Soccer betting preview: Alloa Athletic welcomes Queen's Park in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: Scotland League One
Competition: Sat 21.August
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Indodrill Stadium (3100 seats)

Alloa Athletic will challenge Queen's Park in this League One game. All you must learn about the match can be found right here!

Insights:
  • Queen's Park have the fewest conceded goals (1) in League One

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

This stadium uses artifical turf, unlike Queen's Park's home stadium. The last 16 games by the visitors on artifical turf have resulted in 6 wins, 3 draws and 7 losses.

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Alloa Athletic form and stats

The hosts won their first League One game here at Indodrill Stadium, lifting spirits. Home statistics for Alloa Athletic last season were 3 wins, 5 draws and 6 losses from 14 games. Alloa has recorded two wins in a row here at Indodrill Stadium, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.

Alloa lost their last game at Clyde (placed 6th) after a 1-2 scoreline.

Before that, Alloa had a home game versus East Fife which ended with a victory 3-1.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Alloa have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found six matches with the results: Won two, drawn one and lost three.

It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Alloa Athletic at home in the league. 3 on target and 1 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.

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Queen's Park form and stats

The visitors settled for one point in their first League One away game of the season. During their previous season 2 away games resulted in 1 win, 0 draws and 1 defeat.

Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Queen's goalkeeper William Muir is eager to challenge this, with his 262 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.

Queen's Park go into this game after a win, the home game against Dumbarton that ended 3-0.

A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic (after extra-time, 5-4 on penalties) in the Challenge Cup.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Queen's Park playing away and similar expectations, we found four relevant matches. Results were two Queen's wins, one draw and one defeat.

1 goal so far away for Queen's Park, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 1. All from 1 league match away.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: seven - three - zero (Alloa wins - draws - Queen's Park wins). As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Alloa AthleticS. Boyd
S. Boyd
2 goals
Queen's ParkS. Murray
S. Murray
2 goals
AlloaS. Scougall
S. Scougall
1 goals

Alloa Athletic missing players

Queen's Park missing players

Alloa Athletic Queen's Park
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
3 1 0 Played P 1 1 3
1 1 0 Won W 0 0 2
0 0 0 Drew D 1 1 1
2 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
4 3 0 Scored S 1 1 6
5 1 0 Conceded C 1 1 1
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 100%
67% 100% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 33%
33% 100% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
67% 100% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 100% 33%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 67%
33% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
2 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 5 5 4.7
4.3 3 0 Corners against (avg) C A 3 3 3
1.7 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1 0.7
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
8 10 0 Shots (avg) S ( 14 14 15
3 5 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 4 6.7
44% 60% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 25% 30%
Key stats in League One this season:
  • Queen's Park have the fewest conceded goals (1) in League One
  • Queen's Park have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (0) in League One
  • Queen's Park have the most matches under the total-line (2) in League One
  • Queen's Park have the the best goal difference (+5) in League One
Alloa Athletic Last season Queen's Park
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
27 14   Played P   11 22
5 3   Won W   9 17
7 5   Drew D   1 3
15 6   Lost L   1 2
30 18   Scored S   22 43
60 29   Conceded C   8 13
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   91% 91%
89% 93%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   73% 68%
67% 64%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   64% 55%
41% 36%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   27% 23%
22% 21%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   18% 14%
70% 79%   BTTS BTTS   45% 32%
7% 7%   Clean Sheets C S   55% 64%
22% 14%   Failed to Score F T   9% 14%
 
3.7 4.4   Corners for (avg) C F   5.6 6.6
6.9 7.6   Corners against (avg) C A   3.9 3.2
2 1.5   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.9 2.1
5 4   Red cards R C   1 1
 
6.7 8.4   Shots (avg) S (   9.5 10.7
2.7 3.2   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.5 4.4
42% 40%   Goal Efficiency G E   45% 44%

  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 3 2 1 0 6 1 2 2 0 0 5 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 5 7
2 Montrose 3 2 1 0 6 2 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 3 0 4 7
3 Falkirk 3 2 1 0 5 3 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 1 1 0 3 2 2 7
4 Cove Rangers 3 1 1 1 6 5 2 1 1 0 6 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 4
5 Dumbarton 3 1 1 1 5 5 1 0 1 0 2 2 2 1 0 1 3 3 0 4
6 Clyde 3 1 1 1 4 6 2 1 0 1 2 4 1 0 1 0 2 2 -2 4
7 Peterhead 3 1 0 2 3 3 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 2 1 3 0 3
8 Alloa Athletic 3 1 0 2 4 5 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 2 1 4 -1 3
9 Airdrieonians 3 0 1 2 3 7 2 0 0 2 1 5 1 0 1 0 2 2 -4 1
10 East Fife 3 0 1 2 4 9 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 2 3 8 -5 1
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 Hearts 27 17 6 4 63 24 14 11 1 2 44 16 13 6 5 2 19 8 39 57
2 Dundee 27 12 9 6 49 40 13 8 3 2 25 17 14 4 6 4 24 23 9 45
3 Raith Rovers 27 12 7 8 45 36 13 6 3 4 24 18 14 6 4 4 21 18 9 43
4 Dunfermline Athletic 27 10 9 8 38 34 14 9 3 2 24 13 13 1 6 6 14 21 4 39
5 Inverness CT 27 8 12 7 36 31 13 3 8 2 16 13 14 5 4 5 20 18 5 36
6 Queen of the South 27 9 5 13 38 51 13 4 3 6 17 24 14 5 2 7 21 27 -13 32
7 Arbroath 27 7 9 11 28 34 14 5 6 3 16 11 13 2 3 8 12 23 -6 30
8 Ayr United 27 6 11 10 31 37 13 3 6 4 11 12 14 3 5 6 20 25 -6 29
9 Greenock Morton 27 6 11 10 22 33 14 4 5 5 14 18 13 2 6 5 8 15 -11 29
10 Alloa Athletic 27 5 7 15 30 60 14 3 5 6 18 29 13 2 2 9 12 31 -30 22
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 Queen's Park 4 2 0 2 6 5 2 1 0 1 2 1 2 1 0 1 4 4 1 54
2 Elgin City 4 3 0 1 10 6 2 2 0 0 6 3 2 1 0 1 4 3 4 38
3 Stranraer 4 2 1 1 6 7 2 1 0 1 3 5 2 1 1 0 3 2 -1 38
4 Edinburgh City 4 1 0 3 3 5 2 1 0 1 2 1 2 0 0 2 1 4 -2 38
5 Stirling Albion 4 1 1 2 5 7 2 0 1 1 3 4 2 1 0 1 2 3 -2 36

Read more about League One

The Scottish League One is the third division in the Scottish football league pyramid. It holds ten teams who play each other four times for a total of 36 fixtures in a season from August to May. The top team in the league table is promoted, the bottom team relegated. There are also playoffs to promote and relegate.