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

Sat 10th Jan, 15:00 BST, Ochilview Park, Stenhousemuir

Simo Valakari pays counterpart Barry Nicholson a visit on Saturday afternoon in the Championship, as their St. Johnstone and Queen's Park teams face each other at the Ochilview Park. We have predictions, tips, and odds from the UK's biggest bookmakers and head-to-head statistics across all the main betting markets, so there really is only one place to get ready for this Championship clash.


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 58% chance of St. Johnstone coming away with a win.

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

Change odds
Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Queen's Park
19%
7.507.00
Draw
23%
4.334.60
St. Johnstone
58%
1.331.33
St. Johnstone 1-0
12%
7.507.00
Draw 1-1
11%
9.008.50
St. Johnstone 2-0
11%
7.006.50
St. Johnstone 2-1
10%
9.007.50
Draw 0-0
7%
13.0012.00
St. Johnstone 3-0
6%
9.008.00
Queen's Park 1-0
6%
21.0015.00
St. Johnstone 3-1
6%
12.009.50
Queen's Park 2-1
5%
23.0017.00
Draw 2-2
4%
19.0015.00
Queen's Park 2-0
3%
41.0026.00
St. Johnstone 4-0
3%
15.0012.00
St. Johnstone 3-2
3%
26.0019.00
St. Johnstone 4-1
3%
19.0015.00
Queen's Park 3-1
2%
51.0034.00
Over 2.5 Goals
50%
1.621.57
Under 2.5 Goals
50%
2.252.15
Home 1st Goal
40%
3.253.70
Away 1st Goal
56%
1.361.33
No 1st Goal
4%
13.0012.00
BTTS - Yes
49%
1.911.91
BTTS - No
51%
1.801.80
BTTS - Home Win
9%
13.0012.00
BTTS - Draw
16%
6.006.00
BTTS - Away Win
24%
3.102.90
Home/draw
42%
2.883.00
Away/draw
81%
1.061.08
Home/away
77%
1.141.17
Over 1.5 Goals
74%
1.201.18
Under 1.5 Goals
26%
4.334.00
Over 3.5 Goals
28%
2.502.40
Under 3.5 Goals
72%
1.501.48
Over 4.5 Goals
13%
4.334.00
Under 4.5 Goals
87%
1.201.17
Over 5.5 Goals
5%
7.507.50
Under 5.5 Goals
95%
1.071.05
Over 0.5 Goals
93%
1.011.01
Under 0.5 Goals
7%
13.0011.00
Home DNB
35%
6.005.75
Away DNB
74%
1.111.11
Queen's Park win to nil
10%
15.00-
St. Johnstone win to nil
34%
2.20-
Queen's Park / Queen's Park
7%
13.0011.00
Queen's Park / St. Johnstone
4%
21.0017.00
Queen's Park / Draw
4%
21.0017.00
Draw / Queen's Park
6%
15.0013.00
Draw / St. Johnstone
20%
4.004.20
Draw / Draw
11%
7.507.00
St. Johnstone / Queen's Park
2%
51.0034.00
St. Johnstone / St. Johnstone
42%
1.951.91
St. Johnstone / Draw
5%
19.0015.00
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Win / draw / win Championship table

Queen's Park have played 19 matches so far this season and are in 9th 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 7 games, drawn 9 and won 2. Queen's Park have conceded 28 goals, scored 18, failed to score in 6 matches and kept 5 clean sheets.

Home league performance

Queen's Park have played 9 games at home, winning 1, drawing 5 and losing 3 fixtures. They have scored 7 goals, conceded 10 goals, kept 3 clean sheets and failed to score 4 times in home league games.

St. Johnstone lay in 1st place on 45 points in the Championship league table having played 21 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 21 games against teams below them in the table, winning 13, drawing 6 and losing 2 games. They have scored 43 goals and kept 11 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. St. Johnstone have conceded 17 goals and have failed to score in 4 matches.

Away league performance

St. Johnstone have played 10 away games, winning 6, drawing 2 and losing 2 games. They have scored an average of 1.9 goals per away game and conceded an average 1.1 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. Johnstone212645 
l
 
1-2A
l
 
4-3A
Jan 10
Mar 28
-
-
-
-
2
Partick211040 
l
 
0-1A
l
 
5-0A
d
 
2-2A
May 1
w
 
5-1A
l
 
2-1A
Jan 30
Mar 21
3
Arbroath21233 
l
 
1-3A
l
 
4-1A
Jan 31
Mar 21
w
 
3-0F
l
 
3-1F
w
 
1-0F
Apr 4
4
Ayr United20328 
d
 
0-00-0
d
 
1-1F
Mar 14
-
d
 
0-00-0
w
 
2-4A
Feb 28
May 1
5
Dunfermline20626 
d
 
1-1F
d
 
0-00-0
Apr 25
Feb 28
w
 
2-1A
d
 
2-2A
Jan 24
Apr 18
6
Raith Rovers21125 
w
 
2-1F
d
 
1-1F
Apr 4
Jan 24
d
 
0-00-0
w
 
0-2F
Apr 25
Feb 21
7
Greenock 21-822 
d
 
0-00-0
l
 
2-1A
Feb 21
Apr 18
d
 
1-1A
w
 
0-4F
w
 
5-0F
Mar 7
8
Airdrieonians21-1319 
d
 
0-00-0
d
 
1-1A
Mar 7
w
 
0-3F
w
 
3-0F
w
 
1-2F
Apr 11
Feb 13
9
Queen's Park19-918 
-
-
-
-
w
 
4-3F
w
 
1-2F
Mar 28
Jan 10
10
Ross County19-1813 
Feb 3
w
 
1-2F
Apr 11
Feb 14
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
5
Queen's Park have not lost in 5 consecutive home league games
Queen's Park 8TH
20 league games
Home
5
Overall
Goals: Scored
17
Conceded
36
Games: Scored
12 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
8 / 20
W
3
Draw
5
Lost
12
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
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
Queen's Park2 - 0Livingston
Queen's Park1 - 2Raith Rovers
Queen's Park2 - 0Airdrieonians
Goals: Scored
21
Conceded
34
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
W
3
Draw
9
Lost
8
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
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
AQueen's Park1 - 1Ayr United
AQueen's Park1 - 1Airdrieonians
HQueen's Park1 - 3Arbroath
AQueen's Park1 - 1Raith Rovers
HQueen's Park1 - 5Raith Rovers
St. Johnstone 1ST
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
27
Conceded
33
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
7
D
3
Lost
10
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
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
Celtic4 - 0St. Johnstone
Hearts2 - 1St. Johnstone
Goals: Scored
38
Conceded
16
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
9 / 20
Clean sheets
11 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
12
Draw
6
L
2
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
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
ASt. Johnstone2 - 0Raith Rovers
HSt. Johnstone1 - 1Greenock
HSt. Johnstone3 - 0Arbroath
ASt. Johnstone1 - 0Ross County
Goal Statistics
Queen's Park 8th St. Johnstone 1st
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
0.9
goals
1.8
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
40%
1
37%
2
17%
3
4+
There is a 77% probability of Queen's Park scoring 1 goal or less
0
17%
1
30%
2
27%
3
16%
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
-29
Queen's Park have scored 29% fewer goals at home than predicted
+1
St. Johnstone’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
0.9
average goals scored
1.4
average goals scored
1.8
conceded
1.7
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Championship - 2025/2026 season
Queen's Park
PG (predicted goals)
St. Johnstone
0.9
1.8
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
19236
C FerrieS. DrozdS. DrozdS. Drozd
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
C Ferrie GLK19
1
-
M Shiels DEF191
2
-
C Pignatiello DEF191
2
-
S. Drozd FWD1923
6
-
L Longridge FWD191
2
-
A Connolly FWD1811
4
-
H. Fieldson DEF172
3
1
T. McDonnell MID1711
4
-
E Murray DEF161
1
-
C Fox DEF13
3
-
G Savoury MID13
2
-
R MacGregor MID122
6
-
R. Waugh MID11
-
R. Friel DEF5
1
-
M Ruth FWD21
-
L McLeish FWD2
-
St. Johnstone Championship squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
211386
T StewardJ McPakeR McAlearJ Holt
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
T Steward GLK21
-
R McAlear MID2118
4
-
C Diabaté DEF202
3
1
J McPake MID20132
3
-
J Holt MID2012
6
-
A. Sidibeh FWD1963
2
-
J Gullan FWD1987
2
-
M Boyes DEF181
5
-
J Baird DEF162
1
-
M Foulds DEF151
1
-
K Fotheringham FWD1531
2
-
S Sprangler MID141
1
-
L Smith DEF1311
1
-
U Ikpeazu FWD131
-
S Stanton MID122
-
A. Forrester DEF111
2
-
S Mallan MID1023
-
J Svedberg MID102
-
J. Ikendo Wanner FWD8
-
R Tumilty DEF71
2
-
F. Franczak MID4
-
V Mullins MID3
-
L LLoyd FWD1
-