Preview: Queen of the South the front runner when Clyde comes to visit

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Competition: Scotland League One
Competition: Sat 31.December
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Palmerston Park (8690 seats)

Crucial fight in the lower section of the League One, with both Queen of the South and Clyde undergoing more distress than pleasure. This game is a classic "six-pointer" with the hosts positioned 7th and the visitors in 9th position.

Insights:
  • Queen of the South have the most dropped points from leading position (18) in League One
  • Clyde have the most matches over the total-line (13) in League One

Queen of the South and Clyde 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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Queen of the South form and stats

When playing at home in the League One, Queen of the South have managed 3 wins, 2 draws and suffered 4 defeats from 9 games. When Queen of the South hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Queen of the South, Kelty Hearts and Peterhead), they have won 1 of 2 matches!

Queen of the South faced defeat in their previous match, away at Falkirk (2-5). As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today?

Ahead of that match, Queen lost 1-2 at home to Kelty Hearts.

The Queen of the South fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 15 goals in 9 league matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Queen defense is not exactly impregnable. 14 goals conceded from 9 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Clyde form and stats

There's been little loot from Clyde's travels as they have only collected 4 points from 8 away games in the League One. Clyde only have 1 win to counter their 6 defeats and 1 draw.

Clyde's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Alloa Athletic that finished 2-2.

Before that game, 0-0 away against Elgin City in the Challenge Cup.

Clyde have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 8 league away games 9 goals have been scored. Clyde have conceded 18 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

Clyde - Queen of the South 1-2 was the score in these participants' latest H2H game, played this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: six - one - three (Queen of the South wins - draws - Clyde wins). As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

QueenR. Paton
R. Paton
11 goals
ClydeJ. Allan
J. Allan
10 goals
ClydeR. Cunningham
R. Cunningham
6 goals

Queen of the South missing players

Clyde missing players

Queen of the South Clyde
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
19 9 2 Played P 1 8 18
6 3 1 Won W 0 1 2
5 2 0 Drew D 0 1 4
8 4 1 Lost L 1 6 12
32 15 3 Scored S 1 9 23
34 14 2 Conceded C 2 18 39
95% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
89% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 94%
63% 56% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 75% 72%
47% 44% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 38% 44%
32% 22% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 25% 22%
68% 67% 50% BTTS BTTS 100% 62% 61%
21% 22% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 6%
16% 11% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 38% 33%
 
5.6 5.2 8 Corners for (avg) C F 1 4.9 4.5
4.4 3.7 3 Corners against (avg) C A 5 5.6 5.1
1.8 1.4 0.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.4 2.1
4 2 0 Red cards R C 0 1 3
 
9.4 9.7 7.5 Shots (avg) S ( 2 8.1 7.6
4.1 4.6 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 3.2 3.2
41% 37% 30% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 35% 40%
 
8.8 8 5.5 Shots against (avg) S A 5 10.6 9.7
3.6 3.2 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 4.5 4.2
Key stats in League One this season:
  • All of Clyde's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • All of Queen of the South's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Clyde have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Clyde have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Clyde have the fewest matches under the total-line (5) in League One
  • Clyde have the most matches over the total-line (13) in League One
  • Clyde haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Queen of the South have the most dropped points from leading position (18) in League One
  • Queen of the South haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  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 18 11 6 1 27 11 9 4 5 0 12 8 9 7 1 1 15 3 16 39
2 Edinburgh City 19 11 2 6 37 26 10 6 1 3 19 15 9 5 1 3 18 11 11 35
3 Falkirk 18 9 5 4 36 22 10 6 2 2 21 10 8 3 3 2 15 12 14 32
4 Airdrieonians 18 8 5 5 33 25 8 5 2 1 20 10 10 3 3 4 13 15 8 29
5 Montrose 19 8 5 6 29 25 10 5 3 2 18 10 9 3 2 4 11 15 4 29
6 Alloa Athletic 18 8 4 6 35 27 8 6 0 2 21 11 10 2 4 4 14 16 8 28
7 Queen of the South 19 6 5 8 32 34 9 3 2 4 15 14 10 3 3 4 17 20 -2 23
8 Kelty Hearts 19 7 2 10 20 28 10 5 2 3 12 9 9 2 0 7 8 19 -8 23
9 Clyde 18 2 4 12 23 39 10 1 3 6 14 21 8 1 1 6 9 18 -16 10
10 Peterhead 18 1 4 13 10 45 8 1 1 6 4 18 10 0 3 7 6 27 -35 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.