A home win is expected from this fixture if the league table is anything to judge by. The Rothes fans are optimistic that the difference between 4th and Strathspey Thistle's 13th place in the table will show on the pitch.
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!
Rothes form and stats
Rothes, who have the most points (27) at home in Football League, have performed here at MacKessack Park this season with 9 wins from 11 Football League matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 0 games and lost 2.
Rothes's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-1 versus Brora Rangers (placed 1st). Before that match, a win away at Deveronvale.
Rothes are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at MacKessack Park in their league games, having scored an impressive 29 goals in 11 matches. Defensively Rothes have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (5 in 11 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Strathspey Thistle form and stats
Strathspey Thistle have only collected 3 points from their away games in the Football League, after 1-0-7 (8 played).
Strathspey Thistle failed to get anything from their last game, a Football League home match vs Nairn County (placed 6th) that ended with defeat 0-2. Ahead of that match was the victory versus Lossiemouth at their stadium, the result 2-0.
Strathspey Thistle are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 10 away goals from 8 games (in the league). There are big problems for the Strathspey Thistle defense as they have conceded 28 goals in 8 away games.
Head 2 Head
Rothes and Strathspey Thistle have met before this season: Strathspey Thistle - Rothes 1-2. As for the last three games between these two teams, there's 2 Rothes victories, 0 draws and 1 Strathspey Thistle win. 3 of these games ended with three goals or more, 0 matches with two goals or less.Rothes missing players
Strathspey Thistle missing players
| Rothes | Strathspey Thistle | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 11 | 4 | Played | P | 1 | 8 | 17 |
| 14 | 9 | 4 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 7 | 11 |
| 45 | 29 | 11 | Scored | S | 1 | 10 | 23 |
| 13 | 5 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 28 | 39 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 95% | 91% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 94% |
| 74% | 73% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 88% | 65% |
| 32% | 36% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 62% | 35% |
| 5% | 9% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 50% | 29% |
| 47% | 27% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 88% | 65% |
| 47% | 64% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 12% | 24% |
| 5% | 9% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 8 | 0 | 0 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 0 | 8 | 8 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | 0 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 8 | 8 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 40% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 25% | 25% |
- All of Strathspey Thistle's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Rothes has the most points (27) at home
- Rothes have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Rothes have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Strathspey Thistle have scored away.
- Rothes have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- Rothes haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Strathspey Thistle have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Strathspey Thistle have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Strathspey Thistle have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Strathspey Thistle 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 | Brora Rangers | 20 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 74 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 37 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 37 | 6 | 66 | 54 |
| 2 | Fraserburgh | 19 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 65 | 18 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 43 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 5 | 47 | 48 |
| 3 | Inverurie Loco Works | 21 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 64 | 29 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 34 | 16 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 30 | 13 | 35 | 46 |
| 4 | Rothes | 19 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 45 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 29 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 32 | 44 |
| 5 | Buckie Thistle | 19 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 51 | 29 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 27 | 20 | 22 | 42 |
| 6 | Nairn County | 21 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 39 | 35 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 20 | 4 | 39 |
| 7 | Forres Mechanics | 23 | 10 | 3 | 10 | 57 | 43 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 36 | 18 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 21 | 25 | 14 | 33 |
| 8 | Formartine United | 17 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 43 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 27 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 5 | 27 | 32 |
| 9 | Wick Academy | 23 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 35 | 43 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 26 | -8 | 29 |
| 10 | Keith | 21 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 41 | 53 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 25 | 25 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 28 | -12 | 28 |
| 11 | Deveronvale | 22 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 35 | 44 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 21 | 26 | -9 | 27 |
| 12 | Huntly | 21 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 27 | 55 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 23 | 31 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 24 | -28 | 17 |
| 13 | Strathspey Thistle | 17 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 23 | 39 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 28 | -16 | 16 |
| 14 | Clachnacuddin | 22 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 21 | 49 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 31 | -28 | 13 |
| 15 | Turriff United | 22 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 27 | 76 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 36 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 14 | 40 | -49 | 12 |
| 16 | Lossiemouth | 22 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 15 | 72 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 32 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 40 | -57 | 10 |
| 17 | Fort William | 15 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 13 | 53 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 39 | -40 | 6 |