Raith Rovers know they will have a back-breaking visit to Queen of the South and their Palmerston Park. This article has all the information you need before the match.
- Queen of the South have the fewest scored goals (2) at home in Championship
- Raith Rovers is in the best form (3-3-0)
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Raith Rovers play their home fixtures on grass, while this fixture occurs on artifical turf. Recent results for Raith Rovers when playing on artifical turf are 9 wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat from 13 matches. They have managed to score 25 goals and conceded 14 times in these games.
Queen of the South form and stats
When playing at home in the Championship, Queen of the South have managed 1 win, 1 draw and suffered 3 defeats from 5 games.
Stress levels are on the rise for Queen's attacking players as they have now played 292 minutes without scoring in a league game. L. Connelly was their last goal scorer.
In their previous game, the manager A. Johnston led his Queen to a defeat in the Championship match away at Kilmarnock. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Palmerston Park. As you see from the result above, Queen of the South suffered greatly in their last game. Thankfully the team has a new chance to prove themselves in this one.
Prior to that, an away loss at Hamilton Academical.The lack of attacking qualities in Queen means that they have only scored 2 goals in 5 league home games, less than half a goal per match. Queen's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 5 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Raith Rovers form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Championship travels is 3 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat.
D. Zanatta and E. Ross scored in Rovers's previous match, the home game against Ayr United that ended 2-1.
Before that, Raith Rovers travelled to Dunfermline Athletic and returned home with a draw after the game finished 1-1.Raith Rovers are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 7 away goals from 5 games (in the league). They concede less than a goal on average per away game (3 so far).
Head 2 Head
The latest logged result featuring both these participants is the Raith Rovers - Queen 0-1 played not long ago this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: five - two - three (Queen wins - draws - Raith Rovers wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  D. Zanatta 6 goals |  L. Connelly 4 goals | R. Paton 2 goals |
Queen of the South missing players
Raith Rovers missing players
| Queen of the South | Raith Rovers | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 5 | 0 | Played | P | 2 | 5 | 12 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 2 | 7 | 20 |
| 19 | 5 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 3 | 14 |
| 92% | 80% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 58% | 40% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 60% | 75% |
| 50% | 20% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 20% | 42% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 20% | 25% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 42% | 20% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 40% | 67% |
| 25% | 40% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 40% | 17% |
| 42% | 60% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 20% | 17% |
| 5 | 5.4 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 4.8 | 5.6 |
| 6.1 | 4.6 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 6.4 | 5.9 |
| 1.1 | 0.6 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.2 | 2.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 8.9 | 11 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 9 | 10.2 |
| 3.4 | 3 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 3.6 | 3.8 |
| 24% | 13% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 39% | 43% |
| 11.8 | 10 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.5 | 9 | 8 |
| 4.2 | 2.8 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 1.5 | 3 | 3.1 |
- Queen of the South have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
- Queen of the South have the fewest scored goals (2) at home in Championship
- Raith Rovers have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
- Raith Rovers have scored at least twice as many goals away as Queen of the South have scored home.
- Raith Rovers have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (1) in Championship
- Raith Rovers have the most scored goals in the first half (12) in Championship
- Raith Rovers haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Raith Rovers is in the best form (3-3-0)
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Kilmarnock | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 11 | 26 |
| 2 | Inverness CT | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 24 |
| 3 | Arbroath | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 12 | 22 |
| 4 | Raith Rovers | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 22 |
| 5 | Partick Thistle | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 18 |
| 6 | Ayr United | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | -6 | 12 |
| 7 | Hamilton Academical | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 12 | -12 | 12 |
| 8 | Queen of the South | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 14 | -9 | 10 |
| 9 | Greenock Morton | 12 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | -7 | 9 |
| 10 | Dunfermline Athletic | 12 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 20 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | -11 | 7 |