Match Report
6 points and 5 places separated them: Turriff United 12th with 13, Buckie Thistle 7th with 19. On recent form Buckie Thistle sat only 13th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 7th overall. Against a league average of 1.74 goals per team per game, Turriff United ran at 1.09 scored and 1.45 conceded, Buckie Thistle at 2.73 and 1.45.
Turriff United had won three straight. Buckie Thistle's unbeaten run stood at 6, having scored in 6 consecutive games.
6 meetings are on record — 0 won by Turriff United, 4 by Buckie Thistle, 2 drawn, at 3.17 goals per meeting. Hosting has counted for little in this fixture — the home side has won only 33% of those meetings. Three-plus goals is the norm here, arriving in 67% of the meetings.
The Haughs, capacity 2,135, hosted the game. On the scoreboard, Buckie Thistle led 2-1 at the break, and no goals arrived after the restart: 1-2 the final score.
Goal scorers
Turriff United: Mackenzie Taylor (36') · Buckie Thistle: Fin Allen (22'), Findlay B. (41')