The home team ticketholders look for a win and three points in this fixture, as the home advantage could be decisive against a struggling visitor. Forres Mechanics are in 7th place while the guesting Strathspey Thistle lose sleep at 18th.
- Forres Mechanics have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Strathspey Thistle have the fewest scored goals (14) in Football League - Highland League
Forres Mechanics and Strathspey Thistle should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Forres Mechanics form and stats
The story so far in the Football League - Highland League for Forres Mechanics at their home stadium (Mosset Park) is 5 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats.
The Forres Mechanics goalkeeper is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 262 minutes without conceding a goal in the Football League - Highland League.
Mechanics travelled for their previous game, a trip to Lossiemouth that ended 0-0.
Ahead of that match, Forres Mechanics won a home game hosting Lossiemouth (1-0).Forres Mechanics can score goals in their home matches. After 10 league matches they have found the net 22 times. Mechanics have conceded 15 from these games.
Strathspey Thistle form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Strathspey Thistle so far with only 3 points returning home. The records show 1-0-7 (win-draw-lose). With the Strathspey Thistle losing streak of four defeats in a row, regardless of arena, optimism is low and sinking.
The attacking players of Strathspey have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 419 minutes.
Strathspey Thistle's previous game was their home loss versus Rothes (0-7). Strathspey Thistle lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 0-7 beating and focus on this one.
Preceding that game, the 0-7 loss visiting Deveronvale's place.Take note that 16 of this club's 19 most recent league rounds have ended with at least three goals.
The Strathspey defense is as useful as an ashtray on a motorcycle, having conceded 37 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
The two combatants have fought before this season: Strathspey Thistle - Forres Mechanics 0-4. Head-2-head stats last seven meetings: four - one - two (Mechanics wins - draws - Strathspey Thistle wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one had two or less.
Forres Mechanics missing players
Strathspey Thistle missing players
| Forres Mechanics | Strathspey Thistle | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 10 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 8 | 19 |
| 8 | 5 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 7 | 16 |
| 34 | 22 | 9 | Scored | S | 3 | 8 | 14 |
| 29 | 15 | 3 | Conceded | C | 12 | 37 | 94 |
| 95% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 80% | 80% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 60% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 75% | 84% |
| 35% | 40% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 75% | 79% |
| 30% | 40% | 67% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 67% | 75% | 63% |
| 45% | 70% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 50% | 42% |
| 30% | 20% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 12% | 5% |
| 30% | 10% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 38% | 53% |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 4 | 3.3 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 6.5 | 8 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1 | 0.7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 2 | 3.3 |
| 6 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 1.5 | 2 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 33% | 17% |
| 12 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 24 | 24.7 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 14 | 15.3 |
- All of Strathspey Thistle's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Forres Mechanics have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Forres Mechanics have scored more than double the goals of Strathspey Thistle.
- Forres Mechanics have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- Forres Mechanics haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Strathspey Thistle have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
- Strathspey Thistle have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Strathspey Thistle have the fewest scored goals (14) in Football League - Highland League
- Strathspey Thistle have the most conceded goals (94) in Football League - Highland League
- Strathspey Thistle have the most conceded goals in the second half (13) in Football League - Highland League
- Strathspey Thistle have the the worst goal difference (-29) away in Football League - Highland League
- Strathspey Thistle have the the worst goal difference (-80) in Football League - Highland League
- Strathspey Thistle 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 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 54 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 33 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 3 | 42 | 47 |
| 2 | Buckie Thistle | 18 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 57 | 16 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 8 | 41 | 46 |
| 3 | Fraserburgh | 18 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 53 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 34 | 8 | 39 | 38 |
| 4 | Brora Rangers | 15 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 56 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 33 | 5 | 42 | 37 |
| 5 | Formartine United | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 37 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 13 | 18 | 34 |
| 6 | Inverurie Loco Works | 20 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 36 | 30 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 28 | 19 | 6 | 31 |
| 7 | Forres Mechanics | 20 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 34 | 29 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 14 | 5 | 27 |
| 8 | Rothes | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 38 | 35 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 18 | 3 | 26 |
| 9 | Nairn County | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 27 | 39 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 16 | -12 | 21 |
| 10 | Turriff United | 17 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 32 | 39 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 15 | 23 | -7 | 20 |
| 11 | Huntly | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 24 | 33 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 17 | -9 | 18 |
| 12 | Keith | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 23 | 45 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 18 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 27 | -22 | 18 |
| 13 | Wick Academy | 15 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 16 | 35 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 20 | -19 | 16 |
| 14 | Lossiemouth | 18 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 24 | 44 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 27 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 17 | -20 | 16 |
| 15 | Deveronvale | 21 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 31 | 56 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 18 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 38 | -25 | 15 |
| 16 | Clachnacuddin | 18 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 20 | 46 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 12 | 24 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 22 | -26 | 13 |
| 17 | Banks O Dee FC | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 50 | 26 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 13 | 24 | 6 |
| 18 | Strathspey Thistle | 19 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 14 | 94 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 57 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 37 | -80 | 5 |
