The home fans are expecting three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. Queen of the South are in the 6th position while the guesting Alloa Athletic worry at 10th.
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Championship game only four days ago.
Queen of the South form and stats
4-2-4 (win-draw-lost) are the Championship numbers at home for Queen of the South so far this season.
The Queen of the South crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-1 to Dundee United here at Palmerston Park in a Championship match. A strong away win before that one, visiting Ayr United and winning 2-1.
The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Queen of the South matches with similar probabilities have ended with 1 win, 0 draws and 1 defeat (from two games).
Queen of the South are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 13 goals in 10 games. Queen of the South have only conceded 9 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Alloa Athletic form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Alloa Athletic so far with only 9 points returning home. The records show 2-3-5 (win-draw-lose).
The supporters enjoyed Alloa Athletic's previous game versus Arbroath (placed 7th), a Championship 2-0 win played at home. Preceding that, the 2-3 home loss versus Inverness CT.
Looking at the earlier recent performances of Alloa Athletic when being an outsider away as they are today, we find one match with the visitors losing 0 times, drawing 0 and winning 1 game.
Alloa Athletic find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 13 goals from 10 away fixtures in the league. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Alloa Athletic have conceded 17 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Alloa Athletic - Queen of the South 2-2. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: 3 wins for Queen of the South, 3 draws and 4 wins for Alloa Athletic. Over 2,5 goals: 5 times; under 2,5 goals: 5 games.Top Goalscorers
  A. Trouten 8 goals |  K. O'Hara 7 goals |   S. Dobbie 6 goals |
Queen of the South missing players
Alloa Athletic missing players
| Queen of the South | Alloa Athletic | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 10 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 10 | 21 |
| 7 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 20 | 13 | 4 | Scored | S | 5 | 13 | 23 |
| 21 | 9 | 2 | Conceded | C | 4 | 17 | 34 |
| 95% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 68% | 70% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 90% | 86% |
| 37% | 30% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 70% | 52% |
| 16% | 20% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 30% | 24% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 10% | 10% |
| 37% | 40% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 90% | 67% |
| 26% | 30% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 10% | 14% |
| 42% | 30% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 19% |
| 4.3 | 3.6 | 3 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 4 | 2.7 | 3.8 |
| 5.1 | 5.1 | 3.3 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 6 | 9.2 | 8.4 |
| 1.7 | 2 | 1 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2 | 1.7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 226 | 121 | 43 | Total Shots | T S | 21 | 66 | 140 |
| 92 | 45 | 20 | Shots on Target | S O | 10 | 33 | 61 |
| 22% | 29% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 39% | 38% |
- Alloa Athletic has the most conceded goals in the first half (22)
- Alloa Athletic has the most dropped points from leading position (13)
- Alloa Athletic have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
- Alloa Athletic have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Alloa Athletic have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Alloa Athletic have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Alloa Athletic haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Queen of the South haven’t played a single 0-0 game at 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 | 21 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 48 | 16 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 6 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 32 | 52 |
| 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 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 31 | 30 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 1 | 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 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 18 | 24 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 15 | -6 | 25 |
| 8 | Greenock Morton | 20 | 8 | 1 | 11 | 28 | 39 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 25 | -11 | 25 |
| 9 | Partick Thistle | 21 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 28 | 40 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 20 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 20 | -12 | 22 |
| 10 | Alloa Athletic | 21 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 23 | 34 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 17 | -11 | 21 |