Nairn County vs Rothes: Match guide and preview

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Competition: Scotland Football League
Competition: Sat 18.December
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Station Park (2250 seats)

Nairn County will plan to draw on their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home team are currently 17 points behind Rothes.

Insights:
  • Nairn County have yet to win a game at home.
  • Rothes have the most points (20) away in Football League

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.

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Nairn County form and stats

With 0 Football League wins, 4 draws and 5 defeats from their home games, Nairn County are certainly not brimming with confidence. With nine home Football League games in a row without a win, the County fans could feel they are not getting value for their money. It remains to be seen whether this unfortunate streak, which started after the Deveronvale game long ago, can be stopped today.

A strong away win for County against Deveronvale the last match. A goal frenzy last time out for County, with a total of 9 goals in the match against Deveronvale. Fun stuff to watch!

Preceding that match was the home game against Keith that was lost 1-3.

The County fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 12 in 9 matches. Goals are flowing in at the wrong end for Nairn County with 20 goals conceded in these matches.

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Rothes form and stats

Rothes have an excellent away record in the Football League so far with 6-2-1 from 9 games. Rothes have won three away matches in a row now and will not be intimidated by being the visitors in this fixture.

There were no winners in Rothes's previous match, a Football League home game that ended 0-0 vs Formartine United (placed 7th).

Ahead of that match was the victory versus Forres Mechanics at their stadium, the result 7-0.

Today's guests are confident travelers having scored 24 goals in 9 league games away this season. It's not easy to score on Rothes as they have only conceded 8 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

The records show that this isn''t the first time these two sides meet this season, as the history books show this recent game: Rothes - Nairn County 2-2. County-Rothes H2H statistics last eight meetings regardless of arena: Nairn County three wins, Rothes two wins, three draws. six of these eight matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Nairn County missing players

Rothes missing players

Nairn County Rothes
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
19 9 3 Played P 1 9 17
5 0 0 Won W 1 6 11
6 4 0 Drew D 0 2 5
8 5 3 Lost L 0 1 1
35 12 3 Scored S 7 24 43
41 20 7 Conceded C 0 8 13
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 94%
95% 89% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 89% 88%
74% 67% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 67% 65%
68% 67% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 44% 41%
32% 22% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 100% 33% 29%
74% 78% 67% BTTS BTTS 0% 44% 47%
11% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 44% 47%
16% 22% 33% Failed to Score F T 0% 11% 12%
 
6.8 7.5 7 Corners for (avg) C F 5 5 6.5
5.6 5.2 8 Corners against (avg) C A 2 2 3.5
2.4 2.8 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
12 13 5 Shots (avg) S ( 14 14 13
6 6.2 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 10 10 8
30% 32% 100% Goal Efficiency G E 70% 70% 69%
 
11.2 11.2 10 Shots against (avg) S A 5 5 8
5.2 5 6 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 1.5
Key stats in Football League this season:
  • Nairn County have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
  • Nairn County have yet to win a game at home.
  • Nairn County haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Rothes have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Rothes have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Rothes have the most points (20) away in Football League
  • Rothes have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded away.
  • Rothes have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Rothes haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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