PLAUDITS were being written and pundits were falling over themselves to praise Airdrie last season after they reached the play-offs.
But this season, they have plunged to new lows and Hamilton Accies can add to their gloom by beating them at an enticing 10/11. with McBookie.com.
The Diamonds are all but relegated already from the Championship realistically – they are nine points behind even a play-off spot.
Their stats this season are damning – their only league win came on the first day of the season in August and on their travels they have lost eight and drawn one of their nine games.
They have lost nine and drawn once in their last ten games and failed to score in eight of them.
They face an Accies side who are no world beaters themselves but came within a few minutes of holding Falkirk to a draw away last week and have defeated the likes of Partick Thistle, Queen's Park and Morton at New Douglas Park.
And it won't be too often you get a price approaching evens for anyone playing Airdrie this season.
Queen of the South can win their derby against Annan Athletic at 17/20 with McBookie.com.
The Dumfries side have been something of a disappointment in League One this season and should be far higher than they are.
But it's a crazy league and there have been plenty of crazy results.
They have defeated Annan, who are Queen's manager Peter Murphy's former club, at home already and can do it again at Palmerston Park, where they are stronger and have defeated Stenhousemuir and Montrose at home and drawn with Alloa.
Annan have won just one of their last eight games and were taken apart by Arbroath last week. They also lost at Fraserburgh in the Scottish Cup on their travels recently.
Edinburgh City look too big at McBookie.com's 12/5 to win a lesser-known capital derby at Spartans.
While Hearts and Hibs did battle on Boxing Day, the city's other two teams meet at Ainslie Park.
The Meadowbank outfit are on a great wee spell with five league wins out of their last six games and they defeated high-flying Elgin City last week.
In contrast, Spartans were taken apart at East Fife and have been hovering around the bottom of League Two all season.
It's hard to see why they are odds-on favourites and City should be backed here.
Freelance Scottish Football journalist for all newspapers. Former Racing Post Scottish Football Correspondent and long-suffering Aberdeen fan.
