League Cup: Buckle up for the East Fife - Buckie Thistle clash

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Competition: Scotland League Cup
Competition: Tue 19.July
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Bayview Stadium (2000 seats)

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

Buckie Thistle could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a League Cup game only three sleeps ago.

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East Fife form and stats

Last season, Fife's League Cup journey ended in the group stage.

East Fife's struggle is real here at Bayview Stadium with only 17 points collected from 18 League One games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 4-5-9.

The East Fife manager Crawford and his side return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Alloa Athletic in the League Cup.

Erik lost again

There will be little rest for Fife after this match as they are travelling to Ross County for a League Cup game in only four days.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for East Fife here at Bayview Stadium in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (17 from 18 games). Fife have conceded 26 in these home matches.

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Buckie Thistle form and stats

Buckie Thistle's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Buckie Thistle collect 42 points from their 17 away matches in the Football League - Highland League. 14 victories and 0 draws have created these points (and only 3 defeats).

This fixture can not go any worse than the last one, a League Cup home loss versus Alloa Athletic with 1-4 on the scoreboard.

A quick return to home after this game, as Buckie Thistle are hosting Wick Academy in the Football League - Highland League only four days away.

The prediction for this game is lots of goals as Buckie Thistle alone have scored more than three on average in their league games away (59 from 17 played). They concede less than a goal on average per away game (13 so far).

Head 2 Head

East Fife missing players

Buckie Thistle missing players

Total First Half Second Half
East Fife Buckie Thistle
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 14   Played P   12 25
3 2   Won W   11 20
6 4   Drew D   0 2
16 8   Lost L   1 3
18 10   Scored S   46 80
46 26   Conceded C   10 21
88% 86%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
80% 86%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   100% 96%
40% 36%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   92% 80%
24% 21%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   92% 68%
12% 14%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   58% 48%
36% 29%   BTTS BTTS   42% 48%
20% 29%   Clean Sheets C S   50% 48%
56% 57%   Failed to Score F T   8% 4%
 
3.7 4   Corners for (avg) C F   5.8 5
5.1 5   Corners against (avg) C A   4.2 4
1.5 1.6   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2 1.8
2 2   Red cards R C   0 0
 
7.7 7.8   Shots (avg) S (   14.2 12.2
3.1 3.2   Shots on Target (avg) S O   6.8 6
24% 24%   Goal Efficiency G E   30% 28%
 
10.9 10.8   Shots against (avg) S A   9.2 8.2
4.6 4.4   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.2 3.8

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Dunfermline Athletic 3 2 0 1 7 1 1 1 0 0 5 0 2 1 0 1 2 1 6 6
2 Alloa Athletic 2 1 1 0 5 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 4 1 3 3
3 Ross County 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 3
4 East Fife 2 0 1 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 -2 2
5 Buckie Thistle 3 0 1 2 2 10 2 0 1 1 2 5 1 0 0 1 0 5 -8 2
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Cove Rangers 36 23 10 3 73 32 18 13 5 0 43 13 18 10 5 3 30 19 41 79
2 Airdrieonians 36 21 9 6 68 37 18 12 3 3 36 21 18 9 6 3 32 16 31 72
3 Montrose 36 15 14 7 53 36 18 6 9 3 25 20 18 9 5 4 28 16 17 59
4 Queen's Park 36 11 18 7 51 36 18 8 8 2 29 15 18 3 10 5 22 21 15 51
5 Alloa Athletic 36 12 9 15 49 57 18 6 4 8 26 30 18 6 5 7 23 27 -8 45
6 Falkirk 36 12 8 16 49 55 18 5 3 10 23 31 18 7 5 6 26 24 -6 44
7 Peterhead 36 11 9 16 46 51 18 8 4 6 24 17 18 3 5 10 22 34 -5 42
8 Clyde 36 9 12 15 39 62 18 6 5 7 23 36 18 3 7 8 16 26 -23 39
9 Dumbarton 36 9 7 20 48 71 18 3 6 9 21 31 18 6 1 11 27 40 -23 34
10 East Fife 36 5 8 23 31 70 18 4 5 9 17 26 18 1 3 14 14 44 -39 23
  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

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 Dunfermline Athletic 3 2 0 1 7 1 1 1 0 0 5 0 2 1 0 1 2 1 6 6
2 Alloa Athletic 2 1 1 0 5 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 4 1 3 3
3 Ross County 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 3
4 East Fife 2 0 1 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 -2 2
5 Buckie Thistle 3 0 1 2 2 10 2 0 1 1 2 5 1 0 0 1 0 5 -8 2

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