This should be an exciting match as Nairn County have their expected home advantage, while Buckie Thistle lead them by 22 points in the Football League - Highland League standings.
- Nairn County have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Buckie Thistle have the fewest conceded goals (15) in Football League - Highland League
Nairn County and Buckie 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.
Nairn County form and stats
With 1 Football League - Highland League win, 4 draws and 6 defeats from their home games, Nairn County are certainly not brimming with confidence.
Happy days for County in their previous game, a fixture away at Forres Mechanics (placed 14th) that ended with a 3-2 victory.
Ahead of that match, Nairn County lost 0-3 at home to Brora Rangers.Nairn County has scored 15 league goals at home this season, in 11 matches. Goals are flowing in at the wrong end for Nairn County with 25 goals conceded in these matches.
Buckie Thistle form and stats
Buckie Thistle's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Buckie Thistle collect 18 points from their 9 away matches in the Football League - Highland League. 6 victories and 0 draws have created these points (and only 3 defeats). Things are running smoothly for Buckie Thistle who hasn't tasted defeat in their last eleven matches, regardless of venue and tournament. Their last defeat was against Brechin City.
Two away games in a row for Thistle, whose manager Stewart could celebrate last time after the win against Fort William.
That result followed a home victory 4-0 versus Formartine United.The schedule is very tough for Buckie Thistle now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Football League - Highland League game at Fraserburgh is waiting in only four days.
The prediction for this game is lots of goals as Thistle alone have scored more than three on average in their league games away (28 from 9 played). It's worth mentioning that 15 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
This isn't the first time these teams get together this campaign, as the history books show this recent match: Buckie Thistle - Nairn County 4-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last five matches): Nairn County zero wins, one draw and Buckie Thistle four victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), zero games had two or less.Nairn County missing players
Buckie Thistle missing players
| Nairn County | Buckie Thistle | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 11 | 5 | Played | P | 2 | 9 | 20 |
| 7 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 6 | 16 |
| 6 | 4 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 6 | 4 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 41 | 15 | 6 | Scored | S | 7 | 28 | 79 |
| 48 | 25 | 12 | Conceded | C | 1 | 9 | 15 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 95% | 91% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 77% | 73% | 80% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 67% | 80% |
| 68% | 64% | 60% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 67% | 75% |
| 36% | 27% | 40% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 56% | 55% |
| 73% | 73% | 60% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 33% | 40% |
| 9% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 44% | 50% |
| 18% | 27% | 40% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 22% | 10% |
| 6 | 6.4 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 9 | 9 | 9 |
| 5.2 | 4.8 | 5.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| 2.2 | 2.4 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10.5 | 11 | 4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 17 | 17 | 17 |
| 5 | 5 | 1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 11 | 11 | 11 |
| 30% | 32% | 100% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 45% | 45% | 45% |
| 12 | 12.2 | 13 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9 | 9 | 9 |
| 5.7 | 5.6 | 7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 3 | 3 |
- All of Buckie Thistle's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Buckie Thistle have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Buckie Thistle have the fewest conceded goals (15) in Football League - Highland League
- Buckie Thistle have the most scored goals in the first half (16) in Football League - Highland League
- Buckie Thistle haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Nairn County have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Nairn County 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 | Fraserburgh | 20 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 85 | 16 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 50 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 35 | 11 | 69 | 55 |
| 2 | Buckie Thistle | 20 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 79 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 51 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 28 | 9 | 64 | 49 |
| 3 | Brechin City | 21 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 63 | 22 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 44 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 7 | 41 | 49 |
| 4 | Inverurie Loco Works | 22 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 59 | 28 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 37 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 12 | 31 | 47 |
| 5 | Brora Rangers | 20 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 71 | 20 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 33 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 38 | 14 | 51 | 46 |
| 6 | Rothes | 20 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 50 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 28 | 12 | 33 | 44 |
| 7 | Formartine United | 22 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 53 | 36 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 36 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 42 |
| 8 | Wick Academy | 24 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 44 | 53 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 31 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 22 | -9 | 34 |
| 9 | Nairn County | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 41 | 48 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 25 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 26 | 23 | -7 | 27 |
| 10 | Deveronvale | 21 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 43 | 53 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 32 | 19 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 34 | -10 | 22 |
| 11 | Clachnacuddin | 21 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 35 | 47 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 18 | 25 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 22 | -12 | 22 |
| 12 | Huntly | 21 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 35 | 46 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 18 | 25 | -11 | 21 |
| 13 | Keith | 21 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 24 | 55 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 20 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 35 | -31 | 21 |
| 14 | Forres Mechanics | 21 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 28 | 51 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 26 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 25 | -23 | 20 |
| 15 | Lossiemouth | 23 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 21 | 56 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 21 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 35 | -35 | 19 |
| 16 | Strathspey Thistle | 20 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 29 | 73 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 25 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 48 | -44 | 10 |
| 17 | Turriff United | 23 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 20 | 68 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 35 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 33 | -48 | 9 |
| 18 | Fort William | 18 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 19 | 95 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 34 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 12 | 61 | -76 | 1 |
