Can Queen of the South beat Dundee United in Palmerston Park clash?

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Competition: Scotland Championship
Date: Sat 04.January
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Palmerston Park (8690 seats)

This could be an interesting match as Queen of the South have their presumed home advantage while Dundee United are ahead 21 points in the Championship table.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

This stadium uses artificial turf, unlike Dundee United's home stadium. The visitors last twelve games on artificial turf have ended in 6 wins, 2 draws and 4 losses.

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Queen of the South form and stats

Overall Championship stats at home this season for Queen of the South are 4-2-3 (wins-draw-losses).

Queen of the South are returning here after visiting Ayr United in a Championship game and winning with a 2-1 scoreline. Before that, Queen of the South had a home game versus Arbroath which ended with a victory 2-0.

Queen of the South are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 13 goals in 9 games. From these home matches, Queen of the South have conceded only 8 goals.

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Dundee United form and stats

The away team, who have the most scored goals (43) in Championship, have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 6 wins, 0 draws and only 3 losses in the Championship. Things are running smoothly for Dundee United who hasn't tasted defeat in their last ten matches, regardless of venue and tournament. Their last defeat was against Queen of the South. Long winning streaks away are a rare occurrence in football, which only makes Dundee United's record of four away victories in a row even more impressive. They last lost points away in the Queen of the South game.

Dundee United's last game was the home draw against Dundee (1-1). Prior to that match, a home win 4-0 against Ayr United.

Dundee United find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 12 goals from 9 away fixtures in the league. Dundee United have conceded 9 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The two sides played each other earlier this season: Dundee United - Queen of the South 3-0. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: 4 wins for Queen of the South, 0 draws and 6 wins for Dundee United. Over 2,5 goals: 8 times; under 2,5 goals: 2 games.

Top Goalscorers

Dundee UnitedN. Clark
N. Clark
7 goals
Queen of the SouthS. Dobbie
S. Dobbie
6 goals
Dundee UnitedP. McMullan
P. McMullan
3 goals

Queen of the South missing players

Dundee United missing players

Queen of the South Dundee United
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
18 9 2 Played P 2 9 19
7 4 0 Won W 1 6 15
4 2 1 Drew D 0 0 1
7 3 1 Lost L 1 3 3
20 13 1 Scored S 2 12 43
20 8 3 Conceded C 2 9 15
94% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
72% 78% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 78% 84%
39% 33% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 44% 58%
17% 22% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 11% 26%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 16%
39% 44% 50% BTTS BTTS 0% 22% 37%
28% 33% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 44% 47%
39% 22% 50% Failed to Score F T 50% 33% 16%
 
4.2 3.4 3.5 Corners For (avg) C F 9.5 7 6.6
4.9 4.7 6 Corners Against (avg) C A 6.5 5.3 4.9
1.7 1.9 2 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 1.5 1.1 1.2
0 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 0
 
221 116 33 Total Shots T S 39 112 237
90 43 9 Shots on Target S O 14 40 97
22% 30% 11% Goal Efficiency G E 14% 25% 42%
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Dundee United has the fewest conceded goals (15)
  • Dundee United has the fewest conceded goals (9) away
  • Dundee United has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (6)
  • Dundee United has the most points (18) away
  • Dundee United has the most scored goals (43)
  • Dundee United has the most scored goals in the first half (22)
  • Dundee United has the most scored goals in the second half (21)
  • Dundee United has the the best goal difference (+28)
  • Dundee United has the the best goal difference (+3) away
  • Dundee United have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Dundee United have scored more than double the goals of Queen of the South.
  • Dundee United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Dundee United is in the best form (5-1-0)
  • Queen of the South have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • 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 19 15 1 3 43 15 10 9 1 0 31 6 9 6 0 3 12 9 28 46
2 Inverness CT 19 10 2 7 27 22 10 6 1 3 17 10 9 4 1 4 10 12 5 32
3 Dundee 19 8 5 6 26 26 9 5 1 3 13 12 10 3 4 3 13 14 0 29
4 Ayr United 19 9 1 9 32 30 10 5 1 4 16 12 9 4 0 5 16 18 2 28
5 Dunfermline Athletic 19 7 4 8 29 26 10 5 2 3 19 13 9 2 2 5 10 13 3 25
6 Queen of the South 18 7 4 7 20 20 9 4 2 3 13 8 9 3 2 4 7 12 0 25
7 Arbroath 19 7 4 8 17 20 9 4 3 2 9 7 10 3 1 6 8 13 -3 25
8 Partick Thistle 19 6 3 10 26 35 9 2 1 6 10 16 10 4 2 4 16 19 -9 21
9 Greenock Morton 18 6 1 11 23 36 9 5 1 3 16 12 9 1 0 8 7 24 -13 19
10 Alloa Athletic 19 4 5 10 20 33 9 2 2 5 7 16 10 2 3 5 13 17 -13 17

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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.