About Match
The table reads 6th (Buckie Thistle, 19 pts) against 5th (Strathspey Thistle, 20 pts), 1 points apart. Recent form tells a different story for Buckie Thistle: only 13th in the league over the last five rounds despite sitting 6th. Against a league average of 1.75 goals per team per game, Buckie Thistle run at 2.73 scored and 1.45 conceded, Strathspey Thistle at 2 and 1.25. Buckie Thistle would climb to 22 points with a win and up to 3rd, overtaking Strathspey Thistle (other results held equal).
Buckie Thistle arrive off four straight defeats. 6 matches unbeaten back Strathspey Thistle's arrival, having scored in 9 consecutive games. Over the last five, Buckie Thistle have taken 3 of 15 points to Strathspey Thistle's 13.
7 meetings are on record — 5 won by Buckie Thistle, 2 by Strathspey Thistle, 0 drawn, at 5.57 goals per meeting. Three-plus goals is the norm here, arriving in 86% of the meetings, and both sides scored in 71%.
The venue is Victoria Park in Buckie, with room for 5,000 spectators.