Match Report
6 points and 2 places separated them: Fraserburgh 4th with 68, Brechin City 2nd with 74. Per game in the league, Fraserburgh were scoring 2.21 and conceding 1.15, Brechin City 2.29 and 0.68, against a competition average of 1.66 goals per team per game.
Four consecutive wins preceded this game for Brechin City, having scored in 6 consecutive games. Fraserburgh had banked 7 of the last 15 points on offer; Brechin City, 13.
6 meetings are on record — 4 won by Fraserburgh, 0 by Brechin City, 2 drawn, at 3 goals per meeting. Whoever hosts gains little here: home teams have taken just 17% of the wins in this fixture. The fixture trends low-scoring: over two goals in just 33% of the meetings. Where history says 3 goals per meeting, the last five say 2.
The venue was Bellslea Park, with room for 3,000 spectators. It was 0-0 at the break, and the second half added 1 goal for the 1-0 full-time score.
Goal scorers
Fraserburgh: Greg Buchan (88')