League Cup: Buckle up for the Buckie Thistle - Ross County clash

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Competition: Scotland League Cup
Competition: Sat 09.July
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Victoria Park (5000 seats)

Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Buckie Thistle & Ross County face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the League Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!

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Buckie Thistle form and stats

15-2-0 is the performance here at Victoria Park so far in the Football League - Highland League, giving Buckie Thistle a total of 47 from their 17 games here. Outstanding results!

It's back home for Buckie Thistle, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Clachnacuddin away with the result 3-1.

Before that, Thistle drew at home versus Wick Academy.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Buckie Thistle as they are travelling to their away game against Dunfermline Athletic in the League Cup. That match is three days after this one.

It's goals goals goals for Buckie Thistle who have scored 68 goals from 17 league home games. Thistle have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 8 goals.

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Ross County form and stats

Ross County's mission in League Cup last season failed in the group stage.

Ross County have only collected 11 points from their away games in the League Cup, after 2-5-9 (16 played).

This fixture can not go any worse than the previous one, the home defeat versus Dundee United with 1-2 on the scoreboard. Spittal got a match rating of 7.42 in that game, top player of the team. Spittal scored one goal and hit four key passes.

A 1-4 defeat away at Rangers before that.

The visitors have scored 12 goals from 16 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. The County manager Mackay has some worries about the defense as 37 goals have been conceded in these travels.

Head 2 Head

Buckie Thistle missing players

Ross County missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Buckie Thistle Ross County
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 12   Played P   13 25
22 10   Won W   5 9
1 1   Drew D   2 6
2 1   Lost L   6 10
90 41   Scored S   14 32
16 7   Conceded C   19 36
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   92% 96%
96% 92%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   69% 76%
80% 75%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   54% 52%
68% 50%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   23% 28%
48% 42%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   15% 16%
48% 50%   BTTS BTTS   54% 64%
52% 50%   Clean Sheets C S   23% 16%
0% 0%   Failed to Score F T   31% 24%
 
6.2 0   Corners for (avg) C F   3.7 4.2
4 0   Corners against (avg) C A   6.8 6.5
1.8 0   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.8 2.4
0 0   Red cards R C   1 2
 
15 0   Shots (avg) S (   8.3 8.8
7.5 0   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3 3.1
30% 0%   Goal Efficiency G E   28% 37%
 
7.8 0   Shots against (avg) S A   16.6 16.3
3.8 0   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.4 4.5

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Alloa Athletic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Buckie Thistle 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Dunfermline Athletic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 East Fife 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Ross County 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  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 34 30 2 2 135 24 17 14 1 2 75 9 17 16 1 0 60 15 111 92
2 Buckie Thistle 34 29 2 3 127 21 17 15 2 0 68 8 17 14 0 3 59 13 106 89
3 Brechin City 34 28 1 5 102 27 17 15 1 1 61 17 17 13 0 4 41 10 75 85
4 Brora Rangers 34 25 2 7 117 36 17 13 1 3 54 11 17 12 1 4 63 25 81 77
5 Rothes 34 21 6 7 75 31 17 10 3 4 36 15 17 11 3 3 39 16 44 69
6 Formartine United 34 21 6 7 80 46 17 12 2 3 53 25 17 9 4 4 27 21 34 69
7 Inverurie Loco Works 34 19 6 9 77 47 17 13 2 2 47 23 17 6 4 7 30 24 30 63
8 Nairn County 34 11 6 17 61 70 17 3 4 10 26 36 17 8 2 7 35 34 -9 39
9 Wick Academy 34 10 9 15 55 85 17 5 3 9 24 43 17 5 6 6 31 42 -30 39
10 Huntly 34 10 7 17 53 67 17 4 4 9 25 31 17 6 3 8 28 36 -14 37
11 Clachnacuddin 34 10 7 17 51 80 17 4 3 10 25 36 17 6 4 7 26 44 -29 37
12 Forres Mechanics 34 8 10 16 45 80 17 5 5 7 21 38 17 3 5 9 24 42 -35 34
13 Keith 34 10 4 20 36 88 17 5 2 10 19 44 17 5 2 10 17 44 -52 34
14 Deveronvale 34 9 5 20 55 94 17 5 2 10 36 46 17 4 3 10 19 48 -39 32
15 Lossiemouth 34 8 6 20 32 83 17 5 5 7 19 30 17 3 1 13 13 53 -51 30
16 Strathspey Thistle 34 5 5 24 47 114 17 4 2 11 28 46 17 1 3 13 19 68 -67 20
17 Turriff United 34 4 6 24 41 96 17 3 2 12 21 54 17 1 4 12 20 42 -55 18
18 Fort William 34 1 4 29 34 134 17 1 3 13 18 55 17 0 1 16 16 79 -100 7
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Celtic 30 26 2 2 89 19 15 14 0 1 50 7 15 12 2 1 39 12 70 80
2 Rangers 29 21 4 4 64 19 14 11 1 2 33 7 15 10 3 2 31 12 45 67
3 Motherwell 30 14 4 12 41 38 15 7 1 7 23 23 15 7 3 5 18 15 3 46
4 Aberdeen 30 12 9 9 40 36 15 7 3 5 23 19 15 5 6 4 17 17 4 45
5 Livingston 30 10 9 11 41 39 14 8 4 2 19 8 16 2 5 9 22 31 2 39
6 Hibernian 30 9 10 11 42 49 15 5 7 3 26 22 15 4 3 8 16 27 -7 37
7 St. Johnstone 29 8 12 9 28 46 16 5 6 5 19 26 13 3 6 4 9 20 -18 36
8 Kilmarnock 30 9 6 15 31 41 15 6 5 4 20 15 15 3 1 11 11 26 -10 33
9 St. Mirren 30 7 8 15 24 41 15 5 6 4 13 13 15 2 2 11 11 28 -17 29
10 Ross County 30 7 8 15 29 60 14 5 3 6 17 23 16 2 5 9 12 37 -31 29
11 Hamilton Academical 30 6 9 15 30 50 16 4 3 9 16 26 14 2 6 6 14 24 -20 27
12 Hearts 30 4 11 15 31 52 15 2 7 6 19 23 15 2 4 9 12 29 -21 23

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Alloa Athletic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Buckie Thistle 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Dunfermline Athletic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 East Fife 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Ross County 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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