Getting closer to the top teams is at stake when these two mid-table clubs battle it out. Both will be aiming to improve their league table standing, Nairn County in 6th and Forres Mechanics in 8th place.
Forres Mechanics could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Football League game only four sleeps ago.
Nairn County form and stats
The story so far in the Football League for Nairn County at their home stadium (Station Park) is 4 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Station Park.
Nairn County's previous game was a Football League match also played at home, ending 1-0 versus Wick Academy (placed 10th). The home side are looking to build on that result. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Buckie Thistle (1-2).
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Nairn County as they are travelling to their away game against Lossiemouth in the Football League. That match is three days after this one.
With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (10 in 5 games), Nairn County's attacking play is working. From these home matches, Nairn County have conceded only 4 goals.
Forres Mechanics form and stats
Forres Mechanics have only collected 7 points from their away games in the Football League, after 2-1-4 (7 played). Forres Mechanics love their trips these days, as their two previous away games have resulted in victories.
Forres Mechanics are travelling after their nice 5-4 home win in the Football League against Lossiemouth (placed 15th). The game before that, was lost at home, a 1-2 defeat against Deveronvale.
A crazy, crazy match with lots of goals last time out for Forres Mechanics, as mentioned above. 9 goals in that one, will this match be as much fun?
A new game in only three days for Forres Mechanics, the Football League home match versus Huntly. Busy days.
With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Forres Mechanics are regular goalscorers on their travels. People interested in "over 2,5 goals" betting will like to know that Forres Mechanics concede an average of more than 2,5 goals per away match all on their own.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last two meetings: 1 - 0 - 1 (Nairn County wins - draws - Forres Mechanics wins). As for goals, 2 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 0 had two or less.Nairn County missing players
Forres Mechanics missing players
| Nairn County | Forres Mechanics | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 7 | 14 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 21 | 10 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 14 | 40 |
| 16 | 4 | 0 | Conceded | C | 3 | 18 | 30 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 82% | 60% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 64% | 60% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 36% | 40% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 86% | 86% |
| 27% | 20% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 57% | 50% |
| 73% | 60% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 86% | 79% |
| 27% | 40% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 14% | 7% |
| 4 | 4 | 0 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 0 | 3 | 5.8 |
| 5 | 5 | 0 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 0 | 3 | 3.8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- All of Forres Mechanics's matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Forres Mechanics have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Forres Mechanics have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Forres Mechanics haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Nairn County have not yet lost a game at home.
- Nairn County have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Nairn County have scored in all their matches so far.
- Nairn County 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 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 37 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 8 | 23 | 33 |
| 2 | Brora Rangers | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 39 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 32 | 30 |
| 3 | Inverurie Loco Works | 14 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 36 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 9 | 15 | 30 |
| 4 | Fraserburgh | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 43 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 29 | 29 |
| 5 | Rothes | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 32 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 22 | 28 |
| 6 | Nairn County | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 23 |
| 7 | Formartine United | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 28 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 23 | 22 |
| 8 | Forres Mechanics | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 40 | 30 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 10 | 20 |
| 9 | Keith | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 26 | 42 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 23 | -16 | 20 |
| 10 | Wick Academy | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 22 | 27 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 16 | -5 | 17 |
| 11 | Deveronvale | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 18 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 11 | -4 | 16 |
| 12 | Strathspey Thistle | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 16 | 30 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 26 | -14 | 10 |
| 13 | Huntly | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 34 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 12 | -17 | 10 |
| 14 | Turriff United | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 16 | 38 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 15 | -22 | 8 |
| 15 | Lossiemouth | 14 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 11 | 44 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 22 | -33 | 6 |
| 16 | Clachnacuddin | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 29 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 19 | -19 | 5 |
| 17 | Fort William | 10 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 38 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 24 | -29 | 3 |