Football League - Highland League game prognosis and preview for the Formartine United vs Strathspey Thistle scrap

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Competition: Scotland Football League - Highland League
Competition: Sat 05.Aug
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: North Lodge Park (2500 seats)

Round two of the Football League - Highland League campaign and the contenders have had a few days to digest the first match. Here's the ultimate Formartine United - Strathspey Thistle pre-match guide:

Not a lot of time to rest for the host team, as they performed in a Challenge Cup match only three days back. That game was an away game at Hibernian U21, so at least Formartine are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!

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Formartine United form and stats

Last season, Formartine United's league results were 23 wins, 5 draws and 6 losses, resulting in 4th spot in the Football League - Highland League. During these 34 matches they scored {81 goals} and let in 31. Performing as the home side in the last season Formartine United produced 15-0-2 (win-draw-lost) with {49 goals} and 10 conceded.

The Formartine United manager Anderson and his players return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Hibernian U21 in the Challenge Cup.

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Brechin City (0-1).

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Strathspey Thistle form and stats

Let's have a look at how Strathspey Thistle performed last season in the Football League - Highland League: They landed a 18th position in the league table after playing out 2 victories, 4 draws and 28 defeats. In total they scored 24 and conceded {154 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 2 - drew 0 and lost 15 with 13/84 goals scored/conceded. The visitors' first away game in the Football League - Highland League ended in defeat. Last season Strathspey Thistle had these away match statistics: Played 17; won 2, drew 0 and lost 15.

Two away games in a row for Strathspey Thistle, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 1-2 versus Forres Mechanics.

A 1-3 defeat away at Fraserburgh before that.

Strathspey Thistle have the goal stats of 1-2 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.

Head 2 Head

The 5 latest fixtures involving these teams have all ended as Formartine victories. Are we destined for another one?

Formartine United missing players

Strathspey Thistle missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Formartine United Strathspey Thistle
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 1 1
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
1 0 0 Lost L 0 1 1
0 0 0 Scored S 0 1 1
1 0 0 Conceded C 0 2 2
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 100% 100%
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% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
100% 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
Formartine United Last season Strathspey Thistle
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
34 17   Played P   17 34
23 15   Won W   2 2
5 0   Drew D   0 4
6 2   Lost L   15 28
81 49   Scored S   13 24
31 10   Conceded C   84 154
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
91% 94%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   100% 97%
68% 71%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   82% 79%
38% 35%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   76% 74%
18% 24%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   65% 53%
59% 47%   BTTS BTTS   47% 47%
32% 47%   Clean Sheets C S   6% 3%
9% 6%   Failed to Score F T   47% 50%
 
1.5 2.1   Corners for (avg) C F   2 1.8
1.8 2   Corners against (avg) C A   2.5 2.8
0.8 0.6   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   0.4 0.3
1 1   Red cards R C   0 0
 
4.8 5.6   Shots (avg) S (   1.9 2.5
2.4 2.9   Shots on Target (avg) S O   1 1.1
85% 84%   Goal Efficiency G E   62% 57%
 
3.2 3.5   Shots against (avg) S A   8.4 8
1.5 1.7   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.9 4.7

  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 1 1 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3
2 Turriff United 1 1 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
3 Huntly 1 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 1 3 3
4 Fraserburgh 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
5 Buckie Thistle 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 3
6 Forres Mechanics 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
7 Brora Rangers 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
8 Brechin City 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
9 Deveronvale 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
10 Clachnacuddin 1 0 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
11 Strathspey Thistle 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
12 Keith 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
13 Formartine United 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
14 Nairn County 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
15 Lossiemouth 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 -2 0
16 Rothes 1 0 0 1 1 4 1 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 0
17 Inverurie Loco Works 1 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 4 -3 0
18 Wick Academy 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 -4 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

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 1 1 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3
2 Turriff United 1 1 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
3 Huntly 1 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 1 3 3
4 Fraserburgh 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
5 Buckie Thistle 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 3
6 Forres Mechanics 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
7 Brora Rangers 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
8 Brechin City 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
9 Deveronvale 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
10 Clachnacuddin 1 0 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
11 Strathspey Thistle 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
12 Keith 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
13 Formartine United 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
14 Nairn County 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
15 Lossiemouth 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 -2 0
16 Rothes 1 0 0 1 1 4 1 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 0
17 Inverurie Loco Works 1 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 4 -3 0
18 Wick Academy 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 -4 0

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