Running out at their own ground feels safe and nice for Strathspey Thistle, but Buckie Thistle are fully bent and able to win. What happens today?
- Strathspey Thistle have the fewest scored goals (14) in Football League - Highland League
- Buckie Thistle have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
Both sides have had ample time to rest since their last effort on the pitch. Let's aim for an animated fixture!
Strathspey Thistle form and stats
Strathspey Thistle's struggle is real here at Seafield Park with only 2 points collected from 11 Football League - Highland League games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 0-2-9. Strathspey are slowly digging their own grave here at Seafield Park with the depressing streak of not having won a home league game in eleven attempts.
Times are rough for the home team, having gone 419 minutes without scoring a league goal. Grant was the last player to find the net.
Strathspey Thistle suffered an unexpected defeat 0-7 against Rothes in their previous match, also played at home. As you see from the result above, Strathspey Thistle suffered greatly in their last game. Thankfully the team has a new chance to prove themselves in this one.
Heartbreak before that as Strathspey lost 0-7 at Deveronvale's place.Lots of goals and action? Who knows the future, but we do know that 16 of the 19 latest league matches with this side has seen three or more goals.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Strathspey Thistle here at Seafield Park in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (6 from 11 games). It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Strathspey's defense is seriously deficient as 57 goals have been conceded in these matches. When Strathspey Thistle hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Deveronvale, Banks O Dee FC, Clachnacuddin, Wick Academy and Lossiemouth), the matches have ended over 2.5 goals 4 of 5 times.
Buckie Thistle form and stats
The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 6 wins, 0 draws and only 2 losses in the Football League - Highland League.
Thistle go into this game after a win, the home game against Lossiemouth that ended 2-1.
Prior to that match, the Buckie Thistle manager Stewart faced defeat when travelling to Fraserburgh and losing 0-1.Observe that 12 of this club's 16 latest league games have ended with three or more goals.
Buckie Thistle are scoring goals for fun in their league games away this season, having clocked up more than three goals per game on average (25 goals from 8 away games). Thistle are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 7 times in 8 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
The 7 latest matches involving these opponents have all ended as Buckie Thistle wins. Will history repeat itself?This was the end result when the participants faced each other earlier this season; Buckie Thistle - Strathspey Thistle 8-0.
Strathspey Thistle missing players
Buckie Thistle missing players
| Strathspey Thistle | Buckie Thistle | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 11 | 5 | Played | P | 2 | 8 | 16 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 6 | 13 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | 9 | 4 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 14 | 6 | 2 | Scored | S | 10 | 25 | 52 |
| 94 | 57 | 29 | Conceded | C | 1 | 7 | 13 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 75% | 88% |
| 84% | 91% | 80% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 75% | 75% |
| 79% | 82% | 80% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 62% | 50% |
| 63% | 55% | 60% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 50% | 38% |
| 42% | 36% | 20% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 50% | 56% |
| 5% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 25% | 31% |
| 53% | 64% | 80% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 12% |
| 3.3 | 2 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 9 | 6.5 | 6.5 |
| 8 | 11 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| 0.7 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 6 | 5 | 5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 3.3 | 6 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 21 | 15 | 15 |
| 2 | 3 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 10 | 7.5 | 7.5 |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 40% | 40% |
| 24.7 | 26 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6 | 7 | 7 |
| 15.3 | 18 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 4 | 4 |
- All of Strathspey 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 scored more than double the goals of Strathspey Thistle.
- Buckie Thistle have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Buckie Thistle haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Strathspey Thistle have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
- Strathspey Thistle have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Strathspey Thistle have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Strathspey Thistle have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Strathspey Thistle have the fewest points (2) at home in Football League - Highland League
- Strathspey Thistle have the fewest scored goals (14) in Football League - Highland League
- Strathspey Thistle have the fewest scored goals (6) at home in Football League - Highland League
- Strathspey Thistle have the most conceded goals (57) at home in Football League - Highland League
- Strathspey Thistle have the most conceded goals (94) in Football League - Highland League
- Strathspey Thistle have the most conceded goals in the second half (13) in Football League - Highland League
- Strathspey Thistle have the the worst goal difference (-51) at home in Football League - Highland League
- Strathspey Thistle have the the worst goal difference (-80) in Football League - Highland League
- Strathspey Thistle have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- Strathspey Thistle have yet to win a game at home.
- Strathspey Thistle 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 | Buckie Thistle | 16 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 52 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 7 | 39 | 40 |
| 2 | Brechin City | 14 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 39 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 33 | 40 |
| 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 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 50 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 33 | 8 | 38 | 34 |
| 5 | Formartine United | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 34 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 10 | 19 | 32 |
| 6 | Inverurie Loco Works | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 33 | 26 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 15 | 7 | 30 |
| 7 | Rothes | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 38 | 35 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 18 | 3 | 26 |
| 8 | Forres Mechanics | 17 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 32 | 28 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 14 | 4 | 22 |
| 9 | Huntly | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 24 | 33 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 17 | -9 | 18 |
| 10 | Keith | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 23 | 45 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 18 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 27 | -22 | 18 |
| 11 | Turriff United | 16 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 29 | 37 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 15 | 23 | -8 | 17 |
| 12 | Nairn County | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 24 | 38 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 16 | -14 | 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 | Deveronvale | 18 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 27 | 44 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 28 | -17 | 15 |
| 15 | Lossiemouth | 16 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 24 | 43 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 17 | 27 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 16 | -19 | 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 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 45 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 9 | 27 | 5 |
| 18 | Strathspey Thistle | 19 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 14 | 94 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 57 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 37 | -80 | 5 |
