Wick Academy vs Forres Mechanics pre-match information

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Competition: Scotland Football League - Highland League
Competition: Sat 25.February
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Harmsworth Park (2000 seats)

Wick Academy are leaning on their home crowd to aid them to do well in this fixture against Forres Mechanics. Who triumphs at Harmsworth Park?

Insights:
  • Wick Academy have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Forres Mechanics have created more than twice as many corners as Wick Academy.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Wick Academy form and stats

The story so far in the Football League - Highland League for Wick Academy at their home stadium (Harmsworth Park) is 4 wins, 1 draw and 7 defeats. The season ticket holders are starting to dread their visits here at Harmsworth Park, with the home team losing four in a row. They have not avoided a defeat here since the Deveronvale game.

The Academy crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 1-7 to Brora Rangers here at Harmsworth Park. Wick Academy were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.

Ahead of that match, Wick Academy lost 1-2 at home to Nairn County.

Scoring bonanza? Nobody knows the future, but we do know that 12 of the 13 latest league matches with this club has contained three or more goals.

Wick Academy have scored {10 league goals} here from 12 matches, not a lot. Academy are struggling defensively, conceding on average more than two goals per home game (28 from 12 played).

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Forres Mechanics form and stats

There's been little loot from Forres Mechanics's travels as they have only collected 10 points from 12 away games in the Football League - Highland League. Forres Mechanics only have 3 wins to counter their 8 defeats and 1 draw. Forres Mechanics seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?

Forres Mechanics's last game was the home draw against Clachnacuddin (0-0).

Prior to that match, the Mechanics manager Macdonald faced defeat when travelling to Rothes and losing 1-2.

The visiting Forres Mechanics have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 13 goals from 12 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Mechanics have conceded 18 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

The most recent registered scoreline between these contenders is the Forres Mechanics - Wick Academy 4-2 played not long ago this season. As for the last seven games between these two teams, there's one Wick Academy victory, three draws and three Forres Mechanics wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.

Wick Academy missing players

Forres Mechanics missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Wick Academy Forres Mechanics
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
22 12 4 Played P 3 12 27
6 4 2 Won W 1 3 9
2 1 1 Drew D 1 1 4
14 7 1 Lost L 1 8 14
23 10 5 Scored S 4 13 45
57 28 3 Conceded C 2 18 46
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 92% 93%
86% 75% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 83% 81%
77% 58% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 42% 56%
32% 17% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 25% 33%
23% 17% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 17% 30%
55% 42% 50% BTTS BTTS 0% 25% 48%
14% 25% 50% Clean Sheets C S 67% 33% 26%
32% 33% 0% Failed to Score F T 67% 50% 33%
 
0.5 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 1 2
6.2 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 1 2.3
0.5 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2 2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
2.8 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 6 8
1.8 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 3 3
71% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 17% 11%
 
10 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 6 7.3
4 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 2.5 2
Key stats in Football League - Highland League this season:
  • Forres Mechanics have created more than twice as many corners as Wick Academy.
  • Forres Mechanics have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Wick Academy have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
  • Wick Academy have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Wick Academy have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • Wick Academy 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 25 21 2 2 72 20 12 11 1 0 39 10 13 10 1 2 33 10 52 65
2 Brechin City 24 20 3 1 72 15 12 10 2 0 44 10 12 10 1 1 28 5 57 63
3 Formartine United 25 17 4 4 63 23 11 9 0 2 33 6 14 8 4 2 30 17 40 55
4 Fraserburgh 24 16 6 2 70 18 11 7 3 1 28 8 13 9 3 1 42 10 52 54
5 Brora Rangers 22 17 1 4 88 21 9 7 0 2 29 11 13 10 1 2 59 10 67 52
6 Inverurie Loco Works 27 10 7 10 47 46 13 4 4 5 18 19 14 6 3 5 29 27 1 37
7 Rothes 25 10 6 9 54 43 13 7 2 4 34 23 12 3 4 5 20 20 11 36
8 Nairn County 24 8 9 7 38 46 14 5 5 4 22 26 10 3 4 3 16 20 -8 33
9 Forres Mechanics 27 9 4 14 45 46 15 6 3 6 32 28 12 3 1 8 13 18 -1 31
10 Huntly 25 9 4 12 33 41 14 7 2 5 21 18 11 2 2 7 12 23 -8 31
11 Turriff United 23 7 2 14 36 51 11 4 2 5 19 21 12 3 0 9 17 30 -15 23
12 Clachnacuddin 25 7 2 16 32 59 13 5 0 8 18 28 12 2 2 8 14 31 -27 23
13 Lossiemouth 26 7 1 18 30 62 14 5 1 8 19 35 12 2 0 10 11 27 -32 22
14 Banks O Dee FC 25 13 6 6 66 34 13 8 2 3 37 16 12 5 4 3 29 18 32 21
15 Wick Academy 22 6 2 14 23 57 12 4 1 7 10 28 10 2 1 7 13 29 -34 20
16 Deveronvale 28 5 4 19 38 76 13 4 1 8 23 30 15 1 3 11 15 46 -38 19
17 Keith 24 5 4 15 25 66 10 4 3 3 18 19 14 1 1 12 7 47 -41 19
18 Strathspey Thistle 25 1 3 21 17 125 13 0 3 10 8 61 12 1 0 11 9 64 -108 6

Table
  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 25 21 2 2 72 20 12 11 1 0 39 10 13 10 1 2 33 10 52 65
2 Brechin City 24 20 3 1 72 15 12 10 2 0 44 10 12 10 1 1 28 5 57 63
3 Formartine United 25 17 4 4 63 23 11 9 0 2 33 6 14 8 4 2 30 17 40 55
4 Fraserburgh 24 16 6 2 70 18 11 7 3 1 28 8 13 9 3 1 42 10 52 54
5 Brora Rangers 22 17 1 4 88 21 9 7 0 2 29 11 13 10 1 2 59 10 67 52
6 Inverurie Loco Works 27 10 7 10 47 46 13 4 4 5 18 19 14 6 3 5 29 27 1 37
7 Rothes 25 10 6 9 54 43 13 7 2 4 34 23 12 3 4 5 20 20 11 36
8 Nairn County 24 8 9 7 38 46 14 5 5 4 22 26 10 3 4 3 16 20 -8 33
9 Forres Mechanics 27 9 4 14 45 46 15 6 3 6 32 28 12 3 1 8 13 18 -1 31
10 Huntly 25 9 4 12 33 41 14 7 2 5 21 18 11 2 2 7 12 23 -8 31
11 Turriff United 23 7 2 14 36 51 11 4 2 5 19 21 12 3 0 9 17 30 -15 23
12 Clachnacuddin 25 7 2 16 32 59 13 5 0 8 18 28 12 2 2 8 14 31 -27 23
13 Lossiemouth 26 7 1 18 30 62 14 5 1 8 19 35 12 2 0 10 11 27 -32 22
14 Banks O Dee FC 25 13 6 6 66 34 13 8 2 3 37 16 12 5 4 3 29 18 32 21
15 Wick Academy 22 6 2 14 23 57 12 4 1 7 10 28 10 2 1 7 13 29 -34 20
16 Deveronvale 28 5 4 19 38 76 13 4 1 8 23 30 15 1 3 11 15 46 -38 19
17 Keith 24 5 4 15 25 66 10 4 3 3 18 19 14 1 1 12 7 47 -41 19
18 Strathspey Thistle 25 1 3 21 17 125 13 0 3 10 8 61 12 1 0 11 9 64 -108 6

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