Johnstone Burgh vs Formartine United Prediction

Recent Form: Goals at Both Ends

Formartine United's season figures read 12 wins, 4 draws and 4 losses from 20 matches across the Highland League, Challenge Cup and FA Cup, with 40 scored and 25 conceded. Their last few outings have bounced around: a 2-0 win away at Civil Service Strollers in the FA Cup on 3 October, sandwiched between a Challenge Cup defeat at Forfar Athletic and a string of Highland League results that include wins, draws and the odd loss.

Johnstone Burgh: 16 completed matches; Formartine United: 20 completed matches.

Johnstone Burgh

16 matches

Win

43.8% 7 / 16

Draw

25% 4 / 16

Loss

31.3% 5 / 16

Scored

34

Conceded

27

Difference

+7

Formartine United

20 matches

Win

55% 11 / 20

Draw

20% 4 / 20

Loss

25% 5 / 20

Scored

39

Conceded

24

Difference

+15

Johnstone Burgh's numbers sit at 7 wins, 3 draws and 5 losses from 15 games, with 32 goals for and 25 against. They also won their most recent match, 3-1 away at Newton Stewart in the FA Cup, but their Lowland League form either side of that has been patchy, including a 4-4 draw with Cumbernauld Colts and a narrow loss at Largs Thistle.

Both sides have shown they can score freely, but neither has strung together a long run of clean form.

Comparative Team Statistics: Johnstone Burgh vs Formartine United

A Cross-League Cup Tie

This is the kind of fixture where comparing form directly gets tricky, since the two teams have been playing in different leagues against different standards of opposition. Johnstone Burgh's Lowland League campaign and Formartine United's Highland League one don't translate neatly into a head-to-head read.

Interestingly, both sides were in FA Cup action on the same day, 3 October, and both won. That's about as close as the recent samples get to lining up, but it's a thin thread to build much on given everything else in their form has gone in different directions.