Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Buckie Thistle & Brora Rangers face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Challenge Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
It's no vacation for neither Buckie Thistle nor Brora Rangers as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Buckie Thistle form and stats
Thistle have reached this Challenge Cup stage through battling and winning against Hearts U21. Buckie Thistle participated in Challenge Cup the last season, where they reached the 2nd round.The supporters are hoping that Thistle will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the match against Brechin City.
Previous to that game, a Football League - Highland League home match hosting Strathspey Thistle in a game that was won 8-0.Buckie Thistle have spent many days and weeks preparing for this match, with countless hours on the training pitches and one practice match played. These training games have ended with 0 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat. Some might be interested in the goal production stats for these matches; Buckie Thistle scored 1 goal and let in 2 goals during these one game.
Brora Rangers form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Aberdeen U21 in order to reach 2nd round of Challenge Cup. Brora Rangers was sent out of Challenge Cup in the 1st round last season.Two trips in a row for Brora Rangers, whose coach Campbell could celebrate last time after the win against Rothes. As mentioned above, Brora was the only team on the pitch versus Rothes in their previous game, winning 4-0. This could be a tougher task.
Brora Rangers played two friendlies in their break from official games, resulting in 0 victories, 0 draws and 2 defeats. In these two matches Brora Rangers scored 1 and conceded 5 goals.
Head 2 Head
Last five meetings with these squads: Buckie Thistle won one, Brora Rangers triumphed in four and we saw zero draws. four games with over 2,5 goals, one match with two goals or less.
Buckie Thistle missing players
Brora Rangers missing players
| Buckie Thistle | Brora Rangers | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 18 | 8 | Won | W | 9 | 18 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | ||
| 74 | 32 | Scored | S | 40 | 73 | ||
| 26 | 11 | Conceded | C | 11 | 24 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 80% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 80% | ||
| 60% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 64% | 48% | ||
| 44% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 36% | 28% | ||
| 52% | 58% | BTTS | BTTS | 45% | 36% | ||
| 40% | 42% | Clean Sheets | C S | 45% | 48% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 9% | 16% | ||
| 4.5 | 3.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.7 | 7.5 | ||
| 5.2 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2 | 1.5 | ||
| 2.4 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 2 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 11.9 | 8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 20.7 | 19.5 | ||
| 5.8 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 10.7 | 9 | ||
| 33% | 22% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 47% | 47% | ||
| 8.2 | 6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6.3 | 5.5 | ||
| 4.2 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.3 | 2 | ||
