It's an important duel in the bottom section of the league table, with both teams experiencing more worry than joy. This match is a classic “six-pointer” with the home team placed 7th and the visitors in 9th place.
It's no vacation for neither Queen of the South nor Falkirk as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Queen of the South form and stats
4-5-5 (win-draw-lost) are the numbers at home for Queen of the South so far this season. Three consecutive losses here at Palmerston Park is hard to swallow for the home team. Both players, staff and the home crowd are desperate to get something from this match.Happy days for Queen of the South in their previous game, a Championship match away at Dundee United that ended with a 2-1 victory. Before that game, the home loss against Inverness CT with the scoreline 0-2.
This is expected to be a close game, with Queen of the South perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Queen of the South as a small favourite), we find two games. Queen of the South has won 1 of these, drawn 1 and lost 0. There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Queen of the South, as the Championship home game vs Greenock Morton is only three days away.
The Queen of the South fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 22 goals in 14 matches. Queen of the South have conceded 16 in these home matches.
Last season, Queen of the South's league statistics were 14 wins, 10 draws and 12 losses, resulting in a 6th position in the Championship. Over these 36 matches they scored 59 goals and conceded 53. Playing at home last season Queen of the South managed 5-7-6 (win-draw-lost) with 26 goals and 26 conceded.
Falkirk form and stats
5 wins, 6 draws and 7 losses. That’s the product of Falkirk playing as the away team this season.It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Inverness CT in their previous outing. The Championship match ended in a draw 0-0. Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs Partick Thistle.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 24 similar matches played by Falkirk in our archives, and the results are: 9 wins for Falkirk, 4 draws and 11 defeats. After this away game Falkirk return home for a Championship game against Alloa Athletic. That game is only three sleeps after this.
Falkirk find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 16 goals from 15 away fixtures. 19 goals have been conceded by Falkirk in these games.
Let's have a look at how Falkirk performed last season in the Championship. They landed a 8th position in the league table after playing out 12 victories, 11 draws and 13 defeats. In total they scored 45 and conceded 49 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 5 - drew 5 and lost 8 with 18/27 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Falkirk - Queen of the South 3-0. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 4 Queen of the South victories, 3 draws and 3 Falkirk wins.Top Goalscorers
  S. Dobbie 19 goals / 2 assists |   Z. Rudden 10 goals / 1 assists |  J. Todd 5 goals / 3 assists |
Queen of the South missing players
Falkirk missing players
| Queen of the South | Falkirk | |||
| Total | Home | Statistic | Away | Total |
| 29 | 14 | Played | 15 | 30 |
| 37 | 22 | Scored | 16 | 31 |
| 36 | 16 | Conceded | 19 | 40 |
| 90% | 86% | Over 0.5 | 93% | 93% |
| 72% | 71% | Over 1.5 | 73% | 77% |
| 48% | 50% | Over 2.5 | 40% | 37% |
| 21% | 29% | Over 3.5 | 13% | 17% |
| 14% | 21% | Over 4.5 | 13% | 10% |
| 45% | 43% | Both teams to score | 53% | 50% |
| 31% | 43% | Clean Sheet | 27% | 23% |
| 34% | 29% | Failed To Score | 27% | 33% |
| 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 | 29 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 50 | 28 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 8 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 24 | 20 | 22 | 57 |
| 2 | Dundee United | 31 | 16 | 7 | 8 | 42 | 37 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 24 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 5 | 55 |
| 3 | Ayr United | 28 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 43 | 28 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 12 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 22 | 16 | 15 | 46 |
| 4 | Inverness CT | 30 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 41 | 33 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 20 | 19 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 21 | 14 | 8 | 46 |
| 5 | Dunfermline Athletic | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 30 | 32 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 16 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 17 | 16 | -2 | 40 |
| 6 | Greenock Morton | 29 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 27 | 39 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 19 | 14 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 20 | -12 | 34 |
| 7 | Queen of the South | 29 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 37 | 36 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 16 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 20 | 1 | 33 |
| 8 | Partick Thistle | 30 | 9 | 5 | 16 | 34 | 47 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 20 | 22 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 25 | -13 | 32 |
| 9 | Falkirk | 30 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 31 | 40 | 15 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 19 | -9 | 31 |
| 10 | Alloa Athletic | 30 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 31 | 46 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 19 | 14 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 20 | 27 | -15 | 29 |
