- Team form: Stenhousemuir are in good form, having gone unbeaten in their last three and taken eight points from their last five matches.
- League position: The Wasps are two places and ten points above QOTS in the League One 2025/2026 standings, having taken 49 points from 27 matches.
- Home record: QOTS have seven wins, three draws and four defeats from 14 home games in League One this season.
Two good sides with contrasting styles
Form and recent results
Stenhousemuir are in form and two places above Queen of the South in the League One 2025/2026 table, so they will take some stopping on Saturday at Palmerston Park. The Wasps come into this fixture on a two-game winning streak, with a 1-0 win at Hamilton Academical followed by a 1-0 victory at home to Cove Rangers.
Manager and players
Gary Naysmith has done a great job since taking over in January 2023 to make his team a disciplined unit that can change tempo and flood the wide areas when needed. They will surely try to take the game to the hosts early and overload them late on with some of their best players - such as winger Olly Whyte - coming on for fresh legs.
Whyte is a man in form for Stenhousemuir with three of their last four goals and looks their best chance of a goal in Dumfries. Kai Kennedy is QOTS’s chief goal-getter with eight in League One this term and he has scored four of their last six, so he could be the most likely to score.
Wasps can win tight match
QOTS struggles and setup
The hosts are in a rough patch with no wins in their last five, two draws and three defeats, including a 0-2 loss at home to Peterhead and a 3-2 away defeat to Montrose. Peter Murphy has done well since taking over at QOTS in May 2024, instilling a structure and pragmatism to a team that has previously been a bit chaotic in their approach.
The Doons have their main attacking threat down the flanks and with a 4-4-2 that is very compact and difficult to get at - they are good on set plays too. But their home record is pretty patchy and they have failed to win any of their last three at Palmerston, with one draw and two defeats.
Odds and predictions
But both teams to score is the best bet here because Naysmith’s men are solid at the back and the home side have been failing to convert their chances recently.
- Stenhousemuir, who are currently 2.71 to win, could edge a close game against the bookies’ favorite QOTS at 2.35.
- The Wasps have six wins, four draws and just three defeats from 13 League One 2025/2026 away games and are a good bet to continue that record in Dumfries.
- The bookmakers are also offering just under even odds on both teams to score here, 1.78, because Stenhousemuir have conceded ten in 13 away from home and QOTS have scored 24 in 14 at this venue.
