Football League - Highland League: Brechin City - Formartine United pre-match guide and the hard facts

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Competition: Scotland Football League - Highland League
Competition: Sat 29.Jul
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Glebe Park (4083 seats)

This match has been long awaited by fans of both squads, as it's the first Football League - Highland League game of the season. Both Brechin City and Formartine United are hoping for a bright start to their league adventure.

There have been little to rest for the host team, as they performed in a League Cup match only four days ago. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Clyde.

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Brechin City form and stats

The season before, Brechin City's league statistics were 27 wins, 2 draws and 5 losses, ending with 3rd place in the Football League - Highland League. From these 34 matches they scored {98 goals} and let in 26. Playing at their own stadium in the former season Brechin City delivered 14-2-1 (win-draw-lost) with {57 goals} and 16 conceded.

The match schedule is unforgiving for Brechin City as they have a new game in only three days, a Challenge Cup match thankfully also at home. Hearts U21 are visiting.

It's been an intense period of training leading up to this game for Brechin City, who have participated in two training matches. Brechin have won 0 of these, drawn 1 and were beaten in 1 game.

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Formartine United form and stats

Let's have a look at how Formartine United performed last season in the Football League - Highland League: They landed a 4th position in the league table after playing out 23 victories, 5 draws and 6 defeats. In total they scored 81 and conceded {31 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 8 - drew 5 and lost 4 with 32/21 goals scored/conceded.

Formartine United have another match away from home in just four nights, a Challenge Cup game vs Hibernian U21. A demanding calendar for the guests!

Just as the home team, Formartine United have been through a few friendly games in the intense training period that just finished. The results from these training matches are 0 Formartine United wins, 0 draws and 2 losses.

Head 2 Head

Numbers for the former four meetings featuring these two sides are: two wins for Brechin City, zero draws and two wins for Formartine United. Over 2,5 goals: two times; under 2,5 goals: two games.

Brechin City missing players

Formartine United missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Brechin City Formartine United
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 0
Brechin City Last season Formartine United
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
2 1   Played P   17 34
1 1   Won W   8 23
0 0   Drew D   5 5
1 0   Lost L   4 6
3 3   Scored S   32 81
3 2   Conceded C   21 31
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
50% 100%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   88% 91%
50% 100%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   65% 68%
50% 100%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   41% 38%
50% 100%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   12% 18%
50% 100%   BTTS BTTS   71% 59%
0% 0%   Clean Sheets C S   18% 32%
50% 0%   Failed to Score F T   12% 9%
 
0 0   Corners for (avg) C F   0.5 1.5
0 0   Corners against (avg) C A   1.3 1.8
0 0   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1 0.8
0 0   Red cards R C   0 1
 
0 0   Shots (avg) S (   3.3 4.8
0 0   Shots on Target (avg) S O   1.5 2.4
0% 0%   Goal Efficiency G E   89% 85%
 
0 0   Shots against (avg) S A   2.7 3.2
0 0   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   1.2 1.5

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Banks O Dee FC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Brechin City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Brora Rangers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Buckie Thistle 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Clachnacuddin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Deveronvale 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Formartine United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Forres Mechanics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Fraserburgh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Huntly 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Inverurie Loco Works 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Keith 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Lossiemouth 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Nairn County 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Rothes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Strathspey Thistle 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Turriff United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Wick Academy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Brechin City 34 28 5 1 101 16 17 14 3 0 66 10 17 14 2 1 35 6 85 89
2 Buckie Thistle 34 28 3 3 92 26 17 14 2 1 49 13 17 14 1 2 43 13 66 87
3 Brora Rangers 34 26 2 6 116 32 17 14 0 3 46 16 17 12 2 3 70 16 84 80
4 Formartine United 34 23 5 6 81 31 17 15 0 2 49 10 17 8 5 4 32 21 50 74
5 Fraserburgh 34 21 8 5 91 31 17 10 4 3 39 15 17 11 4 2 52 16 60 71
6 Inverurie Loco Works 34 14 8 12 63 57 17 7 4 6 29 25 17 7 4 6 34 32 6 50
7 Nairn County 34 12 10 12 51 63 17 7 6 4 27 28 17 5 4 8 24 35 -12 46
8 Huntly 34 13 6 15 44 49 17 8 3 6 24 21 17 5 3 9 20 28 -5 45
9 Rothes 34 12 8 14 64 60 17 8 3 6 37 29 17 4 5 8 27 31 4 44
10 Banks O Dee FC 34 19 6 9 98 49 17 11 2 4 58 23 17 8 4 5 40 26 49 39
11 Forres Mechanics 34 10 6 18 57 60 17 6 4 7 35 32 17 4 2 11 22 28 -3 36
12 Turriff United 34 11 3 20 56 76 17 7 2 8 32 33 17 4 1 12 24 43 -20 36
13 Clachnacuddin 34 10 4 20 44 76 17 7 1 9 25 33 17 3 3 11 19 43 -32 34
14 Lossiemouth 34 8 3 23 38 83 17 5 2 10 23 43 17 3 1 13 15 40 -45 27
15 Keith 34 7 6 21 38 87 17 5 4 8 27 36 17 2 2 13 11 51 -49 27
16 Wick Academy 34 7 5 22 34 100 17 4 3 10 14 40 17 3 2 12 20 60 -66 26
17 Deveronvale 34 6 6 22 48 90 17 5 2 10 31 41 17 1 4 12 17 49 -42 24
18 Strathspey Thistle 34 2 4 28 24 154 17 0 4 13 11 70 17 2 0 15 13 84 -130 10

Brechin City:
Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Banks O Dee FC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Brechin City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Brora Rangers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Buckie Thistle 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Clachnacuddin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Deveronvale 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Formartine United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Forres Mechanics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Fraserburgh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Huntly 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Inverurie Loco Works 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Keith 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Lossiemouth 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Nairn County 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Rothes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Strathspey Thistle 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Turriff United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Wick Academy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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