It's only match two of the Football League - Highland League for these participants. And fresh bodies and minds here at Grant Park as Lossiemouth greet Forres Mechanics. Check out this preview!
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.
Lossiemouth form and stats
The previous season, Lossiemouth's league statistics were 8 wins, 3 draws and 23 losses, ending with 14th position in the Football League - Highland League. During these 34 matches they scored {38 goals} and conceded 83. Appearing as the home side in the last season Lossiemouth managed 5-2-10 (win-draw-lost) with {23 goals} and 43 conceded.
Lossiemouth faced defeat in their previous match, away at Fraserburgh (1-3).
Before that, Lossiemouth played out a draw 2-2 when visiting Wick Academy.Forres Mechanics form and stats
Let's have a look at how Forres Mechanics performed last season in the Football League - Highland League: They landed a 11th position in the league table after playing out 10 victories, 6 draws and 18 defeats. In total they scored 57 and conceded {60 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 4 - drew 2 and lost 11 with 22/28 goals scored/conceded.
Impressive finishing secured the home win 2-1 against Strathspey Thistle in their previous game.
A 2-3 loss hosting Buckie Thistle before that.Head 2 Head
Numbers for the preceeding ten meetings involving these two squads are: one win for Lossiemouth, three draws and six wins for Forres Mechanics. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.
Lossiemouth missing players
Forres Mechanics missing players
| Lossiemouth | Forres Mechanics | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 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 |
| Lossiemouth | Last season | Forres Mechanics | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 34 | 17 | Played | P | 17 | 34 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Won | W | 4 | 10 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 6 | ||
| 23 | 10 | Lost | L | 11 | 18 | ||
| 38 | 23 | Scored | S | 22 | 57 | ||
| 83 | 43 | Conceded | C | 28 | 60 | ||
| 97% | 94% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 94% | 94% | ||
| 88% | 88% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 88% | 85% | ||
| 74% | 76% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 53% | 59% | ||
| 44% | 53% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 24% | 32% | ||
| 29% | 41% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 18% | 29% | ||
| 50% | 53% | BTTS | BTTS | 41% | 56% | ||
| 12% | 18% | Clean Sheets | C S | 24% | 21% | ||
| 41% | 35% | Failed to Score | F T | 41% | 29% | ||
| 0.9 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.3 | 2 | ||
| 1.2 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 1.9 | 1.8 | ||
| 0.4 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1.1 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 1.6 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 4.9 | 4.6 | ||
| 0.7 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 1.7 | ||
| 125% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 71% | 76% | ||
| 1.7 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6.1 | 5.3 | ||
| 0.8 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 2.2 | ||
| 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 |