Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Dunfermline Res. & Queen of the South Res. face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the SPFL Reserve Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
This looks to be an interesting fixture with lots of spark and excitement as both squads are well refreshed since they last played a game. Let's get started!
Dunfermline Res. form and stats
The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Reserve League this season. Dunfermline Res. have only managed 2 wins, 0 draws and 4 losses from their games here at Ainslie Park Stadium.
Dunfermline Res.'s previous match was a SPFL Reserve Cup game also played at their own stadium, finishing 4-1 against Dundee Res.. The home team are looking to continue in that form.
A 1-1 result against Queen's Park Res. before that, played at home in the SPFL Reserve Cup.
Dunfermline are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 8 goals in 6 games. Goals are flowing in at the wrong end for Dunfermline Res. with 13 goals conceded in these matches.
Queen of the South Res. form and stats
Queen of the South Res. are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Reserve League, having played 3 games and collected 3 points (1 win, 0 draws and 2 losses).
Queen play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 4-0 victory visiting Motherwell Res.. As mentioned above, Queen of the South Res. was the only team on the pitch versus Motherwell Res. in their previous game, winning 4-0. This could be a tougher task. Papazov has scored for the visitors three games in a row. The flair!
Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs Livingston Res..Queen of the South Res. are struggling defensively in their away games, having conceded 9 goals in these matches.
Head 2 Head
Last two meetings involving these participants: Dunfermline won two, Queen of the South Res. triumphed in zero and we saw zero draws. one game with more than 2,5 goals, one match with less than 2,5 goals.
Dunfermline Res. missing players
Queen of the South Res. missing players
| Dunfermline Res. | Queen of the South Res. | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 3 | Won | W | 3 | 6 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | ||
| 13 | 7 | Lost | L | 8 | 16 | ||
| 38 | 15 | Scored | S | 22 | 37 | ||
| 50 | 26 | Conceded | C | 47 | 74 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 88% | ||
| 60% | 58% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 92% | 80% | ||
| 48% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 92% | 72% | ||
| 24% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 62% | 48% | ||
| 56% | 58% | BTTS | BTTS | 54% | 48% | ||
| 20% | 8% | Clean Sheets | C S | 15% | 8% | ||
| 24% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 31% | 44% | ||
| 2.9 | 3.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.2 | 3.7 | ||
| 6.3 | 5.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.1 | 6.2 | ||
| 0.9 | 0.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.1 | 0.9 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 7 | 7.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.6 | 7.7 | ||
| 3.5 | 4.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 3.5 | ||
| 35% | 24% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 43% | ||
| 10.2 | 10.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.6 | 13.3 | ||
| 4.4 | 4.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.6 | 6 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Hamilton Academical Res. | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 35 | 24 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 11 | 27 |
| 2 | Ross County Res. | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 31 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 16 | 25 |
| 3 | Hearts Res. | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 24 |
| 4 | Dundee United Res. | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 33 | 20 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 13 | 23 |
| 5 | St. Mirren Res. | 15 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 29 | 29 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 19 | 0 | 22 |
| 6 | Kilmarnock Res. | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 30 | 25 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 5 | 20 |
| 7 | Greenock Morton Res. | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 30 | 29 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 1 | 18 |
| 8 | Motherwell Res. | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 27 | 30 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 20 | -3 | 18 |
| 9 | Dunfermline Res. | 13 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 16 | 32 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 19 | -16 | 9 |
| 10 | Queen of the South Res. | 14 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 14 | 49 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 30 | -35 | 5 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Hibernian Res. | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 13 |
| 2 | Dundee Res. | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 |
| 3 | Queen's Park Res. | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 9 |
| 4 | Kilmarnock Res. | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 7 |
| 5 | Ayr United Res. | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -3 | 7 |
| 6 | Hamilton Academical Res. | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | -8 | 5 |
| 7 | Motherwell Res. | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 8 | Livingston Res. | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 9 | Queen of the South Res. | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 8 | -2 | 4 |
| 10 | Dundee United Res. | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 1 |
