Football League - Highland League preview: Can Clachnacuddin edge out victory against Deveronvale?

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Competition: Scotland Football League - Highland League
Competition: Sat 18.February
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Grant Street Park (3000 seats)

This match stars two sides dwelling in the lower parts of the Football League - Highland League, Clachnacuddin having 13th place and Deveronvale sitting at 16th. A nice opportunity for one of the contenders to upgrade their position.

Insights:
  • Clachnacuddin have the most conceded goals in the first half (19) in Football League - Highland League
  • Deveronvale have the most dropped points from leading position (5) in Football League - Highland League

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Clachnacuddin form and stats

The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Football League - Highland League this season. Clachnacuddin have only managed 4 wins, 0 draws and 8 losses from their games here at Grant Street Park.

In their previous game, the manager MacDonald led his Clachnacuddin to a defeat away at Formartine United. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Grant Street Park. As you see from the result above, Clachnacuddin suffered greatly in their last game. Thankfully the team has a new chance to prove themselves in this one.

Before that game, the 2-0 home victory against Forres Mechanics.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Clachnacuddin have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 6 games) they have won 0 times, drawn 1 and lost 5.

Goal fest? We don't know about this one, but we do know that 13 of the 17 most recent league games with this team has seen three goals or more.

There will be little rest for Clachnacuddin after this match as they are travelling to Forres Mechanics for a Football League - Highland League game in only four days.

The Clachnacuddin fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 15 in 12 matches. Clachnacuddin have conceded 27 goals in these home games, a significant number.

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Deveronvale form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Deveronvale so far with only 6 points returning home. The records show 1-3-10 (win-draw-lose).

Deveronvale had fun at their own home (Grant Street Park) last time out, beating Turriff United 2-0. Hooray; their first win in the league after eight rounds not winning.

Before that, Deveronvale travelled to Keith and returned home with a draw after the game finished 1-1.

Observe that 13 of this club's 15 latest league rounds have ended with three goals or more.

There are big problems for the Deveronvale defense as they have conceded 43 goals in 14 away games.

Head 2 Head

The previous H2H meeting ended Deveronvale - Clachnacuddin 3-3, played this season. Head-to-head statistics (for the preceeding nine meetings): Clachnacuddin won two games, two matches ended with a draw and Deveronvale have five wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: seven / two.

Clachnacuddin missing players

Deveronvale missing players

Clachnacuddin Deveronvale
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
23 12 2 Played P 4 14 27
6 4 0 Won W 0 1 5
1 0 0 Drew D 2 3 4
16 8 2 Lost L 2 10 18
29 15 1 Scored S 4 14 37
58 27 5 Conceded C 7 43 73
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
91% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 93% 93%
74% 67% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 79% 78%
61% 58% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 64% 59%
39% 25% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 43% 41%
57% 58% 50% BTTS BTTS 75% 64% 56%
13% 17% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 11%
30% 25% 50% Failed to Score F T 25% 36% 33%
 
5.3 5.5 10 Corners for (avg) C F 0 3.5 4.8
6.7 6.6 1 Corners against (avg) C A 0 7.5 6.5
1.9 1.9 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 3 1.5
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
10.9 11 15 Shots (avg) S ( 0 11.5 12.8
4.6 4.4 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 3 5.7
34% 31% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 50% 38%
 
13.9 13.8 9 Shots against (avg) S A 0 14.5 12.8
6.9 6.6 6 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 9.5 8.2
Key stats in Football League - Highland League this season:
  • All of Clachnacuddin's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Clachnacuddin have the most conceded goals in the first half (19) in Football League - Highland League
  • Clachnacuddin have the most matches over the total-line (7) in Football League - Highland League
  • Clachnacuddin haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Deveronvale have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Deveronvale have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Deveronvale have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Deveronvale have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Deveronvale have the most dropped points from leading position (5) in Football League - Highland League
  • Deveronvale have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Deveronvale 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 Brechin City 21 19 2 0 67 12 11 9 2 0 39 9 10 10 0 0 28 3 55 59
2 Buckie Thistle 23 19 2 2 68 20 11 10 1 0 36 10 12 9 1 2 32 10 48 59
3 Fraserburgh 22 14 6 2 65 18 10 6 3 1 24 8 12 8 3 1 41 10 47 48
4 Brora Rangers 19 15 1 3 78 19 8 7 0 1 29 10 11 8 1 2 49 9 59 46
5 Formartine United 22 14 4 4 54 21 9 7 0 2 27 6 13 7 4 2 27 15 33 46
6 Inverurie Loco Works 25 9 7 9 42 41 12 3 4 5 14 19 13 6 3 4 28 22 1 34
7 Forres Mechanics 24 9 3 12 43 42 13 6 2 5 31 26 11 3 1 7 12 16 1 30
8 Rothes 22 8 5 9 41 40 10 5 1 4 21 20 12 3 4 5 20 20 1 29
9 Nairn County 22 7 8 7 36 45 13 5 4 4 22 26 9 2 4 3 14 19 -9 29
10 Huntly 23 7 4 12 30 40 12 5 2 5 18 17 11 2 2 7 12 23 -10 25
11 Turriff United 21 7 2 12 36 48 10 4 2 4 19 20 11 3 0 8 17 28 -12 23
12 Lossiemouth 23 7 1 15 28 55 12 5 1 6 18 30 11 2 0 9 10 25 -27 22
13 Clachnacuddin 22 6 1 15 29 54 12 4 0 8 15 27 10 2 1 7 14 27 -25 19
14 Wick Academy 19 6 1 12 19 46 10 4 1 5 8 19 9 2 0 7 11 27 -27 19
15 Keith 21 5 4 12 25 58 10 4 3 3 18 19 11 1 1 9 7 39 -33 19
16 Deveronvale 26 4 4 18 35 73 12 3 1 8 21 30 14 1 3 10 14 43 -38 16
17 Banks O Dee FC 22 11 6 5 60 29 12 8 2 2 35 13 10 3 4 3 25 16 31 15
18 Strathspey Thistle 23 1 3 19 17 112 13 0 3 10 8 61 10 1 0 9 9 51 -95 6