FootyMAD's Brechin City match preview

Last updated : 12 December 2003 By Footymad Previewer
History of the Queen of the South v Brechin City fixture

Queen o.t.S. prepare to entertain Brechin City at Palmerston Park on Saturday evening, with high hopes of improving on their excellent record against the opposition, having chalked up an impressive 24 wins out of 36 previous matches.

The most recent encounter between these two sides at Palmerston Park was just last season, in October 2002, with Queen o.t.S. running out comfortable 2-0 winners in a Scottish Challenge Cup match.

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Recent encounters between the teams:
2003/2004Sat 04 OctBrechin City0 - 1Queen o.t.S.SCD1
2002/2003Sun 20 OctQueen o.t.S.2-0Brechin CitySCC
1997/1998Sat 14 MarQueen o.t.S.1 - 1Brechin CitySCD2
1997/1998Tue 03 FebBrechin City1 - 1Queen o.t.S.SCD2
1997/1998Sat 22 NovQueen o.t.S.0 - 0Brechin CitySCD2
1997/1998Sat 27 SepBrechin City0 - 3Queen o.t.S.SCD2
1996/1997Sat 05 AprBrechin City0 - 1Queen o.t.S.SCD2

Recent respective form guides

Queen of the South have only performed averagely at home, winning 3 and losing 2 of their last six. The goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period, 10 to 8.

The away form of Brechin City is pretty dire, collecting just 1 solitary point from the last six. City have conceded 18 goals in these games, and only hit 3 in reply.

Queen o.t.S. see themselves just below half way in the Bells Scottish Division One, showing a record of 26 points from their 16 games played so far, Brechin City find themselves stuck right at the bottom of the division. Their 16 games have yielded only 9 points.

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Current form guides:PWDLFAP
Queen o.t.S.62136107
Brechin City62229118

FootyMad's prediction ...

Its a close one to call, but I think that The Doonhamers's reasonable showing at home is going to see them scrape past Brechin City. Home Win

Sequence statistics:
Queen o.t.S. Latest 3 games ended in defeat.
Not won in the 3 most recent games.
Brechin City Not won in previous 6 away matches.
No win in the 2 most recent games.