Football League match preview: Wick Academy versus Nairn County

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Competition: Scotland Football League
Date: Sat 01.February
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Harmsworth Park (2000 seats)

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, Wick Academy in 9th and Nairn County in 6th place.

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

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Wick Academy form and stats

3-2-5 (win-draw-lost) are the Football League numbers at home for Wick Academy so far this season.

Wick Academy's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-2 versus Forres Mechanics (placed 7th). In the preceding match a 3-2 victory visiting Turriff United.

A decent goal production from Wick Academy in their home games so far, with 15 goals from 10 league matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 17 goals have been conceded.

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Nairn County form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Football League travels is 4 wins, 2 draws and 4 defeats.

It might be tough going out on the road again for Nairn County, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 1-3 versus Fraserburgh (placed 2nd). A home win before that, celebrating 2-1 vs Keith.

Nairn County have scored 14 goals on their travels this season, from 10 away games in the league. Nairn County have conceded 20 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

The two sides played each other earlier this season: Nairn County - Wick Academy 1-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last five matches): Wick Academy 3 wins, 1 draw and Nairn County 1 victory. As for goals, 3 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 2 games had two or less.

Wick Academy missing players

Nairn County missing players

Wick Academy Nairn County
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
23 10 3 Played P 2 10 21
8 3 0 Won W 1 4 12
5 2 1 Drew D 1 2 3
10 5 2 Lost L 0 4 6
35 15 2 Scored S 3 14 39
43 17 9 Conceded C 1 20 35
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 90% 95%
87% 90% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 90% 86%
65% 50% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 60% 67%
52% 40% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 40% 43%
30% 30% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 30% 29%
61% 50% 33% BTTS BTTS 50% 60% 62%
9% 10% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 30% 24%
30% 40% 67% Failed to Score F T 0% 20% 19%
 
8 0 0 Corners For (avg) C F 0 1 5
5.5 0 0 Corners Against (avg) C A 0 5 5.5
0.5 0 0 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 0 2 1.2
0 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 0
 
33 0 0 Total Shots T S 0 2 35
15 0 0 Shots on Target S O 0 1 20
27% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 100% 30%
Key stats in Football League this season:
  • Nairn County have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Nairn County have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Wick Academy have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • Wick Academy 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