Match Report
Forres Mechanics (13th, 40 pts) visited Wick Academy (16th, 28 pts) with 12 points between them. Wick Academy had been over-performing their table position on recent form: 12th in the league over the last five rounds against 16th overall. Per game in the league, Wick Academy were scoring 1.24 and conceding 1.91, Forres Mechanics 1.53 and 1.97, against a competition average of 1.66 goals per team per game.
Three consecutive defeats weighed on Wick Academy.
The head-to-head ledger counts 6 games: 3 Wick Academy wins, 2 for Forres Mechanics, 1 draw, at 3.67 goals per meeting. History backs the host here — 67% of the meetings won by the home side. Goals tend to flow: 67% of the meetings produced three or more, and both sides scored in 67%.
Harmsworth Park, capacity 2,000, hosted the game. It was 1-1 at the break, and the second half added 2 goals for the 1-3 full-time score.
Goal scorers
Wick Academy: Ewing (26') · Forres Mechanics: Macleod (87'), McClauchlan (90'), Gardiner (45')