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Arbroath travel to take on Queens Park at Hampden Park on Saturday afternoon, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The Red Lichties will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them lose 27 and win only 11 of the 52 games.
The last time the two teams met at Queens Park was just over four years ago, in January 2001, where the two sides shared the spoils courtesy of a 1 - 1 final scoreline in a Scottish Division Two match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2000/2001 | Sat 17 Mar | Arbroath | 2 - 0 | Queens Park | SCD2 |
| 2000/2001 | Sat 20 Jan | Queens Park | 1 - 1 | Arbroath | SCD2 |
| 2000/2001 | Sat 11 Nov | Arbroath | 2 - 2 | Queens Park | SCD2 |
| 2000/2001 | Sat 23 Sep | Queens Park | 0 - 0 | Arbroath | SCD2 |
| 1997/1998 | Sat 09 May | Arbroath | 1 - 1 | Queens Park | SCD3 |
| 1997/1998 | Sat 21 Feb | Queens Park | 0 - 2 | Arbroath | SCD3 |
| 1997/1998 | Sat 10 Jan | Arbroath | 2 - 2 | Queens Park | SCD3 |
Recent respective form guides
Queens Park's home form is poor, winning just 2 of the last six, and losing the other 4. While Spiders have scored 8, a worringly large 11 have been leaked at the other end.
The away form of Arbroath is pretty dire, collecting just 1 solitary point from the last six. While the Red Lichties have hit 4 goals, 14 have hit the back of the wrong net.
Queens Park lie just outside the playoff positions in the Bells Scottish Division Three, picking up 10 points from their 7 games so far. Arbroath are hovering perilously just above the relegation zone, with 5 points from 7 matches.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Queens Park | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 7 |
| Arbroath | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 4 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
FootyMad see this game edging towards a narrow win for the Spiders, as the Red Lichties have been none too clever on the road in recent matches. Home win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Queens Park | 10 games since last home draw. |
| Arbroath | Lost each of the previous 4 away matches. Not won in previous 11 away matches. An overall losing run of 2 games. No win in the 5 most recent games. |