Rothes vs Strathspey Thistle: Match guide and preview

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Competition: Scotland Football League - Highland League
Competition: Sat 29.January
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: MacKessack Park (2700 seats)

The Football League - Highland League overall standings tell a story about these squads so far, with Rothes in front of Strathspey Thistle by 34 points. Match preview to follow:

Insights:
  • Rothes have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Strathspey Thistle have yet to win a game away.

Both participants have had time to rest since their previous game. Let's wish for an enthusiastic fixture!

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Rothes form and stats

21 points is a decent return from 9 Football League - Highland League games here at MacKessack Park for Rothes. The data says 6 wins, 3 draws and 0 losses.

It's back home for Rothes, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Wick Academy away with the result 2-1.

Ahead of that match, Rothes won a home game hosting Huntly (3-0).

The Rothes manager Jack has got the team scoring with 22 from 9 home games in the league. Rothes have only conceded 5 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Strathspey Thistle form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Strathspey Thistle so far with only 2 points returning home. The records show 0-2-9 (win-draw-lose). It's all red in the travel logs of Strathspey, having lost eight matches in a row as the visiting team.

Strathspey Thistle's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Deveronvale that finished 1-1.

Preceding that game, the 1-5 loss visiting Keith's place.

The visiting Strathspey Thistle have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 13 goals from 11 games. Strathspey Thistle can't defend away. 48 goals have been scored by the opposition in 11 matches, an average of more than three per game. You might want to look at the total goal statistics, which can be found on the Statistics tab above. Strathspey Thistle has visited these top teams four times, and 4 of 4 has ended with 2 goals or more!

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have played previously this season: Strathspey Thistle - Rothes 1-4. Statistics for the last six meetings between these two sides are: five wins for Rothes, zero draws and one win for Strathspey Thistle. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: zero games.

Rothes missing players

Strathspey Thistle missing players

Rothes Strathspey Thistle
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
20 9 2 Played P 4 11 20
13 6 2 Won W 0 0 2
5 3 0 Drew D 0 2 4
2 0 0 Lost L 4 9 14
50 22 7 Scored S 5 13 29
17 5 1 Conceded C 27 48 73
95% 89% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
90% 89% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 91% 95%
70% 67% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 82% 80%
40% 33% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 73% 65%
30% 22% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 100% 73% 60%
50% 44% 50% BTTS BTTS 75% 73% 70%
45% 56% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
10% 11% 0% Failed to Score F T 25% 27% 30%
 
6.5 8 0 Corners for (avg) C F 1 4 5.7
3.5 5 0 Corners against (avg) C A 3 9.2 8.7
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1.5 1.8
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
13 12 0 Shots (avg) S ( 2 9 12
8 6 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1 3.2 5.7
69% 67% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 23% 29%
 
8 11 0 Shots against (avg) S A 29 20.2 17.5
1.5 3 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 17 11.5 9.3
Key stats in Football League - Highland League this season:
  • Rothes have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Rothes have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Rothes have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Strathspey Thistle have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Strathspey Thistle have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Strathspey Thistle have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Strathspey Thistle have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Strathspey Thistle have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Strathspey Thistle have yet to win a game away.
  • Strathspey Thistle haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Fraserburgh 20 18 1 1 85 16 10 9 0 1 50 5 10 9 1 0 35 11 69 55
2 Buckie Thistle 20 16 1 3 79 15 11 10 1 0 51 6 9 6 0 3 28 9 64 49
3 Brechin City 21 16 1 4 63 22 12 10 1 1 44 15 9 6 0 3 19 7 41 49
4 Inverurie Loco Works 22 14 5 3 59 28 13 10 2 1 37 16 9 4 3 2 22 12 31 47
5 Brora Rangers 20 15 1 4 71 20 10 8 0 2 33 6 10 7 1 2 38 14 51 46
6 Rothes 20 13 5 2 50 17 9 6 3 0 22 5 11 7 2 2 28 12 33 44
7 Formartine United 22 13 3 6 53 36 11 8 1 2 36 18 11 5 2 4 17 18 17 42
8 Wick Academy 24 9 7 8 44 53 13 4 3 6 19 31 11 5 4 2 25 22 -9 34
9 Nairn County 22 7 6 9 41 48 11 1 4 6 15 25 11 6 2 3 26 23 -7 27
10 Deveronvale 21 6 4 11 43 53 9 4 1 4 32 19 12 2 3 7 11 34 -10 22
11 Clachnacuddin 21 6 4 11 35 47 11 3 1 7 18 25 10 3 3 4 17 22 -12 22
12 Huntly 21 6 3 12 35 46 11 3 2 6 17 21 10 3 1 6 18 25 -11 21
13 Keith 21 6 3 12 24 55 9 3 1 5 12 20 12 3 2 7 12 35 -31 21
14 Forres Mechanics 21 4 8 9 28 51 11 2 5 4 13 26 10 2 3 5 15 25 -23 20
15 Lossiemouth 23 5 4 14 21 56 12 3 4 5 12 21 11 2 0 9 9 35 -35 19
16 Strathspey Thistle 20 2 4 14 29 73 9 2 2 5 16 25 11 0 2 9 13 48 -44 10
17 Turriff United 23 2 3 18 20 68 11 2 1 8 12 35 12 0 2 10 8 33 -48 9
18 Fort William 18 0 1 17 19 95 7 0 0 7 7 34 11 0 1 10 12 61 -76 1