Match Report
Queen's Park (6th, 41 pts) visited Arbroath (3rd, 52 pts) with 11 points between them. Scoring rates set the scale: Arbroath 1.19 scored and 1.14 conceded per game, Queen's Park 0.97 and 1.33, with the league averaging 1.22.
Arbroath's last four games had all finished level.
Across 11 recorded meetings, Arbroath have 3 wins to Queen's Park's 7, with 1 draw, at 3.45 goals per meeting. Home advantage has meant little here: 36% of the meetings went to the host. Three-plus goals is the norm here, arriving in 73% of the meetings, and both sides scored in 64%. Recent editions have opened up: 4.6 goals per game across the last five meetings against 3.45 historically.
The venue was Gayfield Park, with room for 5,900 spectators. Arbroath led 1-0 at the break — the second half brought no more goals and it finished 1-0.
Goal scorers
Arbroath: Gavin Reilly (17')
Key stats
Possession: Arbroath 48% · Queen's Park 52% · Total shots: 1-7 · On target: 1-3 · Corners: 8-4