Match guide: Queen's Park expected to win when Dumbarton visit

Days
Hours
Minutes
Seconds
Competition: Scotland League One
Competition: Tue 08.February
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Firhill Stadium (13079 seats)

Queen's Park have won 31 points playing as the host team. Dumbarton have 23 points being the away side. Could we look at anything else than a home win?

Insights:
  • Queen's Park have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (5) in League One
  • Dumbarton have the most conceded goals in the first half (17) in League One

It's no vacation for neither Queen's Park nor Dumbarton as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

D D D D L

Queen's Park form and stats

The overall League One stats playing at home this season for Queen's Park are 4-5-1 (wins-draws-losses). Queen's Park are splitting points both home and away, currently holding an interesting streak of four drawn games in a row.

The home team returns to Firhill Stadium after drawing with Falkirk (placed 6th) on their last time out; the game ended 1-1.

Preceding that game was the home draw versus Airdrieonians that ended 1-1.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Queen's Park as they are travelling to their away game against Cove Rangers in the League One. That match is four days after this one.

From these home matches, Queen's Park have conceded only 9 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

D D L W L

Dumbarton form and stats

Playing away, Dumbarton have won 4 games, drawn 1 and suffered 6 defeats in the League One this season.

It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Montrose (placed 3rd) in their previous outing. The match ended in a draw 1-1.

A 2-2 draw was the result before that, hosting Cove Rangers.

The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The League One trip to Clyde.

Dumbarton find the net regularly in their away games. 15 goals from 11 away fixtures in the league. The Dumbarton manager Farrell has some worries about the defense as 25 goals have been conceded in these travels.

Head 2 Head

The fixture history shows this score when the contenders met earlier this season; Dumbarton - Queen's Park 0-3. Queen's Park-Dumbarton H2H statistics last eight meetings regardless of arena: Queen's Park six wins, Dumbarton one win, one draw. three of these eight matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Queen'sL. Longridge
L. Longridge
5 goals
Queen's ParkR. McHugh
R. McHugh
5 goals
DumbartonS. Carswell
S. Carswell
5 goals

Queen's Park missing players

Dumbarton missing players

Queen's Park Dumbarton
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
22 10 3 Played P 3 11 23
6 4 1 Won W 2 4 6
13 5 1 Drew D 0 1 5
3 1 1 Lost L 1 6 12
36 20 7 Scored S 7 15 32
23 9 7 Conceded C 7 25 47
91% 80% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
82% 80% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 96%
36% 40% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 82% 74%
23% 30% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 27% 39%
18% 30% 67% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 27% 22%
64% 50% 100% BTTS BTTS 67% 64% 61%
32% 50% 0% Clean Sheets C S 33% 9% 13%
14% 20% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 27% 26%
 
5.9 6.5 5.7 Corners for (avg) C F 3 2.8 3.9
4.2 3.8 4 Corners against (avg) C A 7.3 6.6 6.6
1.9 1.4 1.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 3 2.6
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 3 3
 
10.6 12.6 11.7 Shots (avg) S ( 7 7 7.7
4.3 5.6 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3 3.1
38% 36% 47% Goal Efficiency G E 58% 45% 45%
 
8.3 7.5 9.3 Shots against (avg) S A 10.7 11.1 10.8
3.2 2.8 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 4.7 4.2
Key stats in League One this season:
  • All of Dumbarton's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Dumbarton have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Dumbarton have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Dumbarton have the fewest matches under the total-line (5) in League One
  • Dumbarton have the most conceded goals in the first half (17) in League One
  • Dumbarton have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Dumbarton haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Queen's Park have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Queen's Park have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Queen's Park have the fewest conceded goals (9) at home in League One
  • Queen's Park have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (5) in League One
  • Queen's Park have the fewest matches over the total-line (7) in League One
  • Queen's Park have the most dropped points from leading position (26) in League One
  • Queen's Park have the most matches under the total-line (13) 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 Cove Rangers 24 15 6 3 47 22 12 8 4 0 28 10 12 7 2 3 19 12 25 51
2 Airdrieonians 24 13 5 6 40 28 12 9 0 3 24 15 12 4 5 3 16 13 12 44
3 Montrose 24 11 10 3 39 20 13 5 6 2 19 14 11 6 4 1 20 6 19 43
4 Queen's Park 22 6 13 3 36 23 10 4 5 1 20 9 12 2 8 2 16 14 13 31
5 Clyde 24 7 9 8 29 39 12 4 4 4 17 23 12 3 5 4 12 16 -10 30
6 Falkirk 23 8 5 10 33 36 12 4 2 6 17 18 11 4 3 4 16 18 -3 29
7 Alloa Athletic 23 6 7 10 30 37 10 3 3 4 15 16 13 3 4 6 15 21 -7 25
8 Peterhead 23 6 6 11 29 34 12 4 4 4 16 11 11 2 2 7 13 23 -5 24
9 Dumbarton 23 6 5 12 32 47 12 2 4 6 17 22 11 4 1 6 15 25 -15 23
10 East Fife 24 3 6 15 21 50 12 3 4 5 11 14 12 0 2 10 10 36 -29 15

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.