FM Preview: Queen's Park v Elgin City 15 Dec 2012

Last updated : 14 December 2012 By Footymad Previewer

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

Elgin City face a trip to Queen's Park at Hampden Park on Saturday afternoon, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The City will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them ending up on the losing side in more than half of the games played between the two.

The most recent encounter between these two sides at Hampden Park was less than a year ago, in May 2012, as the visitors ran out cosy 1 - 3 winners in a Scottish Division Three match.

Recent encounters between the teams

Season Date Team Result Team Comp
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
2011/2012 Sat 20 Aug Elgin City 2 - 0 Queen's Park Scottish Division Three

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Recent respective form guides

Queen's Park are not in the best of form at home, with two wins, two draws, and two defeats in their last six. The Spiders's have scored 9 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 10.

Elgin City have an average recent record on the road, collecting 1 win and 3 draws from the last six played. While the City have hit 10 goals, 14 have hit the back of the wrong net.

Queen's Park are just outside the promotion places, in 3rd, having taken 22 points from 13 games.

Elgin City are just outside the promotion places, in 2nd, having taken 26 points from 14 games.

Current overall team form

Team P W D L F A P
Queen's Park 6 2 2 2 8 11 8
Elgin City 6 4 1 1 15 8 13

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FootyMad's prediction ...

Nothing appears to be going right for the City out on the road recently, yet the Madmen can see a turn around in fortunes as they battle to a victory in a closely fought contest at Queen's Park. Away win

Sequence statistics

Team Sequences
Queen's Park 4 games since last home draw.
Unbeaten run of 3 matches.
Elgin City Not won in previous 2 away matches.

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