Match Report
9 points and 9 places separated them: Turriff United 11th with 10, Buckie Thistle 2nd with 19. On recent form Turriff United sat only 18th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 11th overall. Against a league average of 1.71 goals per team per game, Turriff United ran at 1 scored and 1.33 conceded, Buckie Thistle at 3.5 and 1.
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')