About Match
Queen of the South go into the game 10th in the table on 4 points; Montrose sit 3rd on 12 — an 8-point gap. Recent form flatters Queen of the South's table spot — 6th league-wide over the last five rounds while sitting 10th. Scoring rates set the scale: Queen of the South 0.83 scored and 2 conceded per game, Montrose 1.57 and 1.71, with the league averaging 1.2. Victory would move Queen of the South to 7 points and up to 7th, with other results unchanged.
Six consecutive wins precede this game for Montrose, having scored in 6 consecutive games. Queen of the South have banked 8 of the last 15 points on offer; Montrose, 15.
The head-to-head ledger counts 13 games: 5 Queen of the South wins, 7 for Montrose, 1 draw, at 3.38 goals per meeting. Home advantage is real in this fixture: whoever hosted won 62% of the meetings. 77% of the meetings finished with three goals or more, and both sides scored in 69%.
The match takes place at Palmerston Park in Dumfries (capacity 8,690).