IT'S WIN OR BUST AS QUEENS TAKE ON BRECHIN

Sean O'Connor

After their marvelous victory over Dundee last week, Queens must be confident of victory against rock bottom Brechin at Palmy tomorrow. Manager Ian McCall has issued a rallying call to the troops and hopes the fans will turn out in force tomorrow and cheer the boys on to a handsome victory.

Victory is even more important as Stranraer face a tough hurdle at Dundee which gives the Queens further opportunity to claw back the points difference to just three points. It will be another dour struggle with the Glebe Park side content to sit back and hopefully hit us on the break. We should have enough fire power though to handle them and I confident of a win.

McCall has a full fit squad to pick from with the exception of Dillon who has a worrying leg injury. Some of the first team squad had a run out against Albion Rovers reserves during the week with Weir,Paton and Mullen amongst the goals as Queens strolled to a 6-1 win.

Mullen again looked impressive and could have had a least a hatrick. Meanwhile some great news concerning Sean O'Connor. The big striker has had a successful operation and there is even talk he may be back sooner than anticipated.


History of the Queen of the South v Brechin City fixture

Queen o.t.S. prepare to entertain Brechin City at Palmerston Park on Saturday afternoon, looking to continue an impressive record. The The Doonhamers are clearly on top, having won 25 and lost only 6 of the 39 games.

The most recent encounter between these two sides at Palmerston Park was earlier this season, when they played out a goalless draw in a Scottish Division One match.

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Recent encounters between the teams:
2005/2006	Tue 25 Oct	Brechin City	1 - 1	Queen o.t.S.	SCD1
2005/2006	Sat 13 Aug	Queen o.t.S.	0-0	Brechin City	SCD1
2003/2004	Sat 24 Apr	Queen o.t.S.	2 - 2	Brechin City	SCD1
2003/2004	Sat 14 Feb	Brechin City	2 - 1	Queen o.t.S.	SCD1
2003/2004	Sat 13 Dec	Queen o.t.S.	1 - 0	Brechin City	SCD1
2003/2004	Sat 04 Oct	Brechin City	0 - 1	Queen o.t.S.	SCD1
2002/2003	Sun 20 Oct	Queen o.t.S.	2 - 0	Brechin City	SCC

Recent respective form guides

Queen of the South losing only 1 of the last six, but drawing 4 of them. The goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period, 7 to 6.

The away form of Brechin City is pretty dire, losing every single one of the last six matches played! The City have conceded 17 goals in these games, and only hit 3 in reply.

Queen o.t.S. are hovering perilously just above the relegation zone, with 16 points from 25 matches. Brechin City find themselves stuck right at the bottom of the division. Their 26 games have yielded only 10 points.

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Current form guides:	P	W	D	L	F	A	P
Queen o.t.S.	6	2	2	2	8	8	8
Brechin City	6	0	2	4	1	10	2

FootyMad's prediction ...

Queen o.t.S. are not exactly setting the world alight at Palmerston Park at the moment, but your FootyMad team are quietly confident that they can ease past Brechin City in this game. Home Win

Sequence statistics:
Queen o.t.S.	Unbeaten in the last 4 home games. Not drawn a match in their last 4 .
Brechin City	Lost each of the previous 6 away matches. Not won in previous 13 away matches. No win in the 7 most recent games.