FM Preview: Queens Park v Elgin City 18 Dec 2010

Last updated : 17 December 2010 By Footymad Previewer
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History of the Queens Park v Elgin City fixture

Elgin City face a trip to Queens 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 was less than a year ago, in April 2010, with Elgin City inflicting a narrow 0 - 1 defeat upon the The Spiders in a Scottish Division Three match.

For a detailed analysis of the head-to-head between the two sides, click here

Recent encounters between the teams:
2010/2011Sat 16 OctElgin City4 - 2Queens ParkSCD3
2009/2010Sat 24 AprQueens Park0 - 1Elgin CitySCD3
2009/2010Tue 30 MarElgin City0 - 1Queens ParkSCD3
2009/2010Sat 31 OctQueens Park0 - 3Elgin CitySCD3
2009/2010Sat 15 AugElgin City0 - 1Queens ParkSCD3
2006/2007Sat 21 AprQueens Park3 - 0Elgin CitySCD3
2006/2007Sat 24 FebElgin City0 - 3Queens ParkSCD3

Recent respective form guides

Queens Park's home form is poor, winning just 2 of the last six, and losing the other 4. The The Spiders's have scored 8 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 9.

Elgin City's away form is none too clever either, coming away with three points on 3 occasions, but drawing 1 and losing 2. The City's have a narrow positive goal difference over these games, with 7 goals for and 6 against.

Queens Park are hovering perilously just above the relegation zone, with 10 points from 13 matches. Elgin City's total of 23 points from their 15 games sees them sitting in the playoff places in Irn Bru Scottish Division Three.

For a detailed analysis of team form guides throughout the leagues, click here

Current form guides:PWDLFAP
Queens Park611410134
Elgin City641110513

FootyMad's prediction ...

Elgin City are in reasonable form away from home coming into this match, and the Madmen are quite confident that they should come away with a comfortable victory from this contest. Away win

Sequence statistics:
Queens Park Been beaten in each of their previous 2 home matches.
Failed to win in previous 2 home matches.
Latest 2 games ended in defeat.
Not won in the 5 most recent games.
Elgin City 4 games since last away draw.
6 games since last defeat.