Balanced ball game between Queen of the South and Raith Rovers expected

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Competition: Scotland Championship
Competition: Sat 24.October
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Palmerston Park (8690 seats)

After the first game it's Queen of the South - Raith Rovers 0-3 in points. Who will triumph in this second Championship game of the season?

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!

Queen's stadium, Palmerston Park, has a artifical turf surface. Raith Rovers have grass on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Raith Rovers when playing on artifical turf; 6 wins, 6 draws and 6 losses from 18 matches. They have scored 24 goals in these games and conceded 27.

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Queen of the South form and stats

Queen faced defeat in their previous match, away at Ayr United (1-2). The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a League Cup home game that ended 0-0 versus Partick Thistle (after extra-time, 2-3 on penalties).

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 as a small favourite), we find eight games. Queen of the South has won one of these, drawn three and lost four.

Last season, Queen of the South's league statistics were 7 wins, 7 draws and 14 losses, resulting in a 9th position in the Championship. Over these 28 matches they scored 28 goals and conceded 40. Playing at home last season Queen of the South managed 4-2-8 (win-draw-lost) with 17 goals and 20 conceded.

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Raith Rovers form and stats

The supporters enjoyed Rovers's previous game versus Arbroath (placed 9th), a Championship 3-0 win played at home. Preceding that game, the 1-3 loss visiting Hearts's place.

It was a convincing performance from Rovers when Arbroath were beaten. The team "killed" the match in the first half leading 3-0 and the second half was comfortable. R. Tumilty, R. Hendry and D. Armstrong scored their goals.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Raith Rovers playing away and similar expectations, we found four relevant matches. Results were two Rovers wins, two draws and zero defeats.

Let's have a look at how Raith Rovers performed last season in the League One: They landed a 1st position in the league table after playing out 15 victories, 8 draws and 5 defeats. In total they scored 49 and conceded 33 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 6 - drew 4 and lost 4 with 20/19 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

Last ten meetings between the teams: Queen of the South won three, Raith Rovers won four and three draws. four games with over 2,5 goals, six matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Queen of the SouthS. Dobbie
S. Dobbie
1 goals
Raith RoversD. Armstrong
D. Armstrong
1 goals
Raith RoversR. Hendry
R. Hendry
1 goals

Queen of the South missing players

Raith Rovers missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Queen of the South Raith Rovers
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 1
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
1 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
1 0 0 Scored S 0 0 3
2 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 2
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
10 0 0 Total Shots T S 0 0 11
5 0 0 Shots on Target S O 0 0 5
20% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 60%
Queen of the South Last season Raith Rovers
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
28 14   Played P   14 28
7 4   Won W   6 15
7 2   Drew D   4 8
14 8   Lost L   4 5
28 17   Scored S   20 49
40 20   Conceded C   19 33
93% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 96%
71% 71%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   64% 71%
43% 43%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   36% 46%
29% 36%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   29% 32%
7% 14%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   21% 18%
43% 43%   BTTS BTTS   57% 57%
21% 21%   Clean Sheets C S   29% 32%
43% 36%   Failed to Score F T   14% 14%
 
0 0   Corners for (avg) C F   0 0
0 0   Corners against (avg) C A   0 0
1.5 1.5   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.1 1.8
0 0   Red cards R C   3 6
 
300 159   Total Shots T S   138 298
118 56   Shots on Target S O   47 102
24% 30%   Goal Efficiency G E   43% 48%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Hearts 1 1 0 0 6 2 1 1 0 0 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3
2 Raith Rovers 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
3 Dunfermline Athletic 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
4 Ayr United 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
5 Greenock Morton 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
6 Queen of the South 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
7 Alloa Athletic 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
8 Inverness CT 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 -2 0
9 Arbroath 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 0
10 Dundee 1 0 0 1 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 6 -4 0
Last season 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 28 18 5 5 52 22 14 10 3 1 35 10 14 8 2 4 17 12 30 59
2 Inverness CT 27 14 3 10 39 32 13 8 2 3 24 14 14 6 1 7 15 18 7 45
3 Dundee 27 11 8 8 32 31 13 7 2 4 17 14 14 4 6 4 15 17 1 41
4 Ayr United 27 12 4 11 38 35 14 6 3 5 18 14 13 6 1 6 20 21 3 40
5 Dunfermline Athletic 28 10 7 11 41 36 15 7 3 5 25 17 13 3 4 6 16 19 5 37
6 Arbroath 26 10 6 10 24 26 13 6 4 3 14 10 13 4 2 7 10 16 -2 36
7 Greenock Morton 28 10 6 12 45 52 14 6 5 3 27 22 14 4 1 9 18 30 -7 36
8 Alloa Athletic 28 7 10 11 33 43 14 4 4 6 12 19 14 3 6 5 21 24 -10 31
9 Queen of the South 28 7 7 14 28 40 14 4 2 8 17 20 14 3 5 6 11 20 -12 28
10 Partick Thistle 27 6 8 13 32 47 13 2 4 7 13 22 14 4 4 6 19 25 -15 26
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Raith Rovers 28 15 8 5 49 33 14 9 4 1 29 14 14 6 4 4 20 19 16 53
2 Falkirk 28 14 10 4 54 18 14 10 2 2 35 5 14 4 8 2 19 13 36 52
3 Airdrieonians 28 14 6 8 38 27 15 7 4 4 20 13 13 7 2 4 18 14 11 48
4 Montrose 28 15 2 11 48 38 14 9 0 5 29 19 14 6 2 6 19 19 10 47
5 East Fife 28 12 9 7 44 36 14 6 6 2 27 19 14 6 3 5 17 17 8 45
6 Dumbarton 28 11 5 12 35 44 14 6 3 5 16 14 14 5 2 7 19 30 -9 38
7 Clyde 28 9 7 12 35 43 14 7 4 3 27 18 14 2 3 9 8 25 -8 34
8 Peterhead 27 7 5 15 30 44 14 5 4 5 16 14 13 2 1 10 14 30 -14 26
9 Forfar Athletic 28 6 6 16 26 47 14 4 3 7 17 22 14 2 3 9 9 25 -21 24
10 Stranraer 27 2 10 15 28 57 12 2 4 6 13 20 15 0 6 9 15 37 -29 16

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Hearts 1 1 0 0 6 2 1 1 0 0 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3
2 Raith Rovers 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
3 Dunfermline Athletic 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
4 Ayr United 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
5 Greenock Morton 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
6 Queen of the South 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
7 Alloa Athletic 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
8 Inverness CT 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 -2 0
9 Arbroath 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 0
10 Dundee 1 0 0 1 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 6 -4 0

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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.