Football League - Highland League game preview and stats: Wick Academy welcome Strathspey Thistle

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Competition: Scotland Football League - Highland League
Competition: Sat 21.January
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Harmsworth Park (2000 seats)

Enjoying a 14 point dominance in the league standings, Wick Academy fans expect to see their gladiators win maximum points from this match against Strathspey Thistle.

Insights:
  • Wick Academy have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
  • Strathspey Thistle have the fewest scored goals (16) in Football League - Highland League

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Wick Academy form and stats

4-1-4 (win-draw-lost) are the Football League - Highland League numbers at home for Wick Academy so far this season.

It's back home for Wick Academy, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Clachnacuddin away with the result 3-1.

Preceding that match was a defeat to Buckie Thistle (0-1).

Goal fest? Who knows about this one, but we do know that 9 of the 11 latest league games with this team has seen at least three goals.

Academy aren't scoring a lot here at Harmsworth Park in the league, with only {8 goals} from 9 games. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Wick Academy defense is not exactly impregnable. 16 goals conceded from 9 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Strathspey Thistle form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Strathspey Thistle so far with only 3 points returning home. The records show 1-0-8 (win-draw-lose). With the Strathspey losing streak of six defeats in a row, regardless of arena, optimism is low and sinking.

Home advantage was not enough for Strathspey Thistle in their previous game as they lost hosting Lossiemouth, 1-3.

A 1-8 defeat away at Forres Mechanics before that.

Goal hungry football fans should note that 18 of this side's 21 most recent league games have ended with three goals or more.

The Strathspey defense is as useful as an ashtray on a motorcycle, having conceded 45 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

Wick Academy have put together a sequence of 4 consecutive games without losing (3-1-0) when playing Strathspey Thistle.

Strathspey Thistle - Wick Academy 1-2 was the outcome when this pair of sides previously met, also in this season.

Wick Academy missing players

Strathspey Thistle missing players

Wick Academy Strathspey Thistle
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
17 9 4 Played P 3 9 21
6 4 3 Won W 0 1 1
1 1 0 Drew D 0 0 2
10 4 1 Lost L 3 8 18
19 8 4 Scored S 3 9 16
37 16 9 Conceded C 14 45 105
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
82% 67% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 100%
71% 44% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 78% 86%
24% 11% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 78% 81%
18% 11% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 67% 78% 62%
53% 33% 25% BTTS BTTS 67% 56% 48%
18% 33% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 11% 5%
29% 33% 25% Failed to Score F T 33% 33% 48%
 
1 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 4 3.3
12.5 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 6.5 8
1 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1 0.7
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
5.5 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 2 3.3
3.5 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 1.5 2
43% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 33% 17%
 
20 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 24 24.7
8 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 14 15.3
Key stats in Football League - Highland League this season:
  • All of Strathspey Thistle's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • 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 created more than twice as many corners as Wick Academy.
  • Strathspey Thistle have the fewest points (3) away in Football League - Highland League
  • Strathspey Thistle have the fewest scored goals (16) in Football League - Highland League
  • Strathspey Thistle have the most conceded goals (105) in Football League - Highland League
  • Strathspey Thistle have the most conceded goals (45) away 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 (-36) away in Football League - Highland League
  • Strathspey Thistle have the the worst goal difference (-89) in Football League - Highland League
  • Strathspey Thistle haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Wick Academy have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
  • 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 20 17 1 2 61 17 9 8 1 0 30 8 11 9 0 2 31 9 44 52
2 Brechin City 18 16 2 0 55 12 10 8 2 0 33 9 8 8 0 0 22 3 43 50
3 Brora Rangers 17 14 1 2 70 15 8 7 0 1 29 10 9 7 1 1 41 5 55 43
4 Fraserburgh 19 12 5 2 56 16 8 5 2 1 19 6 11 7 3 1 37 10 40 41
5 Formartine United 20 12 4 4 44 19 8 6 0 2 21 6 12 6 4 2 23 13 25 40
6 Inverurie Loco Works 22 9 7 6 42 34 11 3 4 4 14 15 11 6 3 2 28 19 8 34
7 Forres Mechanics 22 9 3 10 42 38 12 6 2 4 30 24 10 3 1 6 12 14 4 30
8 Rothes 20 7 5 8 38 36 9 4 1 4 18 18 11 3 4 4 20 18 2 26
9 Nairn County 19 6 6 7 31 42 12 4 4 4 20 26 7 2 2 3 11 16 -11 24
10 Huntly 20 6 3 11 26 35 11 5 1 5 17 16 9 1 2 6 9 19 -9 21
11 Turriff United 19 6 2 11 32 43 9 4 2 3 17 16 10 2 0 8 15 27 -11 20
12 Wick Academy 17 6 1 10 19 37 9 4 1 4 8 16 8 2 0 6 11 21 -18 19
13 Lossiemouth 20 6 1 13 27 50 10 4 1 5 17 27 10 2 0 8 10 23 -23 19
14 Keith 19 5 3 11 24 51 9 4 2 3 17 18 10 1 1 8 7 33 -27 18
15 Clachnacuddin 20 5 1 14 25 51 11 3 0 8 13 27 9 2 1 6 12 24 -26 16
16 Deveronvale 23 4 3 16 33 63 10 3 1 6 20 21 13 1 2 10 13 42 -30 15
17 Banks O Dee FC 20 9 6 5 52 29 10 6 2 2 27 13 10 3 4 3 25 16 23 9
18 Strathspey Thistle 21 1 2 18 16 105 12 0 2 10 7 60 9 1 0 8 9 45 -89 5