Only a win will satisfy the home supporters in this Harlaw Park clash with Fort William, having a healthy lead on the opposition in the Football League table.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Inverurie Loco Works form and stats
Inverurie Loco Works have collected 12 points from their Football League home games so far after 4-0-3.
The Inverurie Loco Works fans got no joy from their last match, a Scottish Cup game also here at Harlaw Park: A 0-1 defeat against Broxburn Athletic. Before that game, the 4-1 home victory against Clachnacuddin.
Inverurie Loco Works are showing their attacking force in their league home games this season, scoring more than 2,5 goals per game on average (18 goals in 7 games). With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Inverurie Loco Works defense is not exactly impregnable. 13 goals conceded from 7 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Fort William form and stats
Fort William are still without points from their Football League away games. 5 games, 5 defeats. A depressing five defeats in a row for Fort William in their away games. Unhappy days, as the last time they avoided a loss on the road was versus Brora Rangers. It's looking increasingly bleak for Fort William who now has to deal with a four game losing streak. Clachnacuddin was the last time a defeat was avoided.
Fort William failed to get anything from their last game, a Scottish Cup home match vs Albion Rovers that ended with defeat 0-5. Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Albion Rovers that ended 1-1.
Fort William lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 0-5 beating and focus on this one.
The visitors have scored 3 goals from 5 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. The Fort William defense is as useful as an ashtray on a motorcycle, having conceded 24 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Fort William - Inverurie Loco Works 1-4. H2H stats regardless of arena (last three matches): Inverurie Loco Works 3 wins, 0 draws and Fort William 0 victories. As for goals, 3 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 0 games had two or less.Inverurie Loco Works missing players
Fort William missing players
| Inverurie Loco Works | Fort William | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 7 | 1 | Played | P | 3 | 5 | 10 |
| 12 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | 9 |
| 42 | 18 | 4 | Scored | S | 3 | 3 | 9 |
| 23 | 13 | 1 | Conceded | C | 16 | 24 | 38 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 88% | 86% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 80% |
| 75% | 86% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 80% | 70% |
| 62% | 86% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 80% | 70% |
| 44% | 43% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 67% | 60% | 60% |
| 69% | 71% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 20% | 40% |
| 19% | 14% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 10% |
| 12% | 14% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 80% | 50% |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 5 | 0 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | 18 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | 8 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33% | 38% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
- All of Fort William's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Fort William has the fewest scored goals (9)
- Fort William have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Fort William have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Fort William have lost all their away matches so far.
- Fort William have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Fort William haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Inverurie Loco Works have created more than twice as many corners as Fort William.
- Inverurie Loco Works have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Inverurie Loco Works have scored more than double the goals of Fort William.
- Inverurie Loco Works have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- Inverurie Loco Works haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Inverurie Loco Works is in the best form (4-0-0)
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Brora Rangers | 14 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 48 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 31 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 40 | 36 |
| 2 | Inverurie Loco Works | 16 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 42 | 23 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 10 | 19 | 36 |
| 3 | Fraserburgh | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 48 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 5 | 34 | 35 |
| 4 | Buckie Thistle | 14 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 37 | 21 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 15 | 16 | 33 |
| 5 | Rothes | 13 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 35 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 25 | 31 |
| 6 | Forres Mechanics | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 52 | 31 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 35 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 18 | 21 | 29 |
| 7 | Nairn County | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 21 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 27 |
| 8 | Formartine United | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 29 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 22 | 22 |
| 9 | Keith | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 28 | 44 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 23 | -16 | 21 |
| 10 | Wick Academy | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 24 | 31 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 18 | -7 | 18 |
| 11 | Deveronvale | 15 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 20 | 32 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 18 | -12 | 16 |
| 12 | Huntly | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 23 | 42 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 24 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 18 | -19 | 16 |
| 13 | Strathspey Thistle | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 17 | 32 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 28 | -15 | 10 |
| 14 | Clachnacuddin | 16 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 39 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 26 | -25 | 8 |
| 15 | Turriff United | 15 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 17 | 44 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 23 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 21 | -27 | 8 |
| 16 | Lossiemouth | 16 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 12 | 46 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 22 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 24 | -34 | 7 |
| 17 | Fort William | 10 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 38 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 24 | -29 | 3 |