FM Preview: Queen of the South v Albion Rovers 23 Feb 2013

Last updated : 22 February 2013 By Footymad Previewer

Footymad preview History of the Queen of the South v Albion Rovers fixture

Albion Rovers face a trip to Queen of the South at Palmerston Park on Saturday afternoon, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The Wee Rovers will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them lose 31 and win only 9 of the 49 games.

The most recent encounter between these two sides at Palmerston Park was earlier this season, the Doonhamers carving out a narrow 1-0 victory in a Scottish Division Two match.

Recent encounters between the teams

Season Date Team Result Team Comp
2012/2013 Sat 12 Jan Albion Rvs. 0 - 3 Queen o.t.S. Scottish Division Two
2012/2013 Sat 25 Aug Queen o.t.S. 1-0 Albion Rvs. Scottish Division Two
2010/2011 Sat 24 Jul Queen o.t.S. 2 - 1 Albion Rvs. Scottish Challenge Cup
2005/2006 Sat 30 Jul Queen o.t.S. 4 - 0 Albion Rvs. Scottish Challenge Cup
2004/2005 Tue 17 Aug Queen o.t.S. 1 - 2 Albion Rvs. Scottish League Cup
1994/1995 Wed 10 Aug Queen o.t.S. 2 - 0 Albion Rvs. Scottish League Cup
1993/1994 Sat 12 Mar Queen o.t.S. 1 - 2 Albion Rvs. Scottish Division Two

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Recent respective form guides

Queen of the South are unbeaten in their last six home games, winning five of them, and drawing the other one. In this time, Doonhamers have rattled up an impressive 15 goals, and conceded 4.

In complete contrast to Queen of the South, Albion Rovers are having a torrid time on their travels, collecting just 1 solitary point from the last six. While the Wee Rovers have hit 4 goals, 14 have hit the back of the wrong net.

Queen of the South are leading the way in the Irn Bru Scottish Division Two, with their 24 games giving them a return of 63 points.

Albion Rovers find themselves stuck right at the bottom of the division. Their 22 games have yielded only 14 points.

Current overall team form

Team P W D L F A P
Queen of the South 6 5 1 0 18 3 16
Albion Rovers 6 0 0 6 5 16 0

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FootyMad's prediction ...

Wee Rovers are in poor form away, and the FootyMad team are afraid to say this game can be passed over as a comfortable defeat against Queen of the South. Home win

Sequence statistics

Team Sequences
Queen of the South Unbeaten in the last 11 home games.
Unbeaten run of 10 matches.
Albion Rovers Lost each of the previous 4 away matches.
Not won in previous 9 away matches.
An overall losing run of 6 games.
No win in the 6 most recent games.

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