Queen's Park vs Livingston Prediction

Two very different recent runs

Queen's Park's Championship form has been patchy at best. Over their last ten league matches they've won just twice, drawn once and lost the rest, including home defeats to Ayr United and Stenhousemuir. That kind of run explains why they're struggling near the bottom of the table.

Queen's Park: 20 completed matches; Livingston: 20 completed matches.

Queen's Park

20 matches

Win

35% 7 / 20

Draw

15% 3 / 20

Loss

50% 10 / 20

Scored

24

Conceded

25

Difference

-1

Livingston

20 matches

Win

50% 10 / 20

Draw

20% 4 / 20

Loss

30% 6 / 20

Scored

34

Conceded

17

Difference

+17

Livingston's picture is more complicated. They won four league games in a row through August, but since the end of that month they haven't won again in the Championship, picking up two draws and five defeats in their last seven. So while they're still above Queen's Park in the standings, their current momentum is nothing like it was a couple of months ago.

Livingston's table position reflects an August hot streak more than their current form.

Comparative Team Statistics: Queen's Park vs Livingston

Livingston have had the upper hand lately

The two sides met in this same fixture back in August this season, with Livingston winning 2-0 at Queen's Park's ground. Looking further back, Livingston have also won 3-0 and 5-0 in recent seasons, and there's been a string of draws mixed in too.

Some of these meetings stretch back years and span different competitions and league levels, so they shouldn't be read as a guarantee of anything. But the general trend across recent seasons does lean towards Livingston, even allowing for some drawn games along the way.

A clear gap in the table

Both clubs have played 11 league games. Livingston sit 5th with 14 points, while Queen's Park are down in 10th with just 7. The goal difference tells a similar story, with Livingston on plus three and Queen's Park on minus twelve.

That's a sizeable gap for this stage of the season, and it lines up with the general sense that Queen's Park have had the tougher campaign of the two so far.

How this one might play out

On paper, the table and the head-to-head record both point towards Livingston. But their recent slide without a win complicates things, and Queen's Park's home form hasn't been strong enough this season to lean on either.

It wouldn't be a shock if this turned into a tighter contest than the standings suggest, given neither side is in particularly convincing form right now.