Championship duel: Close contest expected between Queen of the South and Dunfermline Athletic

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Competition: Scotland Championship
Date: Sat 20.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Palmerston Park (8690 seats)

Queen of the South hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 35 points and a 8th position in the Championship table. Visiting Dunfermline Athletic holds 5th place with 41 pts.

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

This stadium uses artificial turf, unlike Dunfermline Athletic's home stadium. The visitors last eleven games on artificial turf have ended in 6 wins, 4 draws and 1 loss.

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Queen of the South form and stats

4 victories, 7 draws and 5 defeats. That’s what Queen of the South have to build on here at Palmerston Park. Queen of the South have played two draws in a row on their own stadium.

The fans are hoping that Queen of the South will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the Championship game against Alloa Athletic. A defeat was the result before that one, 0-1 away at Ayr United.

Queen of the South have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Palmerston Park with 24 goals in 16 matches. 18 goals have been conceded.

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Dunfermline Athletic form and stats

Playing away, Dunfermline Athletic have won 6 games, drawn 5 and suffered 5 defeats so far this season.

Dunfermline Athletic failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Falkirk that ended with defeat 0-1. A 0-1 defeat away at Ross County before that.

Dunfermline Athletic are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 19 away goals from 16 games. As opposed to that, Dunfermline Athletic have seen the ball go into their own net 19 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The last H2H meeting was Dunfermline Athletic - Queen of the South 1-0, played this season. Queen of the South-Dunfermline Athletic H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Queen of the South 2 wins, Dunfermline Athletic 3 wins, 5 draws.

Top Goalscorers

S. Dobbie
21 goals / 3 assists
J. Todd
5 goals / 4 assists
B. Anderson
5 goals

Queen of the South missing players

Dunfermline Athletic missing players

Queen of the South Dunfermline Athletic
Total Home Statistic Away Total
33 16 Played 16 33
39 24 Scored 19 32
40 18 Conceded 19 36
91% 88% Over 0.5 88% 88%
70% 75% Over 1.5 56% 48%
42% 44% Over 2.5 38% 36%
18% 25% Over 3.5 31% 21%
12% 19% Over 4.5 19% 9%
45% 50% Both teams to score 44% 30%
27% 38% Clean Sheet 38% 39%
36% 25% Failed To Score 31% 42%
 
4.9 4.6 Corners For (avg) 4.7 5.2
5 5.1 Corners Against (avg) 4.8 4.6
1.6 1.6 Yellow Cards (avg) 1.4 1.5
1 1 Red Cards (total) 1 1
Key stats this season:
  • Dunfermline Athletic is involved in more matches over 2.5 away, than home.
  • Queen of the South is involved in more matches over 2.5 home, than away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Ross County 33 19 8 6 54 30 17 12 4 1 28 9 16 7 4 5 26 21 24 65
2 Dundee United 33 17 8 8 45 39 17 10 3 4 27 25 16 7 5 4 18 14 6 59
3 Ayr United 32 14 8 10 46 32 15 7 4 4 23 14 17 7 4 6 23 18 14 50
4 Inverness CT 32 12 13 7 43 35 16 4 8 4 21 21 16 8 5 3 22 14 8 49
5 Dunfermline Athletic 33 11 8 14 32 36 17 5 3 9 13 17 16 6 5 5 19 19 -4 41
6 Alloa Athletic 33 10 8 15 36 48 17 6 2 9 12 19 16 4 6 6 24 29 -12 38
7 Greenock Morton 32 8 12 12 30 43 16 5 6 5 18 21 16 3 6 7 12 22 -13 36
8 Queen of the South 33 8 11 14 39 40 16 4 7 5 24 18 17 4 4 9 15 22 -1 35
9 Falkirk 33 8 11 14 34 43 16 2 7 7 16 23 17 6 4 7 18 20 -9 35
10 Partick Thistle 32 9 7 16 36 49 16 6 3 7 22 24 16 3 4 9 14 25 -13 34

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