National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Queen of the South or Annan Athletic that keep their silverware dream alive.
Queen of the South form and stats
Queen of the South participated in League Cup the last season, where they reached the group stage.Queen of the South's struggle is real here at Palmerston Park with only 17 points collected from 18 Championship games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 4-5-9.
It's back home for Queen, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Dunfermline Athletic away with the result 2-1. O'Connor found the net in that victory.
The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a Championship home game that ended 1-1 versus Ayr United.There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Queen of the South as they are travelling to their away game against Ayr United in the League Cup. That match is three days after this one.
Queen have scored 13 league goals here from 18 matches, not a lot. 19 goals have been conceded.
Annan Athletic form and stats
Last season their League Cup adventure ended in the group stage.Annan Athletic go into this game after a win, the home game against Edinburgh City that ended 2-1.
Prior to that match, a home win 2-1 against Edinburgh City in the Playoffs 3/4.The schedule is very tough for Annan Athletic now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A League Cup game at St. Johnstone is waiting in only three days.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last seven matches): Queen five wins, two draws and Annan Athletic zero victories. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), zero games had two or less.Queen of the South missing players
Annan Athletic missing players
| Queen of the South | Annan Athletic | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 10 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Won | W | 6 | 11 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | ||
| 12 | 5 | Lost | L | 5 | 10 | ||
| 30 | 9 | Scored | S | 22 | 42 | ||
| 37 | 11 | Conceded | C | 20 | 42 | ||
| 96% | 90% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 68% | 70% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 88% | ||
| 56% | 40% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 72% | ||
| 24% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 42% | 40% | ||
| 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 24% | ||
| 48% | 20% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 68% | ||
| 20% | 30% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 20% | ||
| 36% | 60% | Failed to Score | F T | 8% | 16% | ||
| 4.3 | 4.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.8 | 3.8 | ||
| 6.2 | 5.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.3 | 5.3 | ||
| 1.1 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.2 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 9.2 | 10.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.6 | 9.9 | ||
| 3.4 | 2.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 4.1 | ||
| 37% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 40% | ||
| 12.4 | 10.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.4 | 11.1 | ||
| 4.8 | 3.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.6 | 3.9 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Annan Athletic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Ayr United | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Elgin City | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Queen of the South | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | St. Johnstone | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 | 36 | 20 | 7 | 9 | 50 | 27 | 18 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 28 | 14 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 22 | 13 | 23 | 67 |
| 2 | Arbroath | 36 | 17 | 14 | 5 | 54 | 28 | 18 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 32 | 14 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 22 | 14 | 26 | 65 |
| 3 | Inverness CT | 36 | 16 | 11 | 9 | 53 | 34 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 30 | 17 | 18 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 23 | 17 | 19 | 59 |
| 4 | Partick Thistle | 36 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 46 | 40 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 13 | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 29 | 27 | 6 | 52 |
| 5 | Raith Rovers | 36 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 44 | 44 | 18 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 23 | 26 | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 21 | 18 | 0 | 50 |
| 6 | Hamilton Academical | 36 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 38 | 53 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 28 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 22 | 25 | -15 | 42 |
| 7 | Greenock Morton | 36 | 9 | 13 | 14 | 36 | 47 | 18 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 23 | 27 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 20 | -11 | 40 |
| 8 | Ayr United | 36 | 9 | 12 | 15 | 39 | 52 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 21 | 25 | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 27 | -13 | 39 |
| 9 | Dunfermline Athletic | 36 | 7 | 14 | 15 | 36 | 53 | 18 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 22 | 24 | 18 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 29 | -17 | 35 |
| 10 | Queen of the South | 36 | 8 | 9 | 19 | 36 | 54 | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 19 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 23 | 35 | -18 | 33 |
