Buckie Thistle vs Turriff United pre-match guide

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Competition: Scotland Football League
Competition: Sat 11.December
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Victoria Park (5000 seats)

Pre-match most people would expect a significant contrast in quality between these sides based on table positions so far, with Buckie Thistle ahead of Turriff United by 31 points.

Insights:
  • Buckie Thistle have the most scored goals (69) in Football League
  • Turriff United have yet to win a game away.

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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Buckie Thistle form and stats

8-1-0 is the performance here at Victoria Park so far in the Football League, giving Buckie Thistle a total of 25 from their 9 games here. Outstanding results! After failing to beat Fraserburgh here at Victoria Park, Thistle has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with five wins in a row.

Thistle are returning here after visiting Lossiemouth in a Football League game and winning with a 5-0 scoreline. As mentioned above, Thistle "killed" Lossiemouth in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency.

Before that game, the 4-1 home victory against Nairn County.

Buckie Thistle always seem capable of creating a buzz here at Victoria Park with 45 goals in 9 league games. From these home matches, Thistle have conceded only 6 goals. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Turriff United form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Turriff United so far with only 2 points returning home. The records show 0-2-7 (win-draw-lose). A depressing four defeats in a row for Turriff in their away games. Unhappy days, as the last time they avoided a loss on the road was versus Forres Mechanics.

Turriff might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Nairn County proved too strong as Turriff United slumped to a 0-6 defeat in front of their own fans at The Haughs. As you can see from the result above, the defeat against Nairn County was particularly ugly (0-6). The humiliation is still top of mind.

The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-5 defeat against Brechin City.

The attacking power of Turriff when travelling is not overwhelming with 7 goals scored from 9 league matches away. The opposition has been scoring high and low on Turriff United's goalkeeper in away games this season, as they have let in 26 goals in 9 travels. It's worth mentioning that 13 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches. Turriff has visited these top teams four times, and 4 of 4 has ended with 2 goals or more!

Head 2 Head

Buckie Thistle and Turriff United have faced off previously this season: Turriff United - Buckie Thistle 0-4. H2H stats regardless of arena (last five matches): Buckie Thistle three wins, one draw and Turriff United one victory. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one game had two or less.

Buckie Thistle missing players

Turriff United missing players

Buckie Thistle Turriff United
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
17 9 3 Played P 4 9 18
13 8 3 Won W 0 0 2
1 1 0 Drew D 0 2 3
3 0 0 Lost L 4 7 13
69 45 24 Scored S 3 7 17
14 6 1 Conceded C 13 26 55
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 100%
82% 100% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 78% 83%
76% 89% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 75% 56% 67%
59% 67% 100% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 33% 39%
41% 56% 33% BTTS BTTS 75% 67% 44%
47% 44% 67% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 6%
12% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 25% 33% 50%
 
9 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 5 5
5 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 4 4
2 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2 2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
17 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 12 12
11 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 4 4
45% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 50% 50%
 
9 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 13 13
3 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 9 9
Key stats in Football League this season:
  • All of Buckie Thistle's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
  • All of Turriff United's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Buckie Thistle have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Buckie Thistle have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Buckie Thistle have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Buckie Thistle have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Buckie Thistle have scored more than double the goals of Turriff United.
  • Buckie Thistle have the most scored goals (45) at home in Football League
  • Buckie Thistle have the most scored goals (69) in Football League
  • Buckie Thistle have the most scored goals in the first half (16) in Football League
  • Buckie Thistle have the the best goal difference (+39) at home in Football League
  • Buckie Thistle have the the best goal difference (+55) in Football League
  • Buckie Thistle have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • Buckie Thistle haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Turriff United have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Turriff United have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Turriff United have yet to win a game away.
  • Turriff United 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 16 14 1 1 64 12 9 8 0 1 38 5 7 6 1 0 26 7 52 43
2 Brora Rangers 17 14 0 3 64 14 9 8 0 1 33 4 8 6 0 2 31 10 50 42
3 Buckie Thistle 17 13 1 3 69 14 9 8 1 0 45 6 8 5 0 3 24 8 55 40
4 Brechin City 16 13 1 2 50 16 9 8 1 0 33 10 7 5 0 2 17 6 34 40
5 Rothes 17 11 5 1 43 13 8 5 3 0 19 5 9 6 2 1 24 8 30 38
6 Inverurie Loco Works 18 11 5 2 46 20 10 8 2 0 27 9 8 3 3 2 19 11 26 38
7 Formartine United 17 11 2 4 46 25 8 7 0 1 30 11 9 4 2 3 16 14 21 35
8 Deveronvale 17 6 3 8 35 39 7 4 1 2 25 10 10 2 2 6 10 29 -4 21
9 Clachnacuddin 18 5 4 9 30 43 9 3 1 5 16 21 9 2 3 4 14 22 -13 19
10 Forres Mechanics 18 4 7 7 26 47 9 2 5 2 11 22 9 2 2 5 15 25 -21 19
11 Nairn County 18 4 6 8 30 37 9 0 4 5 12 20 9 4 2 3 18 17 -7 18
12 Wick Academy 17 3 7 7 27 42 9 1 3 5 12 27 8 2 4 2 15 15 -15 16
13 Huntly 17 4 3 10 27 40 9 2 2 5 13 19 8 2 1 5 14 21 -13 15
14 Lossiemouth 18 4 3 11 16 44 9 2 3 4 9 16 9 2 0 7 7 28 -28 15
15 Keith 17 4 3 10 13 46 8 2 1 5 7 19 9 2 2 5 6 27 -33 15
16 Turriff United 18 2 3 13 17 55 9 2 1 6 10 29 9 0 2 7 7 26 -38 9
17 Strathspey Thistle 17 2 3 12 27 66 8 2 1 5 15 24 9 0 2 7 12 42 -39 9
18 Fort William 15 0 1 14 18 75 6 0 0 6 6 30 9 0 1 8 12 45 -57 1