Match preview Football League: Forres Mechanics - Rothes at Mosset Park

Competition: Scotland Football League
Date: Sat 23.March
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Mosset Park

Forres Mechanics perform at a high level so far being 6th in the table. Rothes can look both up and down from their 11th position.

Forres Mechanics and Rothes 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.

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Forres Mechanics form and stats

Forres Mechanics has performed well at Mosset Park so far this season with 7 wins from 10 matches. Points have also been lost, 1 after draws and 2 from defeats. It’s been three wins in a row for Forres Mechanics here at Mosset Park, hoping to make this one the fourth consecutive victory.

The Forres Mechanics supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Clachnacuddin in Football League and win 1-0. A defeat was the result before that one, 0-3 away at Nairn County.

The Football League match against Rothes is next on the list for Forres Mechanics, coming up only zero days after this. It is played on a neutral arena.

Forres Mechanics are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at Mosset Park, having scored an impressive 29 goals in 10 games. Forres Mechanics are not conceding a lot of goals here at Mosset Park, averaging less than one per game. The total is 10 from 10 matches. On the other hand, Forres Mechanics have conceded 10 goals.

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Rothes form and stats

The visitors are W4-D3-L3 on the road this term.

Rothes play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 1-0 victory visiting Deveronvale (placed 10th). A 4-4 draw at Huntly's stadium before that.

After this away game Rothes are travelling again fairly soon, but not to a normal away game. The Football League match versus Forres Mechanics is played at a neutral venue in only zero days.

Rothes have scored more than twice per away game on average, an impressive attacking display. They have 24 goals from 10 away matches. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Rothes have conceded 16 goals on the road.

Head 2 Head

Forres Mechanics and Rothes have met before this season: Rothes - Forres Mechanics 3-1. As for the last one game between these two teams, there's 0 Forres Mechanics victories, 0 draws and 1 Rothes win.

Top Goalscorers

Forres Mechanics missing players

Rothes missing players

Forres Mechanics Rothes
Total Home Statistic Away Total
30 15 Played 13 28
93% 93% Over 0.5 100% 100%
83% 80% Over 1.5 85% 86%
77% 73% Over 2.5 62% 68%
47% 40% Over 3.5 46% 54%
30% 27% Over 4.5 31% 39%
50% 53% Both teams to score 62% 64%
33% 33% Clean Sheet 8% 14%
23% 20% Failed To Score 31% 21%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Cove Rangers 17 16 0 1 54 7 9 9 0 0 33 0 8 7 0 1 21 7 47 48
2 Fraserburgh 19 15 1 3 66 17 9 8 0 1 37 7 10 7 1 2 29 10 49 46
3 Inverurie Loco Works 21 13 4 4 66 32 10 5 2 3 33 18 11 8 2 1 33 14 34 43
4 Brora Rangers 17 14 0 3 53 9 10 9 0 1 37 5 7 5 0 2 16 4 44 42
5 Formartine United 18 13 2 3 53 24 9 6 1 2 24 9 9 7 1 1 29 15 29 41
6 Forres Mechanics 20 13 1 6 51 23 10 7 1 2 29 10 10 6 0 4 22 13 28 40
7 Buckie Thistle 18 10 1 7 49 27 9 7 0 2 24 10 9 3 1 5 25 17 22 31
8 Huntly 19 9 2 8 41 35 8 2 1 5 12 15 11 7 1 3 29 20 6 29
9 Wick Academy 18 8 3 7 45 34 8 3 2 3 25 13 10 5 1 4 20 21 11 27
10 Deveronvale 20 8 1 11 36 44 10 2 1 7 15 28 10 6 0 4 21 16 -8 25
11 Rothes 19 7 3 9 44 33 9 3 0 6 20 17 10 4 3 3 24 16 11 24
12 Keith 19 7 3 9 33 39 11 3 1 7 13 25 8 4 2 2 20 14 -6 24
13 Strathspey Thistle 19 6 3 10 27 44 9 2 1 6 10 22 10 4 2 4 17 22 -17 21
14 Nairn County 18 6 2 10 32 37 9 4 1 4 19 15 9 2 1 6 13 22 -5 20
15 Turriff United 20 5 3 12 39 51 9 3 3 3 19 16 11 2 0 9 20 35 -12 18
16 Clachnacuddin 18 3 3 12 22 45 9 2 1 6 9 24 9 1 2 6 13 21 -23 12
17 Lossiemouth 21 1 0 20 18 96 12 0 0 12 12 58 9 1 0 8 6 38 -78 3
18 Fort William 21 0 2 19 14 146 11 0 2 9 13 67 10 0 0 10 1 79 -132 2

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