About Match
Formartine United go into the game 3rd in the table on 22 points; Buckie Thistle sit 6th on 19 — a 3-point gap. Buckie Thistle have been under-performing their position — 13th on five-round form against 6th in the table. Scoring rates set the scale: Formartine United 1.92 scored and 1.33 conceded per game, Buckie Thistle 2.73 and 1.45, with the league averaging 1.75. Formartine United would climb to 25 points with a win and up to 2nd (other results held equal).
Buckie Thistle have lost four in a row.
8 meetings are on record — 2 won by Formartine United, 4 by Buckie Thistle, 2 drawn, at 2.25 goals per meeting. Playing at home matters in this fixture: 63% of the meetings went to the host. Low-scoring is the pattern: just 25% of the meetings went over two goals.
North Lodge Park in Pitmedden stages the fixture, a ground that holds 2,500.