Queen of the South 4–3 Dunfermline: Result & Stats

Queen of the South

FT

4 – 3

HT: 2 – 1

Dunfermline

B. Dickenson 76'

F. O'Donoghue 74'

J. Stott 11'

K. Guthrie 6'

B. Stewart 83', 79'

R. MacLeod 41'

12/16/2025

League #182 · Round of 32Palmerston Park

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on goals from last 3+ matches

Queen of the South38%

×Draw18%

Dunfermline43%

✓ Correct in 50 of 100 matches — 5 more than always backing the home side

Model

50.2%

Always home

44.5%

The model picks a winner (home or away) for each finished match using only pre-kickoff data, then checks it against the real result: 50.2% correct across 585,598 matches, vs 44.5% for always backing the home side.

Home picks 50.5% correct · Away picks 49.3% correct

Football matches only. Past performance is not indicative of future results.

Queen of the SouthExpected goals in this matchDunfermline

Expected goals in this match

What is xG?

Every shot is scored 0–1 by how likely it is to be a goal from that spot — a chance in the middle of the box ≈ 0.4, a long shot from a tight angle ≈ 0.03, a penalty ≈ 0.76. Add them up over a match and that is the xG.

The scoreline can lie: you can win 1-0 on a fluke while creating half the chances. xG shows who was really closer to scoring — and over a season it predicts results better than goals alone.

2.67

2.83

Queen of the South

2.67

Dunfermline

2.83

Both teams create about equally

Season form · 3 home / 3 away

2.33

creates per match

3.33

2.33

allows per match

3.00

creates per match

Queen of the South

2.33

Dunfermline

3.33

allows per match

Queen of the South

2.33

Dunfermline

3.00

+0.00on par

finishing

+0.00on par

finishing

Queen of the South+0.00on par

Dunfermline+0.00on par

Total goals

Over91
Under9

3+ goals likely

Both teams score

Yes87
No13

Both teams likely to score

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

Queen of the South ↓

Dunfermline →

0

1

2

3

4

0

0–00%

0–11%

0–22%

0–32%

0–41%

1

1–01%

1–13%

1–25%

1–34%

1–43%

2

2–02%

2–14%

2–26%

2–36%

2–44%

3

3–01%

3–14%

3–25%

3–35%

3–44%

4

4–01%

4–13%

4–24%

4–33%

4–42%

Most likely 2–2 (6%) · grid covers 77% of scorelines

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Total goals

OverUnder0.5

100%0%1.5

97%3%2.5

91%9%3.5

79%21%4.5

63%37%

Double chance

Queen of the South or draw

57%

Queen of the South or Dunfermline

82%

Draw or Dunfermline

62%

Winning margin

Queen of the South wins by 2+

23%

Dunfermline wins by 2+

26%

Team goals

Queen of the South 1+ goals

93%

Queen of the South 2+ goals

74%

Queen of the South 3+ goals

49%

Dunfermline 1+ goals

94%

Dunfermline 2+ goals

77%

Dunfermline 3+ goals

53%

Draw no bet

Queen of the South (draw refunded)

47%

Dunfermline (draw refunded)

53%

Combos

Both score & 3+ goals

84%

Both score & under 3

3%

Model probabilities, not odds. For information only.

How is this calculated?

Every number below comes from this match — nothing is made up.

1

Recent form of each side

Queen of the South at home — creates 2.33, concedes 2.33 · 3 matches

Dunfermline away — creates 3.33, concedes 3.00 · 3 matches

⚑ Home and away form are counted separately — the home-field edge is already baked into these numbers.

2

Expected goals for this match

Queen of the South attack 2.33 + Dunfermline defence 3.00 → ÷2 → 2.67

Dunfermline attack 3.33 + Queen of the South defence 2.33 → ÷2 → 2.83

Each side's attack is blended with the other's defence, then averaged.

3

Chance of every scoreline

From those two numbers a Poisson distribution gives the probability of each exact score — the grid shown above.

4

The answer to "why 43%?"

Queen of the South scores more

38%

level

18%

Dunfermline scores more

43%

Dunfermline at 43% is simply the biggest of the three — that is the pick.

What the model can't see

It reads only the stats of recent matches. It knows nothing about:

injuries & suspensions
the matchday lineup
motivation — cup, relegation, a title race
weather & pitch condition
in-game coaching decisions

So 43% does not mean "Dunfermline will win" — it means "on the available stats, this is the most likely result."

Statistical model based on expected goals (xG). For informational purposes only.

Match Events

6'

K. Guthrie↳ L. Smith

11'

J. Stott↳ L. Smith

41'

R. MacLeod↳ K. Ngwenya

74'

F. O'Donoghue

76'

B. Dickenson↳ B. Luissint

79'

B. Stewart↳ R. MacLeod

83'

B. Stewart↳ K. Bray

Queen

Dunfermline

Manager: Peter Murphy

Manager: Neil Lennon