Football League - Highland League match forecast and news & stats for the Turriff United vs Rothes battle

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Competition: Scotland Football League - Highland League
Competition: Wed 16.March
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: The Haughs (2135 seats)

Scrambling Turriff United pray to pull off a surprise when they play top team Rothes in the next league fixture. It’s 16th vs 5th and the home supporters will have not-so-high expectations.

Insights:
  • Turriff United have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Rothes have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Turriff United form and stats

The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Football League - Highland League this season. Turriff United have only managed 2 wins, 2 draws and 10 losses from their games here at The Haughs. Turriff United are slowly digging their own grave here at The Haughs with the depressing streak of not having won a home league game in seven attempts. The last victory here came in the Fort William match.

Turriff are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 1-2 away versus Strathspey Thistle.

In the match before that, Turriff United hosted Formartine United and drew the game 2-2.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Turriff as they are travelling to their away game against Fort William in the Football League - Highland League. That match is three days after this one.

Turriff United has scored 16 league goals at home this season, in 14 matches. When Turriff United hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Keith, Clachnacuddin, Fort William, Strathspey Thistle and Lossiemouth), the matches have ended over 2.5 goals 4 of 4 times.

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Rothes form and stats

Rothes's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Rothes collect 29 points from their 13 away matches in the Football League - Highland League. 9 victories and 2 draws have created these points (and only 2 defeats). Having won their last three away games Rothes has no reason to fear anyone.

Two away games in a row for Rothes, whose coach Jack could celebrate last time after the win against Clachnacuddin.

A 0-1 loss hosting Brechin City before that.

After this away game Rothes return home for a Football League - Highland League game against Forres Mechanics. That game is only three sleeps after this.

Today's guests are confident travelers having scored 33 goals in 13 league games away this season. It's not easy to score on Rothes as they have only conceded 12 goals from these away games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

The two duelists also played each other earlier on this match year: Rothes - Turriff 4-1. Head-2-head stats last five meetings: zero - two - three (Turriff United wins - draws - Rothes wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), zero had two or less.

Turriff United missing players

Rothes missing players

Turriff United Rothes
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
29 14 4 Played P 4 13 24
3 2 0 Won W 4 9 16
5 2 0 Drew D 0 2 5
21 10 4 Lost L 0 2 3
32 16 1 Scored S 12 33 59
78 42 14 Conceded C 1 12 18
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 96%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 92% 88%
83% 93% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 69% 67%
55% 71% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 38% 38%
31% 36% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 31% 25%
52% 43% 25% BTTS BTTS 25% 46% 42%
7% 7% 0% Clean Sheets C S 75% 46% 50%
41% 50% 75% Failed to Score F T 0% 8% 12%
 
5 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 5 5 6
4 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 3 2.5 3.3
2 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 1.5 1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
12 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 9 11.5 11.7
4 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 6.5 6.3
50% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 67% 69% 68%
 
13 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 13 9 9.7
9 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6 3 3
Key stats in Football League - Highland League this season:
  • All of Turriff United's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Rothes have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Rothes have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Rothes have scored at least twice as many goals away as Turriff United have scored home.
  • Rothes haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Turriff United have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Turriff United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Turriff United have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • Turriff United 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 26 22 2 2 108 21 13 10 1 2 59 9 13 12 1 0 49 12 87 68
2 Buckie Thistle 26 22 1 3 101 18 13 12 1 0 55 6 13 10 0 3 46 12 83 67
3 Brechin City 28 22 1 5 84 24 14 12 1 1 54 16 14 10 0 4 30 8 60 67
4 Brora Rangers 27 21 2 4 99 25 14 11 1 2 46 9 13 10 1 2 53 16 74 65
5 Rothes 24 16 5 3 59 18 11 7 3 1 26 6 13 9 2 2 33 12 41 53
6 Inverurie Loco Works 28 16 5 7 68 42 15 11 2 2 41 23 13 5 3 5 27 19 26 53
7 Formartine United 27 16 5 6 68 43 14 11 1 2 48 22 13 5 4 4 20 21 25 53
8 Wick Academy 29 10 8 11 52 67 15 5 3 7 22 35 14 5 5 4 30 32 -15 38
9 Nairn County 28 10 6 12 54 60 13 2 4 7 20 29 15 8 2 5 34 31 -6 36
10 Forres Mechanics 26 6 9 11 32 62 14 3 5 6 14 35 12 3 4 5 18 27 -30 27
11 Deveronvale 27 7 5 15 48 73 14 5 2 7 36 37 13 2 3 8 12 36 -25 26
12 Huntly 26 7 4 15 39 56 13 3 2 8 18 26 13 4 2 7 21 30 -17 25
13 Clachnacuddin 25 7 4 14 37 63 12 3 1 8 18 27 13 4 3 6 19 36 -26 25
14 Lossiemouth 28 7 4 17 29 70 15 5 4 6 18 26 13 2 0 11 11 44 -41 25
15 Keith 26 7 3 16 28 75 13 3 1 9 13 39 13 4 2 7 15 36 -47 24
16 Turriff United 29 3 5 21 32 78 14 2 2 10 16 42 15 1 3 11 16 36 -46 14
17 Strathspey Thistle 25 3 4 18 33 89 12 3 2 7 20 33 13 0 2 11 13 56 -56 13
18 Fort William 25 0 3 22 25 112 11 0 2 9 10 42 14 0 1 13 15 70 -87 3