Queen’s Park
- Queen’s Park are struggling in ninth in the Championship 2025-2026 after amassing only 21 points from 21 games and manager Sean Crighton, appointed in May 2025, has been unable to reverse that trend.
- Spiders have failed to win any of their last five games in all competitions (1 draw, 4 defeats), their recent results including a 4-1 away defeat to Raith Rovers in the league and a penalty shootout defeat to Dunfermline after a 1-1 draw at home in the Challenge Cup.
- Spiders do have some pace and width, but have been lacking a cutting edge this term with Seb Drozd, their top scorer, netting only three times in 20 Championship appearances.
Ross County
- Ross County are only one place behind in the Championship table in 10th with 19 points from 22 matches, but there is much to play for in this bottom of the table battle.
- Stuart Kettlewell took charge of the Staggies in December 2025 and has injected the team with some tactical flexibility - they switch between back-three and back-four systems, press high and look to hit the counter-attack at pace.
- Ross County will be buoyed by the confidence of last month’s battling 0-1 away win at Airdrieonians and the fact that they held Greenock Morton to a 0-0 away draw on Saturday.
- Ronan Hale is Ross County’s main goal threat, bagging seven times in 19 league appearances, but Jay Henderson has hit form recently, scoring two of the last four league goals in his last five appearances.
- Ross County have only scored eight goals in 10 away league games this term, which shows their problem in the final third.
Head-to-Head
- Queen’s Park may have the edge from the last meeting.
- Queen’s Park won the reverse fixture 2-1 away four months ago.
Key Players
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Queen’s Park
- Seb Drozd - top scorer with three goals in the Championship this term.
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Ross County
- Ronan Hale - main goal threat with seven league goals.
- Jay Henderson - has scored two of the last four league goals for the Staggies.
Betting Insights
- Ross County win is priced at 2.08, with the hosts quoted at 3.3 and the draw at 3.25.
- Under 2.5 goals at 1.77 is the preferred bet here given recent low-scoring fixtures.
- Queen’s Park have conceded 11 goals in 10 home games and average 1.10 goals against per match at home in the Championship.
Prediction
- With two evenly-matched teams meeting, it could be the midfields that determine this contest and both managers are likely to see their tactical plans picked apart in patches by the other.
- Ross County’s pressing should unsettle the Spiders enough to give them the edge in what is likely to be a close contest.
