League One preview with statistics: Peterhead welcomes Queen of the South to Balmoor Stadium

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Competition: Scotland League One
Competition: Sat 28.January
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Balmoor Stadium (4000 seats)

League One: We're expecting an intriguing and very important scrap featuring Peterhead and Queen of the South at Balmoor Stadium. Both teams need the win!

Insights:
  • Peterhead have the fewest scored goals (11) in League One
  • Queen of the South have the most dropped points from leading position (21) in League One

11-4-11 (wins/draws/losses). These are the numbers for Queen of the South when playing away games on grass, which is not the surface they have on their own home stadium (which has artifical turf). Their goal statistics from those 26 matches are 46-45 (scored/conceded).

Peterhead and Queen of the South should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Peterhead form and stats

The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the League One this season. Peterhead have only managed 2 wins, 2 draws and 7 losses from their games here at Balmoor Stadium. When Peterhead hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Clyde, Kelty Hearts and Peterhead), they have won 2 of 2 matches!

The Peterhead followers enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Clyde and win 1-0. This was their first victory after 14 consecutive league games without winning!

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Dunfermline Athletic (0-4).

It should be noted that a glance at the 14 most recent league matches reveals that 12 of them qualified as a both teams not to score result (only one or none of the sides scored).

Peterhead have scored {5 goals} here in 11 league matches, a depressing statistic. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 21 goals have been conceded.

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Queen of the South form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their League One travels is 3 wins, 3 draws and 5 defeats. Queen of the South has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.

Queen of the South play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-1 to Montrose (placed 6th).

Preceding that, 0-0 at home against Kelty Hearts in the Challenge Cup.

The travelling fans enjoy Queen's attacking play in away games, having scored 17 goals in 11 league matches away. Queen of the South struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 21 goals conceded from these games.

Head 2 Head

The 4 most recent meetings featuring these two teams have all finished as Queen of the South wins. Are we destined for another one?

This isn't the first time these sides face each other this season, as the results database show this recent fixture: Queen of the South - Peterhead 2-0.

Top Goalscorers

Queen of the SouthR. Paton
R. Paton
12 goals
Queen of the SouthG. Reilly
G. Reilly
5 goals
Queen of the SouthJ. Todd
J. Todd
4 goals

Peterhead missing players

Queen of the South missing players

Peterhead Queen of the South
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
22 11 2 Played P 2 11 22
2 2 2 Won W 1 3 7
5 2 0 Drew D 0 3 5
15 7 0 Lost L 1 5 10
11 5 3 Scored S 2 17 34
52 21 1 Conceded C 2 21 37
95% 91% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 91% 95%
91% 82% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 73% 82%
55% 36% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 64% 59%
36% 18% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 45% 41%
9% 9% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 36% 27%
32% 27% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 64% 64%
9% 18% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 18% 23%
64% 64% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 27% 18%
 
3.5 3.8 5 Corners for (avg) C F 5 6.2 5.7
6.9 6.5 7.5 Corners against (avg) C A 3 4.8 4.4
2.2 2.4 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.5 2.1 1.8
5 2 1 Red cards R C 0 2 4
 
6 6.8 5.5 Shots (avg) S ( 6.5 9.2 9.3
2.4 2.7 2.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1 3.5 4
21% 17% 60% Goal Efficiency G E 100% 44% 38%
 
11.4 9.6 5.5 Shots against (avg) S A 8.5 9.2 8.6
5.8 4.7 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2 3.7 3.5
Key stats in League One this season:
  • Peterhead have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Peterhead have the fewest points from losing position (2) in League One
  • Peterhead have the fewest scored goals (11) in League One
  • Peterhead have the fewest scored goals (5) at home in League One
  • Peterhead have the fewest scored goals in the first half (6) in League One
  • Peterhead have the fewest scored goals in the second half (5) in League One
  • Peterhead have the most conceded goals (52) in League One
  • Peterhead have the most conceded goals in the first half (18) in League One
  • Peterhead have the most conceded goals in the second half (34) in League One
  • Peterhead have the the worst goal difference (-16) at home in League One
  • Peterhead have the the worst goal difference (-41) in League One
  • Queen of the South have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Queen of the South have scored more than double the goals of Peterhead.
  • Queen of the South have the most dropped points from leading position (21) 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 20 13 6 1 32 11 10 5 5 0 16 8 10 8 1 1 16 3 21 45
2 Falkirk 20 11 5 4 42 23 12 8 2 2 27 11 8 3 3 2 15 12 19 38
3 Edinburgh City 22 12 2 8 43 32 11 6 1 4 19 16 11 6 1 4 24 16 11 38
4 Alloa Athletic 21 10 5 6 39 29 10 7 1 2 23 12 11 3 4 4 16 17 10 35
5 Airdrieonians 21 9 6 6 40 31 9 5 2 2 23 15 12 4 4 4 17 16 9 33
6 Montrose 22 9 6 7 31 27 11 6 3 2 19 10 11 3 3 5 12 17 4 33
7 Kelty Hearts 22 8 4 10 23 30 11 5 3 3 13 10 11 3 1 7 10 20 -7 28
8 Queen of the South 22 7 5 10 34 37 11 4 2 5 17 16 11 3 3 5 17 21 -3 26
9 Peterhead 22 2 5 15 11 52 11 2 2 7 5 21 11 0 3 8 6 31 -41 11
10 Clyde 22 2 4 16 24 47 11 1 3 7 15 23 11 1 1 9 9 24 -23 10

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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.