About Match
3 points for Queen of the South (10th), 7 for East Fife (5th): a 4-point gap. Scoring rates set the scale: Queen of the South 0.8 scored and 2.2 conceded per game, East Fife 0.83 and 0.67, with the league averaging 1.19. A win would lift Queen of the South to 6 points and up to 8th (other results unchanged).
6 games without a win frame East Fife's arrival. From the last five rounds, Queen of the South hold 9 points of 15 and East Fife 3.
The head-to-head ledger counts 6 games: 3 Queen of the South wins, 1 for East Fife, 2 draws, at 3.33 goals per meeting. Hosting has counted for little in this fixture — the home side has won only 33% of those meetings. 83% of the meetings finished with three goals or more.
The venue is Palmerston Park, with room for 8,690 spectators.