Match Report
Arbroath went into the game 1st in the table on 64 points; Queen of the South sat 3rd on 55 — a 9-point gap. Recent form told a different story for Arbroath: only 5th in the league over the last five rounds despite sitting 1st. Scoring rates set the scale: Arbroath 1.61 scored and 1.17 conceded per game, Queen of the South 1.28 and 1.14, with the league averaging 1.35.
Queen of the South had won five straight. The five-game form split read 9/15 points for Arbroath against 15/15 for Queen of the South.
15 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Arbroath 6, draws 5, Queen of the South 4, at 2.6 goals per meeting. Only 33% of these meetings ended in a home win.
Gayfield Park in Arbroath, capacity 5,900, hosted the game. G. Soutar officiated: 57 games logged, averaging 2.4 yellow cards each. Half-time and full-time told different stories: Queen of the South led 1-0 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 1-1.