Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Queen of the South & Motherwell face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the League Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only three days ago in the League Cup. That game, against Elgin City, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Motherwell.
Queen of the South form and stats
Last season their League Cup adventure ended in the 2nd round.9 victories, 2 draws and 7 defeats. That’s what Queen of the South have to build on here at Palmerston Park in the League One.
Queen of the South's last game was hosting Kelty Hearts and winning 4-1.
Before that, Queen had a League One home game versus Kelty Hearts which ended with a victory 4-1.The manager Bartley will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Elgin City in only four days.
Queen of the South have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Palmerston Park with 30 goals in 18 league matches. Queen have conceded 25 in these home matches.
Motherwell form and stats
Motherwell was sent out of League Cup in the quarter-finals last season.The visitors are W0-D0-L0 on the road this term. That's in the league.
Two away games in a row for Motherwell, whose boss Kettlewell could celebrate last time after the League Cup win against Elgin City.
Prior to that match, a home win 3-2 against Dundee United in the Premiership.A quick return to home after this game, as Motherwell are hosting Queen's Park in the League Cup only four days away.
Head 2 Head
Last three meetings involving these squads: Queen of the South won zero, Motherwell triumphed in three and we saw zero draws. two games with over 2,5 goals, one match with two goals or less.
Queen of the South missing players
Motherwell missing players
| Queen of the South | Motherwell | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 15 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 7 | Won | W | 8 | 14 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 3 | 4 | ||
| 11 | 4 | Lost | L | 4 | 7 | ||
| 36 | 19 | Scored | S | 24 | 41 | ||
| 39 | 13 | Conceded | C | 15 | 27 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 80% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 84% | ||
| 64% | 58% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 40% | ||
| 32% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 28% | ||
| 20% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 7% | 12% | ||
| 60% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 44% | ||
| 20% | 42% | Clean Sheets | C S | 47% | 44% | ||
| 24% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 13% | 12% | ||
| 4.7 | 4.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 4.6 | ||
| 5 | 4.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.9 | 4.3 | ||
| 1.3 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.8 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 10.8 | 10.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.1 | 11.2 | ||
| 4.2 | 4.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 4 | ||
| 34% | 37% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 44% | 41% | ||
| 9.1 | 7.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.7 | 10 | ||
| 3.7 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.4 | 3.8 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Motherwell | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | East Fife | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Queen's Park | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 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 | Elgin City | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 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 | Motherwell | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | East Fife | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Queen's Park | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 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 | Elgin City | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
