Football League - Highland League fixture tips and match guide for the Lossiemouth vs Forres Mechanics encounter

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Competition: Scotland Football League - Highland League
Competition: Fri 30.December
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)
Venue: Grant Park (3250 seats)

Lossiemouth want to have lots of fans in for this fixture even though the season has been rough so far with 15 points and a 14th spot in the Football League - Highland League table. Visiting Forres Mechanics hold 7th place with 26 pts.

Insights:
  • Lossiemouth have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Lossiemouth have created more than twice as many corners as Forres Mechanics.

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.

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Lossiemouth form and stats

4-0-5 (win-draw-lost) are the Football League - Highland League numbers at home for Lossiemouth so far this season. Regardless of arena the trend is looking very unhealthy for Lossiemouth with their six defeats in a row. Not since the Turriff United game, 83 days ago, have they avoided a loss.

Lossiemouth are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-1 away versus Forres Mechanics.

Prior to that, an away loss at Buckie Thistle.

Sports bettors should know that 8 of the most recent 10 league games from this club have had goals from both sides.

A decent goal production from Lossiemouth in their home games so far, with 17 goals from 9 league matches.

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Forres Mechanics form and stats

Forres Mechanics have only collected 9 points from their away games in the Football League - Highland League, after 3-0-6 (9 played). A depressing six defeats in a row for Forres Mechanics in their away games. Unhappy days, as the last time they avoided a loss on the road was versus Inverurie Loco Works.

Forres Mechanics are travelling after their nice 1-0 home win in the game against Lossiemouth (placed 14th). Hooray; their first victory in the league after six games not winning.

Ahead of that game was the 1-1 draw at home against Inverurie Loco Works.

Mechanics are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 12 away goals from 9 games (in the league). Forres Mechanics struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 14 goals conceded from these games. It's worth mentioning that 8 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

It's not the first time these two sides meet on the pitch this campaign, as the records show this recent fixture: Forres Mechanics - Lossiemouth 1-0. Head-to-head data (for the preceeding ten meetings): Lossiemouth won one game, two matches ended with a tie and Forres Mechanics have seven wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: six / four.

Lossiemouth missing players

Forres Mechanics missing players

Lossiemouth Forres Mechanics
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
17 9 3 Played P 2 9 19
5 4 2 Won W 1 3 8
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 2
12 5 1 Lost L 1 6 9
24 17 8 Scored S 4 12 34
44 27 5 Conceded C 2 14 29
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
94% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 89% 84%
82% 89% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 44% 53%
53% 78% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 33% 37%
41% 67% 67% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 22% 32%
65% 67% 67% BTTS BTTS 0% 22% 47%
6% 11% 33% Clean Sheets C S 50% 33% 26%
29% 22% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 44% 26%
 
8 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 2 2
12 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 2 2
4 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 4 4
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
9 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 12 12
4 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 6 6
25% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
10 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 12 12
3 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 5 5
Key stats in Football League - Highland League this season:
  • All of Lossiemouth's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Forres Mechanics haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Lossiemouth have created more than twice as many corners as Forres Mechanics.
  • Lossiemouth have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Lossiemouth have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • Lossiemouth 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 16 14 2 0 50 11 10 8 2 0 33 9 6 6 0 0 17 2 39 44
2 Buckie Thistle 17 14 1 2 54 14 8 7 1 0 27 6 9 7 0 2 27 8 40 43
3 Brora Rangers 15 12 1 2 56 14 7 6 0 1 23 9 8 6 1 1 33 5 42 37
4 Fraserburgh 17 11 4 2 51 12 7 5 1 1 17 4 10 6 3 1 34 8 39 37
5 Formartine United 17 10 3 4 35 17 6 4 0 2 14 6 11 6 3 2 21 11 18 33
6 Inverurie Loco Works 19 8 7 4 34 27 9 2 4 3 8 11 10 6 3 1 26 16 7 31
7 Forres Mechanics 19 8 2 9 34 29 10 5 2 3 22 15 9 3 0 6 12 14 5 26
8 Rothes 19 7 5 7 38 35 8 4 1 3 18 17 11 3 4 4 20 18 3 26
9 Huntly 18 5 3 10 24 33 10 4 1 5 15 16 8 1 2 5 9 17 -9 18
10 Nairn County 16 4 6 6 25 39 10 3 4 3 16 23 6 1 2 3 9 16 -14 18
11 Keith 18 5 3 10 23 45 9 4 2 3 17 18 9 1 1 7 6 27 -22 18
12 Turriff United 16 5 2 9 29 37 8 3 2 3 14 14 8 2 0 6 15 23 -8 17
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 17 5 0 12 24 44 9 4 0 5 17 27 8 1 0 7 7 17 -20 15
15 Deveronvale 20 4 3 13 29 53 9 3 1 5 18 18 11 1 2 8 11 35 -24 15
16 Clachnacuddin 17 4 1 12 20 44 9 3 0 6 12 22 8 1 1 6 8 22 -24 13
17 Banks O Dee FC 17 8 6 3 49 22 8 5 2 1 24 9 9 3 4 2 25 13 27 6
18 Strathspey Thistle 19 1 2 16 14 94 11 0 2 9 6 57 8 1 0 7 8 37 -80 5