National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Queen's Park or Queen of the South that keep their silverware dream alive.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Queen's and Queen of the South.
This stadium uses grass, unlike Queen of the South's home stadium. The visitors last 32 games on grass have ended in 8 wins, 10 draws and 14 losses.
Queen's Park form and stats
Queen's was eliminated in the group stage last season in the League Cup.1 victory, 0 draws and 0 defeats. That’s what Queen's Park have to build on here at Hampden Park in the League Two. Ever since the Albion Rovers game Queen's has been unbeatable here at Hampden Park producing four straight wins.
Nothing to worry about in defence for Queen's, as their goalkeeper William Muir has completely shut out the opponents for 679 minutes in the League Two.
A strong away win before that one, visiting Stranraer and winning 1-0.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as St. Mirren are coming to town in four days.
At Hampden Park, Queen's Park has the goal stats of 2-0 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.
Queen of the South form and stats
They also participated in League Cup last season. This ended in the group stage.Still no away game victory in the Championship for Queen of the South with 1 draw and 2 losses from their first 3 attempts. The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the League Cup stats, they have 0 wins, 3 draws and 0 losses both home and away. The sun doesn’t shine and the birds do not sing for Queen of the South, who have now gone 14 games without a victory. The Ayr United game was their last win and it’s been a dry spell since.
Prior to that match, the Queen manager A. Johnston faced defeat when travelling to Dunfermline Athletic and losing 2-3.
Queen are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 4 away goals from 3 games (in the league). The Queen of the South manager A. Johnston has some worries about the defense as 6 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last two meetings): Queen's won one game, zero matches ended with a draw and Queen of the South has one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / zeroQueen's Park missing players
Queen of the South missing players
| Queen's Park | Queen of the South | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 10 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 7 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 5 | 7 | ||
| 8 | 1 | Lost | L | 6 | 14 | ||
| 31 | 20 | Scored | S | 14 | 29 | ||
| 30 | 10 | Conceded | C | 22 | 46 | ||
| 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 68% | 90% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 85% | 80% | ||
| 40% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 62% | 64% | ||
| 24% | 30% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 31% | 40% | ||
| 12% | 10% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 16% | ||
| 40% | 60% | BTTS | BTTS | 69% | 64% | ||
| 36% | 40% | Clean Sheets | C S | 8% | 12% | ||
| 36% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 31% | 32% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.9 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.4 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 217 | 98 | Total Shots | T S | 102 | 215 | ||
| 92 | 48 | Shots on Target | S O | 45 | 89 | ||
| 32% | 42% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 31% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Greenock Morton | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 2 | Partick Thistle | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -1 | 4 |
| 3 | St. Mirren | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | Queen of the South | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | Queen's Park | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 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 | Queen's Park | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 10 |
| 2 | Stirling Albion | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| 3 | Stenhousemuir | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 4 | Elgin City | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 5 | Edinburgh City | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| 6 | Annan Athletic | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | Stranraer | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 4 |
| 8 | Cowdenbeath | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -4 | 4 |
| 9 | Albion Rovers | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -5 | 3 |
| 10 | Brechin City | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -10 | 3 |
| 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 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 10 |
| 2 | Dunfermline Athletic | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 10 |
| 3 | Hearts | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 9 |
| 4 | Greenock Morton | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | -4 | 6 |
| 5 | Ayr United | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
| 6 | Dundee | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 9 | -3 | 5 |
| 7 | Inverness CT | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -1 | 4 |
| 8 | Alloa Athletic | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -4 | 1 |
| 9 | Queen of the South | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -5 | 1 |
| 10 | Arbroath | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -6 | 1 |