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Queen's Park v St. Johnstone : Championship match betting preview, prediction and odds

Tue 24th Feb, 19:45 BST, Ochilview Park, Stenhousemuir

Saturday afternoon sees Barry Nicholson’s Queen's Park and Simo Valakari’s St. Johnstone go up against one another in a Championship battle at the Ochilview Park. Analysing both clubs' last 20 Championship matches, as well as trends within the competition and the betting market, to generate our match predictions. All the stats, including head to heads (H2H), are shown below, alongside odds.


Best Tip: Over 1.5 goals

Neither Queen's Park or St. Johnstone are in the kind of form that would have us feeling confident enough to tip a match winner, so instead we've gone for over 1.5 goals. The statistics tell us that both have form in this market, both individually and when going head-to-head. We're predicting there's a 74% chance of two goals or more.

In-Play
Win / Draw / Win
Over / Under 1.5 Goals
Over / Under 2.5 Goals
Over / Under 3.5 Goals
Win To Nil
Both Teams To Score
Correct Score
Both Teams To Score & Result
Double Chance
Half Time / Full Time
Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
Draw No Bet
Team To Score First
An away win looks like the most likely outcome in the win/draw/win market, with our predictive algorithm suggesting there’s a 57% chance of St. Johnstone coming away with a win.

Checkout the hundreds of tips picked but our top win/draw/win tipsters

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Queen's Park
19%
21/45/1
Draw
23%
31/1017/5
St. Johnstone
57%
2/52/5
St. Johnstone 1-0
12%
7/16/1
Draw 1-1
11%
15/27/1
St. Johnstone 2-0
11%
6/111/2
St. Johnstone 2-1
10%
8/113/2
Draw 0-0
7%
12/111/1
Queen's Park 1-0
6%
18/112/1
St. Johnstone 3-0
6%
17/215/2
St. Johnstone 3-1
6%
11/19/1
Queen's Park 2-1
5%
20/116/1
Draw 2-2
4%
18/114/1
Queen's Park 2-0
3%
40/122/1
St. Johnstone 4-0
3%
16/112/1
St. Johnstone 3-2
3%
25/118/1
St. Johnstone 4-1
2%
20/114/1
Queen's Park 3-1
2%
50/133/1
Over 2.5 Goals
49%
4/68/13
Under 2.5 Goals
51%
23/2011/10
Home 1st Goal
40%
21/1012/5
Away 1st Goal
55%
2/54/11
No 1st Goal
5%
12/111/1
BTTS - Yes
49%
5/610/11
BTTS - No
51%
5/64/5
BTTS - Home Win
9%
11/110/1
BTTS - Draw
16%
9/219/4
BTTS - Away Win
24%
11/52/1
Home/draw
43%
8/59/5
Away/draw
81%
1/121/10
Home/away
77%
1/62/11
Over 1.5 Goals
74%
1/52/11
Under 1.5 Goals
26%
10/329/10
Over 3.5 Goals
27%
13/86/4
Under 3.5 Goals
73%
4/94/9
Over 4.5 Goals
13%
7/210/3
Under 4.5 Goals
87%
1/62/13
Over 5.5 Goals
5%
7/17/1
Under 5.5 Goals
95%
1/161/25
Over 0.5 Goals
93%
1/801/66
Under 0.5 Goals
7%
12/110/1
Home DNB
36%
4/14/1
Away DNB
74%
1/71/7
Queen's Park win to nil
10%
12/1-
St. Johnstone win to nil
33%
11/8-
Queen's Park / Queen's Park
7%
10/117/2
Queen's Park / St. Johnstone
4%
20/116/1
Queen's Park / Draw
4%
18/114/1
Draw / Queen's Park
6%
12/111/1
Draw / St. Johnstone
20%
10/316/5
Draw / Draw
12%
6/111/2
St. Johnstone / Queen's Park
2%
40/133/1
St. Johnstone / St. Johnstone
41%
21/2021/20
St. Johnstone / Draw
5%
18/114/1
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Win / draw / win Championship table

Queen's Park have played 24 matches so far this season and are in 8th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

18 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 8 games, drawn 7 and won 3. Queen's Park have conceded 34 goals, scored 20, failed to score in 5 matches and kept 3 clean sheets.

Home league performance

Queen's Park have played 12 games at home, winning 3, drawing 5 and losing 4 fixtures. They have scored 12 goals, conceded 14 goals, kept 3 clean sheets and failed to score 5 times in home league games.

St. Johnstone lay in 1st place on 50 points in the Championship league table having played 25 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 25 games against teams below them in the table, winning 14, drawing 8 and losing 3 games. They have scored 46 goals and kept 13 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. St. Johnstone have conceded 20 goals and have failed to score in 6 matches.

Away league performance

St. Johnstone have played 12 away games, winning 7, drawing 3 and losing 2 games. They have scored an average of 1.7 goals per away game and conceded an average 0.9 goals per away game.

Won
Draw
Lost
Queen's Park
St. Johnstone
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
St. Johnstone252650 
l
 
1-2A
l
 
4-3A
Feb 24
Mar 28
-
-
-
-
2
Partick251047 
l
 
0-1A
l
 
5-0A
d
 
2-2A
May 1
w
 
5-1A
l
 
2-1A
d
 
2-2A
Mar 20
3
Arbroath25440 
l
 
1-3A
l
 
4-1A
w
 
2-1A
Mar 21
w
 
3-0F
l
 
3-1F
w
 
1-0F
Apr 4
4
Ayr United24333 
d
 
0-00-0
d
 
1-1F
Mar 14
-
d
 
0-00-0
w
 
2-4A
Feb 28
May 1
5
Raith Rovers26230 
w
 
2-1F
d
 
1-1F
Apr 4
l
 
4-1A
d
 
0-00-0
w
 
0-2F
Apr 25
d
 
0-00-0
6
Greenock 26-630 
d
 
0-00-0
l
 
2-1A
w
 
3-2A
Apr 18
d
 
1-1A
w
 
0-4F
w
 
5-0F
Mar 7
7
Dunfermline24129 
d
 
1-1F
d
 
0-00-0
Apr 25
Feb 28
w
 
2-1A
d
 
2-2A
l
 
0-1A
Apr 18
8
Queen's Park24-1027 
-
-
-
-
w
 
4-3F
w
 
1-2F
Mar 28
Feb 24
9
Airdrieonians26-1423 
d
 
0-00-0
d
 
1-1A
Mar 7
w
 
0-3F
w
 
3-0F
w
 
1-2F
Apr 11
w
 
0-1F
10
Ross County25-1623 
l
 
0-1A
w
 
1-2F
Apr 11
w
 
0-1F
d
 
0-00-0
w
 
0-1F
Mar 14
d
 
0-00-0
Promotion
Promotion Play Off
Relegation Play Off
Relegation
Win / draw / win form
3
St. Johnstone have kept a clean sheet for 3 consecutive away league games
Queen's Park 8TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
17
Conceded
38
Games: Scored
11 / 20
Conceded
17 / 20
Clean sheets
3 / 20
Failed to score
9 / 20
W
3
Draw
5
Lost
12
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Queen's Park3 - 2Greenock
Queen's Park0 - 1Ross County
Queen's Park2 - 1Arbroath
Queen's Park2 - 2Partick
Queen's Park1 - 1Dunfermline
Queen's Park2 - 1Raith Rovers
Queen's Park0 - 0Ayr United
Queen's Park0 - 0Airdrieonians
Queen's Park0 - 1Partick
Queen's Park1 - 2St. Johnstone
Queen's Park0 - 0Greenock
Queen's Park1 - 3Arbroath
Queen's Park1 - 5Raith Rovers
Queen's Park0 - 1Dunfermline
Queen's Park0 - 5Airdrieonians
Queen's Park0 - 4Falkirk
Queen's Park0 - 2Partick
Queen's Park2 - 3Ayr United
Queen's Park1 - 2Hamilton
Queen's Park1 - 2Greenock
Goals: Scored
23
Conceded
31
Games: Scored
13 / 20
Conceded
14 / 20
Clean sheets
6 / 20
Failed to score
7 / 20
Won
6
Draw
6
Lost
8
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HQueen's Park3 - 2Greenock
AQueen's Park1 - 0Ross County
HQueen's Park0 - 1Ross County
HQueen's Park2 - 1Arbroath
AQueen's Park1 - 4Raith Rovers
HQueen's Park2 - 2Partick
AQueen's Park3 - 0Airdrieonians
HQueen's Park1 - 1Dunfermline
AQueen's Park1 - 2Greenock
AQueen's Park3 - 4St. Johnstone
HQueen's Park2 - 1Raith Rovers
AQueen's Park0 - 5Partick
HQueen's Park0 - 0Ayr United
HQueen's Park0 - 0Airdrieonians
AQueen's Park1 - 4Arbroath
AQueen's Park0 - 0Dunfermline
HQueen's Park0 - 1Partick
HQueen's Park1 - 2St. Johnstone
AQueen's Park2 - 1Ross County
HQueen's Park0 - 0Greenock
St. Johnstone 1ST
20 league games
Away
3
Overall
Goals: Scored
27
Conceded
27
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
13 / 20
Clean sheets
7 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
8
D
4
Lost
8
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Raith Rovers0 - 0St. Johnstone
Airdrieonians0 - 1St. Johnstone
Ross County0 - 0St. Johnstone
Ayr United2 - 4St. Johnstone
Partick2 - 1St. Johnstone
Dunfermline2 - 2St. Johnstone
Greenock 0 - 4St. Johnstone
Arbroath3 - 1St. Johnstone
Queen's Park1 - 2St. Johnstone
Airdrieonians1 - 2St. Johnstone
Raith Rovers0 - 2St. Johnstone
Ross County0 - 1St. Johnstone
Hearts2 - 1St. Johnstone
Motherwell3 - 2St. Johnstone
Dundee Utd1 - 0St. Johnstone
Hibernian3 - 0St. Johnstone
Dundee1 - 1St. Johnstone
Kilmarnock3 - 1St. Johnstone
St. Mirren0 - 1St. Johnstone
Rangers3 - 1St. Johnstone
Goals: Scored
34
Conceded
18
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
10 / 20
Clean sheets
10 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
Won
10
Draw
7
L
3
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
ASt. Johnstone0 - 0Raith Rovers
ASt. Johnstone1 - 0Airdrieonians
HSt. Johnstone2 - 2Partick
HSt. Johnstone0 - 1Dunfermline
HSt. Johnstone1 - 0Arbroath
ASt. Johnstone0 - 0Ross County
HSt. Johnstone5 - 0Greenock
ASt. Johnstone4 - 2Ayr United
HSt. Johnstone0 - 0Raith Rovers
ASt. Johnstone1 - 2Partick
HSt. Johnstone4 - 3Queen's Park
ASt. Johnstone2 - 2Dunfermline
HSt. Johnstone3 - 0Airdrieonians
ASt. Johnstone4 - 0Greenock
ASt. Johnstone1 - 3Arbroath
HSt. Johnstone0 - 0Ross County
HSt. Johnstone0 - 0Ayr United
ASt. Johnstone2 - 1Queen's Park
ASt. Johnstone2 - 1Airdrieonians
HSt. Johnstone2 - 1Dunfermline
Goal Statistics

With a PG of just 0.9, Queen's Park look set to find it difficult here. Add in the fact that St. Johnstone have kept a clean sheet in 3 consecutive Championship games, and it could be a long afternoon for B. Nicholson's men.

Queen's Park 8th St. Johnstone 1st
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
0.9
goals
1.7
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
41%
1
37%
2
17%
3
4+
There is a 78% probability of Queen's Park scoring 1 goal or less
0
17%
1
30%
2
27%
3
15%
4+
10%
There is a 83% probability that St. Johnstone will score 1 or more goals
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
-27
Queen's Park have scored 27% fewer goals at home than predicted
-5
St. Johnstone’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
0.9
average goals scored
1.4
average goals scored
1.9
conceded
1.4
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Championship - 2025/2026 season
Queen's Park
PG (predicted goals)
St. Johnstone
0.9
1.7
Attack rating
STU
30%
better
view stats
Games scored13
17
Failed to score6
4
Scored first6
11
Goals scored20
43
Avg. goals scored1.1
2
Avg. shots per game5
10
Avg. shots per goal5
5
Conversion rate for19
20
Avg. XG for0
0
KickOff rating
+30%
Defence rating
STU
25%
better
view stats
Games conceded14
10
Clean sheets5
11
Conceded first9
6
Goals conceded29
17
Avg. goals conceded1.5
0.8
Avg. shots/game conceded10
4
Avg. shots/goal conceded7
5
Conversion rate against15%
18%
Avg. XG against0
0
KickOff rating
+25%

Queen's Park v St. Johnstone Championship lLine ups will show here when available.

Queen's Park Championship squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
24449
C FerrieS. DrozdS. DrozdR MacGregor
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
C Ferrie GLK24
1
-
M Shiels DEF2411
2
-
C Pignatiello DEF242
2
-
S. Drozd FWD2444
6
-
L Longridge FWD241
4
-
A Connolly FWD2332
4
-
H. Fieldson DEF223
4
1
E Murray DEF201
2
-
T. McDonnell MID1811
4
-
R MacGregor MID173
9
-
G Savoury MID151
2
-
C Fox DEF13
3
-
R. Waugh MID13
-
L McLeish FWD8
-
M. Mackenzie DEF5
-
C Smith FWD51
-
M Ruth FWD41
-
R Lamie DEF3
1
-
N Todorov FWD31
-
J. Bradley MID1
-
St. Johnstone Championship squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
251496
T StewardJ McPakeJ GullanC Diabaté
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
T Steward GLK25
-
R McAlear MID2518
5
-
C Diabaté DEF242
5
1
J Holt MID2412
6
-
J McPake MID23142
4
-
J Gullan FWD2389
2
-
M Boyes DEF221
6
-
J Baird DEF182
2
-
K Fotheringham FWD1831
2
-
M Foulds DEF161
1
-
L Smith DEF1511
1
-
A. Forrester DEF151
3
-
S Stanton MID152
-
S Mallan MID1123
-
J Svedberg MID102
-
R Tumilty DEF71
2
-
V Mullins MID4
-
F. Franczak MID4
-
A. Agyeman FWD41
1
-
J. Fowler FWD3
2
-
L LLoyd FWD2
-
R Paton FWD21
-
B Mikulic DEF1
1
-
T. Steven FWD1
-