Match Report
The table gap was wide: 16 points between Buckie Thistle (6th, 19 pts) and Rothes (18th, 3 pts). Buckie Thistle's recent output lagged their position: 13th on form over five rounds while 6th in the table. Scoring rates set the scale: Buckie Thistle 2.73 scored and 1.45 conceded per game, Rothes 0.7 and 4.8, with the league averaging 1.75.
8 matches unbeaten backed Buckie Thistle's arrival, having scored in 8 consecutive games. Over the last five, Buckie Thistle had taken 13 of 15 points to Rothes's 3.
GioScore's database holds 7 meetings between the two: 7 for Buckie Thistle, 0 for Rothes and 0 drawn, at 4.71 goals per meeting. Three-plus goals is the norm here, arriving in 100% of the meetings, and both sides scored in 71%.
Victoria Park, capacity 5,000, hosted the game. Half-time and full-time told different stories: Buckie Thistle led 4-0 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 5-0.
Goal scorers
Buckie Thistle: Innes McKay (2'), Josh Peters (19'), Fraser Robertson (28'), Josh Peters (30'), Ali Morrison (90' og)