Game preview for Football League: Keith - Buckie Thistle at Kynoch Park

Days
Hours
Minutes
Seconds
Competition: Scotland Football League
Competition: Sat 18.December
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Kynoch Park (4450 seats)

The visiting Buckie Thistle side are thought to be odds-on at Keith, as the visitors have a 28 point advantage from their 18 league fixtures this season.

Insights:
  • Keith have the fewest scored goals (13) in Football League
  • Buckie Thistle have the most scored goals in the first half (16) in Football League

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

W L L L L

Keith form and stats

Keith's struggle is real here at Kynoch Park with only 7 points collected from 8 Football League games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 2-1-5. With Keith having lost three times in a row here, the pressure is increasing on the manager Roddie.

Keith enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Nairn County's place. The match ended 3-1.

Ahead of that match, Keith lost 1-2 at home to Formartine United.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Keith here at Kynoch Park in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (7 from 8 games). Goals are flowing in at the wrong end for Keith with 19 goals conceded in these matches. It's worth mentioning that 14 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches. When Keith hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Huntly, Fort William, Turriff United, Strathspey Thistle and Lossiemouth), the matches have ended over 2.5 goals 2 of 3 times.

W W W W W

Buckie Thistle form and stats

Playing away, Buckie Thistle have won 5 games, drawn 0 and suffered 3 defeats in the Football League this season. Thistle have been producing wins at home as well, producing a total of nine victories in a row regardless of arena.

Thistle go into this game after a win, the home game against Turriff United that ended 2-0.

Ahead of that match was the victory versus Lossiemouth at their stadium, the result 5-0.

The Thistle manager Stewart has seen his team go crazy on the road this season, having scored 24 goals in 8 league matches away. It's worth mentioning that 13 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 8 goals have been conceded by Buckie Thistle in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

This was the end result when the participants met previously this campaign; Buckie Thistle - Keith 10-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last four matches): Keith one win, one draw and Buckie Thistle two victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one game had two or less.

Keith missing players

Buckie Thistle missing players

Keith Buckie Thistle
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
17 8 3 Played P 4 8 18
4 2 0 Won W 4 5 14
3 1 1 Drew D 0 0 1
10 5 2 Lost L 0 3 3
13 7 1 Scored S 17 24 71
46 19 12 Conceded C 0 8 14
88% 88% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
88% 88% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 100%
53% 62% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 62% 78%
35% 25% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 75% 62% 72%
24% 25% 67% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 50% 56%
24% 25% 33% BTTS BTTS 0% 25% 39%
29% 38% 33% Clean Sheets C S 100% 50% 50%
59% 50% 67% Failed to Score F T 0% 25% 11%
 
1 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 9 9
11 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 5 5
2 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2 2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
2 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 17 17
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 11 11
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 45% 45%
 
26 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 9 9
15 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 3 3
Key stats in Football League this season:
  • All of Buckie Thistle's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Buckie Thistle have created more than twice as many corners as Keith.
  • Buckie Thistle have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Buckie Thistle have scored more than double the goals of Keith.
  • Buckie Thistle have the most scored goals in the first half (16) in Football League
  • Buckie Thistle haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Keith have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
  • Keith have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Keith have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Keith have the fewest scored goals (13) in Football League
  • Keith have the fewest scored goals in the first half (0) in Football League
  • Keith have the fewest scored goals in the second half (1) in Football League
  • Keith have won significantly less corners at home than away.

  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 17 15 1 1 76 12 10 9 0 1 50 5 7 6 1 0 26 7 64 46
2 Buckie Thistle 18 14 1 3 71 14 10 9 1 0 47 6 8 5 0 3 24 8 57 43
3 Brora Rangers 17 14 0 3 64 14 9 8 0 1 33 4 8 6 0 2 31 10 50 42
4 Inverurie Loco Works 19 12 5 2 51 22 11 9 2 0 32 11 8 3 3 2 19 11 29 41
5 Brechin City 16 13 1 2 50 16 9 8 1 0 33 10 7 5 0 2 17 6 34 40
6 Rothes 17 11 5 1 43 13 8 5 3 0 19 5 9 6 2 1 24 8 30 38
7 Formartine United 18 12 2 4 47 25 8 7 0 1 30 11 10 5 2 3 17 14 22 38
8 Deveronvale 18 6 3 9 39 44 8 4 1 3 29 15 10 2 2 6 10 29 -5 21
9 Nairn County 19 5 6 8 35 41 9 0 4 5 12 20 10 5 2 3 23 21 -6 21
10 Clachnacuddin 18 5 4 9 30 43 9 3 1 5 16 21 9 2 3 4 14 22 -13 19
11 Wick Academy 18 4 7 7 28 42 10 2 3 5 13 27 8 2 4 2 15 15 -14 19
12 Forres Mechanics 19 4 7 8 26 48 10 2 5 3 11 23 9 2 2 5 15 25 -22 19
13 Huntly 17 4 3 10 27 40 9 2 2 5 13 19 8 2 1 5 14 21 -13 15
14 Lossiemouth 19 4 3 12 18 49 9 2 3 4 9 16 10 2 0 8 9 33 -31 15
15 Keith 17 4 3 10 13 46 8 2 1 5 7 19 9 2 2 5 6 27 -33 15
16 Strathspey Thistle 18 2 3 13 27 67 8 2 1 5 15 24 10 0 2 8 12 43 -40 9
17 Turriff United 19 2 3 14 17 57 9 2 1 6 10 29 10 0 2 8 7 28 -40 9
18 Fort William 16 0 1 15 18 87 6 0 0 6 6 30 10 0 1 9 12 57 -69 1