Match Report
18 points separated the sides: Fraserburgh 4th on 21, Rothes 18th on 3. Rothes had been over-performing their table position on recent form: 13th in the league over the last five rounds against 18th overall. Scoring rates set the scale: Rothes 0.7 scored and 4.8 conceded per game, Fraserburgh 2.18 and 0.91, with the league averaging 1.75.
Defeat had followed defeat for Rothes — 11 in succession. Fraserburgh carried a 6-game unbeaten run into this. Over the last five, Rothes had taken 0 of 15 points to Fraserburgh's 13.
7 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Rothes 0, draws 0, Fraserburgh 7, at 5.29 goals per meeting. Three-plus goals is the norm here, arriving in 100% of the meetings.
The match was played at MacKessack Park (capacity 2,700). Half-time and full-time told different stories: Fraserburgh led 4-0 at the break, before 3 more goals closed it at 0-7.
Goal scorers
Fraserburgh: William West (3'), Barbour S. (12'), Barbour S. (41'), Hawkins J. (45'), Barbour S. (46'), Greg Buchan (51'), Logan Watt (90')