Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Forres Mechanics & Lossiemouth face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the North of Scotland Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
It's no vacation for neither Forres Mechanics nor Lossiemouth as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Forres Mechanics form and stats
Mechanics participated in North of Scotland Cup the last season, where they reached the 1st round.A good away victory last time out for Forres Mechanics, who won 1-0 against Inverurie Loco Works.
Before that match, a Football League - Highland League win away at Nairn County.There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Forres Mechanics, as the Football League - Highland League home game vs Huntly is only four days away.
With the first game of the season soon underway, it's time to look at the results from the Forres Mechanics friendly games in pre-season: Mechanics played one friendly, won 0, drew 0 and lost 1. If you are really into statistics you might appreciate knowing that Forres Mechanics scored 0 goals and conceded 3 in these one game.
Lossiemouth form and stats
Last season their North of Scotland Cup adventure ended in the semi-finals.Lossiemouth failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Fraserburgh that ended with defeat 0-7. As you can see from the result above, the defeat against Fraserburgh was particularly ugly (0-7). The humiliation is still top of mind.
A loss against Buckie Thistle was the result prior to that, in a Football League - Highland League home game.The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Wick Academy in just four days.
Lossiemouth played one friendly in their break from official games, resulting in 0 victories, 0 draws and 1 defeat. In these one match Lossiemouth scored 0 and conceded 6 goals.
Head 2 Head
Forres Mechanics have put together a streak of 8 consecutive matches without defeat (6-2-0) when playing Lossiemouth.Forres Mechanics missing players
Lossiemouth missing players
| Forres Mechanics | Lossiemouth | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | ||
| 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | ||
| 14 | 9 | Lost | L | 9 | 17 | ||
| 34 | 10 | Scored | S | 6 | 18 | ||
| 55 | 34 | Conceded | C | 38 | 76 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 72% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 82% | 88% | ||
| 60% | 58% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 55% | 64% | ||
| 52% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 55% | 52% | ||
| 36% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 45% | 36% | ||
| 32% | 17% | BTTS | BTTS | 27% | 44% | ||
| 24% | 17% | Clean Sheets | C S | 9% | 8% | ||
| 48% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 64% | 52% | ||
| 2.8 | 1.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 6.8 | 6.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.4 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 8.2 | 6.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | ||
| 3.3 | 2.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | ||
| 20% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | ||
| 14.1 | 15.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 7.7 | 8.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | ||
