FM Preview: Elgin City v Queen's Park 05 Mar 2013

Last updated : 04 March 2013 By Footymad Previewer

Footymad preview History of the Elgin City v Queen's Park fixture

Elgin City prepare to entertain Queen's Park at Borough Briggs on Tuesday evening, needing to improve on a poor record between the sides. The visitors have won 9 of the 20 previous games, with the City winning just 5.

The most recent encounter between these two sides at Borough Briggs was earlier this season, where Queen's Park annihilated the City 0-4 in a Scottish Division Three match.

Recent encounters between the teams

Season Date Team Result Team Comp
2012/2013 Sat 15 Dec Queen's Park 1 - 1 Elgin City Scottish Division Three
2012/2013 Sat 22 Sep Elgin City 0-4 Queen's Park Scottish Division Three
2011/2012 Sat 05 May Queen's Park 1 - 3 Elgin City Scottish Division Three
2011/2012 Sat 03 Mar Elgin City 1 - 1 Queen's Park Scottish Division Three
2011/2012 Sat 14 Jan Queen's Park 6 - 0 Elgin City Scottish Division Three
2011/2012 Sat 26 Nov Queen's Park 3 - 1 Elgin City Scottish F.A. Cup
2011/2012 Sat 19 Nov Elgin City 1 - 1 Queen's Park Scottish F.A. Cup

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Recent respective form guides

Elgin City's home form is poor, winning just 2 of the last six, and losing the other 4. While City have scored 11, a worringly large 17 have been leaked at the other end.

The away form of Queen's Park however, is much more impressive, with a marvellous return of five wins and one defeat from the last six. The games have constituted a decent return of 13 goals for the Spiders, and 7 goals against.

Elgin City lie just outside the playoff positions in the Irn Bru Scottish Division Three, picking up 32 points from their 25 games so far.

Queen's Park are just outside the promotion places, in 2nd, having taken 43 points from 25 games.

Current overall team form

Team P W D L F A P
Elgin City 6 1 1 4 11 15 4
Queen's Park 6 3 1 2 10 9 10

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FootyMad's prediction ...

Nothing seems to be going right for the City at home recently, and we can see no immediate turn around in fortunes as the Spiders come away with an easy victory. Away win

Sequence statistics

Team Sequences
Elgin City 9 games since last home draw.
Latest 3 games ended in defeat.
Not won in the 3 most recent games.
Queen's Park 7 games since last away draw.
Last drawn game 6 outings ago.

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