Falkirk opposes Queen of the South in League One face-off

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Competition: Scotland League One
Competition: Fri 23.December
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Falkirk Community Stadium (7937 seats)

Welcome to Falkirk Community Stadium and this match involving Falkirk and Queen of the South in the League One. Here's everything you must know!

Insights:
  • Falkirk have the most scored goals in the first half (16) in League One
  • Queen of the South have the most dropped points from leading position (15) in League One

This looks to be an entertaining match with lots of spark and bustle as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Get ready!

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Falkirk form and stats

Falkirk have collected 17 points from their League One home games so far after 5-2-2.

Falkirk's previous game was also a home event, the defeat 0-3 against Dundee (in Challenge Cup).

Before that, Falkirk drew at home versus Airdrieonians.

This is expected to be a close game, with Falkirk perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Falkirk as a small favourite), we find 8 games. Falkirk has won 1 of these, drawn 4 and lost 3.

Falkirk have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Falkirk Community Stadium with 16 goals in 9 league matches. Falkirk have only conceded 8 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Queen of the South form and stats

The visitors are W3-D3-L3 on the road this term. That's in the League One.

Home advantage was not enough for Queen of the South in their previous game as they lost hosting Kelty Hearts, 1-2.

Before that, the Challenge Cup victory away at Alloa Athletic. As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 6 similar matches played by Queen of the South in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for Queen, 1 draw and 3 defeats.

Queen of the South has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 15 goals from 9 games. As for defending, Queen of the South rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 15 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Falkirk have pulled off a sequence of 4 consecutive games without losing (3-1-0) when playing Queen of the South.

Queen of the South - Falkirk 1-3 was the score in these squads' latest head-to-head fixture, played this season.

Top Goalscorers

Queen of the SouthR. Paton
R. Paton
10 goals
FalkirkC. Morrison
C. Morrison
6 goals

Falkirk missing players

Queen of the South missing players

Falkirk Queen of the South
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
17 9 3 Played P 2 9 18
8 5 2 Won W 1 3 6
5 2 0 Drew D 1 3 5
4 2 1 Lost L 0 3 7
31 16 7 Scored S 4 15 30
20 8 4 Conceded C 1 15 29
94% 89% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 89% 94%
88% 78% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 78% 89%
53% 44% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 67% 61%
47% 44% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 44% 44%
12% 11% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 33% 28%
53% 56% 67% BTTS BTTS 50% 67% 67%
29% 33% 33% Clean Sheets C S 50% 22% 22%
24% 22% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 22% 17%
 
6.7 7.3 9.7 Corners for (avg) C F 10 6.1 5.7
3.8 3.8 3.3 Corners against (avg) C A 5.5 4.1 3.9
1.6 1.2 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2.3 1.9
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 2 4
 
10.8 10.8 15.7 Shots (avg) S ( 12 9.4 9.6
4.8 4.8 6.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 3.7 4.1
38% 37% 35% Goal Efficiency G E 40% 45% 41%
 
6.5 5.2 6 Shots against (avg) S A 7 9.3 8.7
2.7 2.2 2.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 1.5 3.7 3.4
Key stats in League One this season:
  • Falkirk have the most scored goals in the first half (16) in League One
  • Queen of the South have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Queen of the South have the most dropped points from leading position (15) in League One

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Dunfermline Athletic 17 10 6 1 25 10 9 4 5 0 12 8 8 6 1 1 13 2 15 36
2 Edinburgh City 18 10 2 6 33 26 9 5 1 3 15 15 9 5 1 3 18 11 7 32
3 Falkirk 17 8 5 4 31 20 9 5 2 2 16 8 8 3 3 2 15 12 11 29
4 Montrose 18 8 5 5 27 21 9 5 3 1 16 6 9 3 2 4 11 15 6 29
5 Alloa Athletic 17 8 3 6 33 25 8 6 0 2 21 11 9 2 3 4 12 14 8 27
6 Airdrieonians 17 7 5 5 29 23 8 5 2 1 20 10 9 2 3 4 9 13 6 26
7 Queen of the South 18 6 5 7 30 29 9 3 2 4 15 14 9 3 3 3 15 15 1 23
8 Kelty Hearts 18 7 2 9 19 26 9 5 2 2 11 7 9 2 0 7 8 19 -7 23
9 Clyde 17 2 3 12 21 37 9 1 2 6 12 19 8 1 1 6 9 18 -16 9
10 Peterhead 17 1 4 12 10 41 8 1 1 6 4 18 9 0 3 6 6 23 -31 7

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.