About Match
Formartine United go into the game 3rd in the table on 22 points; Strathspey Thistle sit 5th on 20 — a 2-point gap. Strathspey Thistle have been over-performing their table position on recent form: 1st in the league over the last five rounds against 5th overall. Scoring rates set the scale: Formartine United 1.92 scored and 1.33 conceded per game, Strathspey Thistle 2 and 1.25, with the league averaging 1.75. Three points here take Formartine United to 25 and up to 2nd, assuming other results stand.
Strathspey Thistle are unbeaten in 6, having scored in 9 consecutive games. The last-five ledger: Formartine United 6/15, Strathspey Thistle 13/15.
The sides have met 8 times in the GioScore results database: 8 wins for Formartine United, 0 draws and 0 for Strathspey Thistle, at 3.38 goals per meeting. The host's record in this fixture is thin — 38% of meetings won. Three-plus goals is the norm here, arriving in 88% of the meetings.
North Lodge Park in Pitmedden stages the fixture, a ground that holds 2,500.