Queen Of The South vs Dunfermline: Lineups, Predictions & Betting Tips

Queen Of The South vs Dunfermline: Lineups, Predictions & Betting Tips

Match Details: December 16 2025 | Queen of the South Arena | Challenge Cup - Round of 32 | 19:45 GMT

In this bracket of the Challenge cup, we see 2 teams going head-to-head who wouldn’t normally face each other as Queen of the South currently sits in 4th in League one and they will be facing Dunfermline who sit in a similar position to them in the Championship. This match will see the difference between teams at the top of the second and third tier of Scottish football. Our advanced algorithm has predicted that the home team Queen of the South will win this match 2-1.

Key Betting Tip: Dunfermline to win this game at 1.80 – this represents excellent value based on tips provided to us by our team of in-house tipsters.

Queen of the South vs Dunfermline Predicted Lineups

Queen of the South predicted starting XI (4-2-3-1): Stewart, Mackenzie, Douglas, Hannah, Charters, Lyon, Luissint, Smith, Dickenson, Kennedy, Guthrie

Dunfermline predicted starting XI (3-4-2-1): Terrell, Tod, Adbulai, Chilokoa-Mullen, Fraser, Hamilton, Amade, Todd, Bray, Tod, Kane

Previous Queen of the South vs Dunfermline Head-to-Head

Dunfermline 2-1 Queen of the South Dunfermline 5-0 Queen of the South Queen of the South 0-2 Dunfermline Dunfermline 1-1 Queen of the South Queen of the South 0-2 Dunfermline

Some very dominant matches recently between these 2 sides with Dunfermline having won 4 out of the 5 games and not yet seeing a loss in the last 5 matches. They will be going into this game flowing with confidence having scored 12 goals in the last 5 matches and only conceding 2 goals. They will be very likely to walk away again with what has become a routine victory. Queen of the South has suffered in the last 5 matches only being able to get a single draw as a positive result against Dunfermline. They will be hoping that like the last match they can keep it to a single goal difference as they hope to get a result. The main area they will need to improve is their defence having failed to keep a clean sheet and only conceding a single goal once in the last 5 matches.

Recent Queen of the South and Dunfermline Match Analysis

Queen of the South’s last 5 matches: Kelty Hearts 1-1 Queen of the South (A) League One Inverness CT 4-0 Queen of the South (A) League One Dunfermline 2-1 Queen of the South (A) Scottish Cup Queen of the South 1-1 Cove Rangers (H) League One Alloa Athletic 0-2 Queen of the South (A) League One

Not the form that you want to have when heading into this game having only been able to pick up a single win. Especially as you have had a preview of this match in the last 5 games that you lost. The main positive that can be taken is that they manged to get the win right before this match and this will boost their confidence going into this match. However, once again their defence has been an issue conceding 8 goals in 5 games and this will cause them issues is this match.

Dunfermline last 5 matches: Dunfermline 1-0 Greenock Morton (H) Championship Partick Thistle 1-0 Dunfermline (A) Championship Dunfermline 2-1 Queen of the South (H) Scottish Cup Dunfermline 1-2 Arbroath (H) Championship Queen’s Park 1-1 Dunfermline (H) Championship

Some very up and down form going into this match with 2 wins 2 losses and a draw. This isn’t the most ideal run of form they will want as it will give a boost to Queen of the South as they know that you are beatable especially as their last 2 matches haven’t seen a win. They’ve averages a goal per game over the last 5 matches something they will be hoping to increase in this in this game while also decreasing the 5 goals they have conceded in the last 5 matches.

Queen of the South vs Dunfermline Predictions

Our advanced algorithm has analysed over 200 pieces of data and predicted with a 33% confidence that Dunfermline will win this match. The key factors are players available, previous head-to-head matches, recent form and tactical matchups

Best Queen of the South vs Dunfermline Betting Tip

Football Park’s Best Bet: Dunfermline to win this match @ 1.80 odds – our team of in-house tipsters have predicted this based on the fact that they have dominated the last 5 meetings between the 2 teams and won the most recent match only 3 weeks ago.

Key Players to Watch: Queen of the South vs Dunfermline

Kurtis Guthrie (Queen of the South): The top scorer for Queen of the South with 9 goals this season in all competitions along with 2 assists. He has averaged a goal contribution every 2 games so far this season and they will be hoping that he can add another one in this game to give them a chance of winning this match.

Andy Tod (Dunfermline): Yet another striker this time Tod has 11 goals and 2 assists in 21 games. He is the second top scorer in the league and will have plenty of confidence going into this game hoping that he can add another goal to his tally and help Dunfermline go to the next round.