Match Report
18th against 17th, but level on points: Rothes and Wick Academy both had 3. Rothes's recent output outran their position: 13th on form over five rounds, 18th in the table. Per game in the league, Rothes were scoring 0.7 and conceding 4.8, Wick Academy 0.64 and 2.82, against a competition average of 1.75 goals per team per game.
Rothes arrived off 15 straight defeats. Wick Academy had been beaten in six straight games.
The sides have met 8 times in the GioScore results database: 2 wins for Rothes, 3 draws and 3 for Wick Academy, at 3.5 goals per meeting. The host's record in this fixture is thin — 38% of meetings won. The fixture leans high-scoring: 75% of meetings brought at least three goals. Recent editions have opened up: 4.4 goals per game across the last five meetings against 3.5 historically.
MacKessack Park staged the fixture, a ground that holds 2,700. Rothes led 1-0 at the break, and the second half added 4 goals for the 3-2 full-time score.
Goal scorers
Rothes: Shaun Cameron (32'), Dylan Lawrence (51'), Shaun Cameron (56') · Wick Academy: Kennedy E. (78'), Gordon MacNab (84')