FM Preview: Queen's Park v Elgin City 30 Mar 2013

Last updated : 29 March 2013 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 earlier this season, where the two sides shared the spoils courtesy of a 1 - 1 final scoreline in a Scottish Division Three match.

Recent encounters between the teams

Season Date Team Result Team Comp
2012/2013 Tue 05 Mar Elgin City 3 - 5 Queen's Park Scottish Division Three
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

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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 goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period, 9 to 7.

Elgin City have an average recent record on the road, seeing them win just 1 and draw 2 of the last six. While the City have hit 6 goals, 11 have hit the back of the wrong net.

Queen's Park are just outside the promotion places, in 2nd, having taken 49 points from 28 games.

Elgin City lie just outside the playoff positions in the Irn Bru Scottish Division Three, picking up 35 from their 28 games so far.

Current overall team form

Team P W D L F A P
Queen's Park 6 4 0 2 14 9 12
Elgin City 6 1 0 5 8 15 3

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FootyMad's prediction ...

FootyMad see this game edging towards a narrow win for the Spiders, as the City have been none too clever on the road in recent matches. Home win

Sequence statistics

Team Sequences
Queen's Park Not drawn a match in their last 8 .
Elgin City 4 games since last away draw.
Last drawn game 8 outings ago.

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