Read up on this intriguing game in the Football League - Highland League. Buckie Thistle is in the 1st spot from participating in three fixtures. They host Forres Mechanics who are placed 6th from two matches.
Not much time to rest for the host team, as they performed in a Football League - Highland League game only four days earlier. That game was an away game at Fraserburgh, so at least Thistle are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Buckie Thistle form and stats
The hosts won their first Football League - Highland League game here at Victoria Park, lifting spirits. Home statistics for Buckie Thistle last season were 14 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss from 17 games.
It's back home for Buckie Thistle, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Fraserburgh away with the result 3-1.
Before that, Buckie Thistle had a home game versus Turriff United which ended with a victory 4-0.Everyone expects Thistle to win this match. We have checked our database for matches where they have been as big a favourite and found 39 games: 32 home wins, 5 draws and 2 defeats. Buckie Thistle have won with at least two goals margin 24 times in similar situations.
There will be little rest for Buckie Thistle after this match as they are travelling to Formartine United for a Football League - Highland League game in only three days.
Buckie Thistle has scored {4 goals} so far and conceded {0 goals} from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.
Forres Mechanics form and stats
A perfect away game record so far for the visitors in the Football League - Highland League, but they have only played once. Last season their away game stats were 4 wins, 2 draws and 11 defeats from 17 matches.
Forres Mechanics play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 3-0 victory visiting Lossiemouth (placed 17th).
Prior to that match, a home win 2-1 against Strathspey Thistle.Mechanics are huge outsiders in this game. Running a check in our games database we found 39 matches where they were as big outsiders as an away team. Results were 14 wins, 5 draws and 20 defeats. Of the defeats, 12 games were lost by at least two goals margin.
After this away game Forres Mechanics return home for a Football League - Highland League game against Keith. That game is only three sleeps after this.
Forres Mechanics have the goal stats of 3-0 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
The 4 most recent meetings involving these opponents have all ended as Buckie Thistle wins. Are we destined for another one?Buckie Thistle missing players
Forres Mechanics missing players
| Buckie Thistle | Forres Mechanics | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 4 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 67% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 33% | 100% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 2.7 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| 2.7 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 1.3 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1 | 0.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 10 | 5 |
| 3.3 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 75% | 125% |
| 6.7 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 7 | 3.5 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Buckie Thistle | Last season | Forres Mechanics | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 34 | 17 | Played | P | 17 | 34 | ||
| 28 | 14 | Won | W | 4 | 10 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 6 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 11 | 18 | ||
| 92 | 49 | Scored | S | 22 | 57 | ||
| 26 | 13 | Conceded | C | 28 | 60 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 94% | 94% | ||
| 85% | 94% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 88% | 85% | ||
| 62% | 65% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 53% | 59% | ||
| 41% | 35% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 24% | 32% | ||
| 29% | 29% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 18% | 29% | ||
| 50% | 47% | BTTS | BTTS | 41% | 56% | ||
| 41% | 47% | Clean Sheets | C S | 24% | 21% | ||
| 9% | 6% | Failed to Score | F T | 41% | 29% | ||
| 1.6 | 1.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.3 | 2 | ||
| 0.5 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 1.9 | 1.8 | ||
| 1 | 0.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1.1 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 3.3 | 2.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 4.9 | 4.6 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 1.7 | ||
| 130% | 162% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 71% | 76% | ||
| 1.5 | 1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6.1 | 5.3 | ||
| 0.8 | 0.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 2.2 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Buckie Thistle | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 9 |
| 2 | Banks O Dee FC | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 |
| 3 | Brechin City | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 4 | Fraserburgh | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 6 |
| 5 | Formartine United | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 6 | Forres Mechanics | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 7 | Brora Rangers | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 8 | Deveronvale | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 9 | Huntly | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 10 | Keith | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 11 | Turriff United | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | -2 | 3 |
| 12 | Clachnacuddin | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 |
| 13 | Rothes | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 1 |
| 14 | Wick Academy | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | -4 | 1 |
| 15 | Nairn County | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -4 | 0 |
| 16 | Strathspey Thistle | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -5 | 0 |
| 17 | Lossiemouth | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -6 | 0 |
| 18 | Inverurie Loco Works | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -10 | 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 |
