5 | 34 |
| 7 | Arbroath | 24 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 23 | 25 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 15 | -2 | 34 |
| 8 | Alloa Athletic | 26 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 31 | 43 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 19 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 24 | -12 | 27 |
| 9 | Queen of the South | 25 | 7 | 5 | 13 | 26 | 36 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 20 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 16 | -10 | 26 |
| 10 | Partick Thistle | 24 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 30 | 45 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 21 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 24 | -15 | 23 |