Formartine United have come here for an intriguing fight against the hosts Inverurie Loco Works. Get smart on the match with this thorough Football League - Highland League preview!
It's no vacation for neither Inverurie nor Formartine United as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Inverurie Loco Works form and stats
The home fans saw their team lose the first Football League - Highland League game of the season here at Harlaw Park. Last season these fans witnessed 7 wins, 4 draws and 6 losses from Inverurie Loco Works's 17 home games.
Inverurie Loco Works are returning here after visiting Huntly in a Highland League Cup game and winning with a 2-1 scoreline.
Preceding that match was the home Football League - Highland League game against Fraserburgh that was lost 0-7.Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Football League - Highland League game versus Huntly in only three days. This game is also played here at Harlaw Park.
Early season league goal statistics from Inverurie Loco Works's 1 home game: {0 goals}, 7 conceded.
Formartine United form and stats
Formartine United are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Football League - Highland League, having played 2 games and collected 3 points (1 win, 0 draws and 1 loss).
Formartine play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-1 victory visiting Lossiemouth (placed 17th).
Prior to that match, a home win 4-0 against Strathspey Thistle.After this away game Formartine United return home for a Football League - Highland League game against Buckie Thistle. That game is only three sleeps after this.
Formartine United have the goal stats of 2-2 (for/against) from 2 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last nine meetings: four - one - four (Inverurie Loco Works wins - draws - Formartine United wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.
Inverurie Loco Works missing players
Formartine United missing players
| Inverurie Loco Works | Formartine United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 11 | 7 | 7 | Conceded | C | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 50% | 67% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 50% | 67% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 50% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 50% | 100% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 33% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 2.5 | 4.7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2 | 1 | 1.3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 2 | 1.7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 16 | 8 | 11.3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 8 | 4 | 5 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 25% | 40% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8 | 4 | 3.7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 1.5 | 1 |
| Inverurie Loco Works | Last season | Formartine United | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 34 | 17 | Played | P | 17 | 34 | ||
| 14 | 7 | Won | W | 8 | 23 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Drew | D | 5 | 5 | ||
| 12 | 6 | Lost | L | 4 | 6 | ||
| 63 | 29 | Scored | S | 32 | 81 | ||
| 57 | 25 | Conceded | C | 21 | 31 | ||
| 97% | 94% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 88% | 82% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 88% | 91% | ||
| 68% | 59% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 65% | 68% | ||
| 53% | 53% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 41% | 38% | ||
| 26% | 18% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 12% | 18% | ||
| 62% | 47% | BTTS | BTTS | 71% | 59% | ||
| 21% | 29% | Clean Sheets | C S | 18% | 32% | ||
| 21% | 29% | Failed to Score | F T | 12% | 9% | ||
| 2.7 | 2.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0.5 | 1.5 | ||
| 2.3 | 3.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 1.3 | 1.8 | ||
| 0.8 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 0.8 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 5.1 | 5.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 3.3 | 4.8 | ||
| 2.6 | 2.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.5 | 2.4 | ||
| 68% | 80% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 89% | 85% | ||
| 4.9 | 5.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 2.7 | 3.2 | ||
| 2.2 | 2.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 1.2 | 1.5 | ||
| 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 |
