It's match week two of the Football League - Highland League season and important points to play for. Don't miss our exhaustive preview of Huntly-Brechin City!
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Challenge Cup game only four days ago.
Huntly form and stats
In the previous season, Huntly's league stats were 13 wins, 6 draws and 15 losses, resulting in 8th position in the Football League - Highland League. Over these 34 matches they scored {44 goals} and let in 49. Performing as the home team in the previous season Huntly managed 8-3-6 (win-draw-lost) with {24 goals} and 21 conceded.
It's back home for Huntly, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Rothes away with the result 4-1.
Heartbreak before that as Huntly lost 0-1 at Brora Rangers's place.Brechin City form and stats
Let's have a look at how Brechin City performed last season in the Football League - Highland League: They landed a 3rd position in the league table after playing out 27 victories, 2 draws and 5 defeats. In total they scored 98 and conceded {26 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 13 - drew 0 and lost 4 with 41/10 goals scored/conceded.
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Brechin goalkeeper is eager to challenge this, with his 348 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
Brechin City delivered a 2-2 draw playing at home against Hearts U21 in their previous match; a Challenge Cup duel.
Prior to that match, a home win 1-0 against Formartine United in the Football League - Highland League.Head 2 Head
Brechin City have won at least one point in the last 4 matches (3-1-0) versus Huntly.Huntly missing players
Brechin City missing players
| Huntly | Brechin City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 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 |
| Huntly | Last season | Brechin City | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 34 | 17 | Played | P | 1 | 2 | ||
| 13 | 8 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | ||
| 15 | 6 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | ||
| 44 | 24 | Scored | S | 0 | 3 | ||
| 49 | 21 | Conceded | C | 1 | 3 | ||
| 97% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 79% | 76% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 50% | ||
| 44% | 41% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | ||
| 26% | 24% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | ||
| 15% | 12% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 50% | ||
| 50% | 59% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | ||
| 21% | 24% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | ||
| 32% | 18% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 50% | ||
| 0.8 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.5 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.2 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0.5 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | ||
| 171% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | ||
| 2.7 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.2 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | ||
| 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 |