Forres Mechanics vs Rothes

Scotland • Highland / Lowland - Highland League • 2026/2027 • Round 17 • Highland League

Forres Mechanics

15:0014 November 2026

Rothes

Match information

Country: Scotland
Competition: Highland / Lowland - Highland League
Season: 2026/2027
Round: 17
Stage: Highland League
Date: 14 November 2026
Kick-off: 15:00
Stadium: Mosset Park, Forres

Prediction

Forres Mechanics win94%

Draw2%

Rothes win1%

Full prediction

Clubs

Forres Mechanics

Founded: 1884
Country: Scotland
Stadium: Mosset Park
City: Forres
Capacity: 4 500
Surface: grass

Rothes

Founded: 1938
Country: Scotland
Stadium: MacKessack Park
City: Rothes
Capacity: 2 700
Surface: grass

Recent form

Forres Mechanics

LLLDW

Rothes

LLLLL

Standings

#	Team	P	GD	Pts
7	Huntly	16	+11	25
8	Forres Mechanics	17	0	24
9	Strathspey Thistle	17	+5	22
…
17	Wick Academy	17	-29	10
18	Rothes	16	-56	3

Full standings

Head-to-head

13 December 2025 • Highland / Lowland • Rothes 0 : 3 Forres Mechanics (Half-time 0 : 1)
2 August 2025 • Highland / Lowland • Forres 2 : 0 Rothes (Half-time 1 : 0)
19 February 2025 • Highland / Lowland • Rothes 2 : 3 Forres Mechanics (Half-time 0 : 2)
27 July 2024 • Highland / Lowland • Forres Mechanics 0 : 3 Rothes (Half-time 0 : 1)
8 April 2024 • Highland / Lowland • Rothes 1 : 1 Forres Mechanics (Half-time 0 : 0)

Full H2H

Match result probability

Forres Mechanics win94%

Draw2%

Rothes win1%

Estimated chances based on statistics; not a betting tip.

Double chance

1X: 96%
X2: 2%
12: 95%

Total goals

Over 1.5: 95%
Under 1.5: 1%
Over 2.5: 92%
Under 2.5: 4%
Over 3.5: 86%
Under 3.5: 11%

Both teams to score

Yes: 50%
No: 47%

Asian handicap

Handicap	Forres Mechanics	Rothes
+4.5 / -4.5	96%	0%
+3.5 / -3.5	96%	0%
+2.5 / -2.5	96%	0%
+1.5 / -1.5	96%	0%
+0.5 / -0.5	96%	1%
-0.5 / +0.5	94%	2%
-1.5 / +1.5	90%	7%
-2.5 / +2.5	81%	15%
-3.5 / +3.5	69%	27%
-4.5 / +4.5	54%	42%

Starting line-ups are announced about an hour before kick-off.

Coaches

Forres Mechanics: Steven Macdonald
Rothes: Ronald Sharp

Squad - Forres Mechanics

#	Player	Apps	Goals	YC
Goalkeepers
	A. MacDonald	1	0	0
Defenders
	A. Skinner	1	0	1
	C. Howarth	1	0	0
	J. Grant	-	-	-
	K. Connolly	-	-	-
	M. McLauchlan	1	0	0
Midfielders
	J. Alonge	-	-	-
	K. Hayllar	-	-	-
	M. Jamieson	-	-	-
	S. Sutherland	-	-	-
Forwards
	A. Cruickshank	-	-	-
	C. Brown	-	-	-
	C. Frame	1	0	0
	C. Johnston	-	-	-
	J. Taylor	-	-	-
	K. Macleod	-	-	-
	S. Morrison	1	0	0

Squad - Rothes

#	Player	Age	Apps	Goals	YC
Goalkeepers
	M. MacKinnon	-	-	-	-
	S. McCarthy	31	2	0	0
Defenders
	B. Johnstone	23	1	0	1
	B. Milne	36	2	0	1
	B. Williamson	-	-	-	-
	C. Cruickshank	-	-	-	-
	C. Macdonald	-	-	-	-
	J. Young	-	-	-	-
	S. Mutch	-	-	-	-
Midfielders
	A. MacKenzie	-	-	-	-
	B. Mitchell	-	-	-	-
	C. Thomson	-	-	-	-
	D. Boyce	-	-	-	-
	G. MacDonald	-	-	-	-
	J. Thomson	-	-	-	-
	L. McDade	-	-	-	-
	M. McConachie	-	-	-	-
	O. Alexander	-	-	-	-
	R. Logan	-	-	-	-
	T. Brady	-	-	-	-
	T. Thain	-	-	-	-
Forwards
	G. Morrison	-	-	-	-
	K. Shepherd	-	-	-	-
	R. Duncan	-	-	-	-
	S. Harkness	23	1	0	0

Head-to-head

Last 8 meetings

Forres Mechanics wins4

Draws1

Rothes wins3

Goals: Forres Mechanics: 14 (1.8)
Goals: Rothes: 12 (1.5)
Goals per match: 3.3
Both teams scored: 4 / 8
Over 2.5 goals: 5 / 8

Results

13 December 2025 • Highland / Lowland • Rothes 0 : 3 Forres Mechanics (Half-time 0 : 1)
2 August 2025 • Highland / Lowland • Forres 2 : 0 Rothes (Half-time 1 : 0)
19 February 2025 • Highland / Lowland • Rothes 2 : 3 Forres Mechanics (Half-time 0 : 2)
27 July 2024 • Highland / Lowland • Forres Mechanics 0 : 3 Rothes (Half-time 0 : 1)
8 April 2024 • Highland / Lowland • Rothes 1 : 1 Forres Mechanics (Half-time 0 : 0)
25 November 2023 • Highland / Lowland • Forres Mechanics 0 : 1 Rothes (Half-time 0 : 0)
18 February 2023 • Highland / Lowland • Rothes 2 : 1 Forres Mechanics (Half-time 2 : 0)
1 October 2022 • Highland / Lowland • Forres Mechanics 4 : 3 Rothes (Half-time 4 : 2)

Form: last 10 matches

	Forres Mechanics	Rothes
W-D-L	4-1-5	0-0-10
Scored (per match)	15 (1.5)	4 (0.4)
Conceded (per match)	16 (1.6)	47 (4.7)
Clean sheets	2 / 10	0 / 10
Both teams scored	5 / 10	4 / 10
Over 2.5 goals	6 / 10	9 / 10

Recent form - Forres Mechanics

W31 October 2026 • Highland / Lowland • Invergordon 2 : 4 Forres Mechanics (Half-time 0 : 3)
D17 October 2026 • Highland / Lowland • Forres Mechanics 2 : 2 Huntly (Half-time 2 : 1)
L10 October 2026 • Highland / Lowland • Turriff Utd 2 : 0 Forres Mechanics (Half-time 1 : 0)
L7 October 2026 • Highland / Lowland • Forres Mechanics 2 : 5 Brora Rangers (Half-time 0 : 4)
L3 October 2026 • Scottish Cup • Forres Mechanics 0 : 1 Stirling University (Half-time 0 : 1)
W25 September 2026 • Highland / Lowland • Strathspey Thistle 0 : 1 Forres Mechanics (Half-time 0 : 0)
W19 September 2026 • Highland / Lowland • Forres Mechanics 3 : 0 Banks O' Dee (Half-time 1 : 0)
W16 September 2026 • Highland / Lowland • Forres Mechanics 2 : 1 Buckie Thistle (Half-time 0 : 1)
L5 September 2026 • Highland / Lowland • Wick Academy 1 : 0 Forres Mechanics (Half-time 1 : 0)
L29 August 2026 • Highland / Lowland • Forres Mechanics 1 : 2 Formartine Utd (Half-time 0 : 1)

Recent form - Rothes

L31 October 2026 • Highland / Lowland • Rothes 0 : 3 Keith (Half-time 0 : 1)
L24 October 2026 • Highland / Lowland • Rothes 0 : 3 Deveronvale (Half-time 0 : 1)
L17 October 2026 • Highland / Lowland • Rothes 1 : 3 Inverurie (Half-time 0 : 2)
L10 October 2026 • Highland / Lowland • Invergordon 2 : 0 Rothes (Half-time 0 : 0)
L7 October 2026 • Highland / Lowland • Rothes 1 : 3 Huntly (Half-time 1 : 3)
L3 October 2026 • Scottish Cup • Rothes 0 : 9 Brora Rangers (Half-time 0 : 1)
L26 September 2026 • Highland / Lowland • Turriff Utd 4 : 1 Rothes (Half-time 4 : 0)
L19 September 2026 • Highland / Lowland • Rothes 0 : 8 Brora Rangers (Half-time 0 : 4)
L16 September 2026 • Highland / Lowland • Strathspey Thistle 7 : 1 Rothes (Half-time 5 : 0)
L5 September 2026 • Highland / Lowland • Rothes 0 : 5 Banks O' Dee (Half-time 0 : 2)

Standings - Highland League

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Brora Rangers	16	13	3	0	60	16	+44	42
2	Inverurie	17	10	5	2	33	21	+12	35
3	Fraserburgh	17	8	7	2	37	18	+19	31
4	Formartine Utd	15	8	4	3	28	19	+9	28
5	Clachnacuddin	15	7	5	3	34	16	+18	26
6	Banks O' Dee	15	7	4	4	39	27	+12	25
7	Huntly	16	7	4	5	34	23	+11	25
8	Forres Mechanics	17	7	3	7	30	30	0	24
9	Strathspey Thistle	17	6	4	7	31	26	+5	22
10	Deveronvale	16	6	3	7	25	25	0	21
11	Turriff Utd	17	6	3	8	23	24	-1	21
12	Nairn County	17	5	6	6	24	30	-6	21
13	Keith	16	6	3	7	28	35	-7	21
14	Buckie Thistle	14	6	1	7	34	26	+8	19
15	Lossiemouth	16	5	3	8	24	40	-16	18
16	Invergordon	16	4	1	11	23	46	-23	13
17	Wick Academy	17	3	1	13	17	46	-29	10
18	Rothes	16	1	0	15	10	66	-56	3

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Brora Rangers	9	8	1	0	36	8	+28	25
2	Inverurie	9	6	2	1	16	9	+7	20
3	Clachnacuddin	8	5	3	0	19	4	+15	18
4	Banks O' Dee	8	5	2	1	20	9	+11	17
5	Huntly	9	5	2	2	23	12	+11	17
6	Keith	8	5	2	1	21	13	+8	17
7	Nairn County	9	4	4	1	16	10	+6	16
8	Fraserburgh	8	3	5	0	13	7	+6	14
9	Turriff Utd	9	4	2	3	16	13	+3	14
10	Forres Mechanics	8	4	1	3	17	14	+3	13
11	Deveronvale	7	3	2	2	16	12	+4	11
12	Formartine Utd	6	3	2	1	13	9	+4	11
13	Buckie Thistle	8	3	1	4	21	17	+4	10
14	Invergordon	8	3	0	5	12	17	-5	9
15	Lossiemouth	7	3	0	4	10	18	-8	9
16	Strathspey Thistle	8	2	1	5	15	13	+2	7
17	Wick Academy	7	2	0	5	6	14	-8	6
18	Rothes	9	1	0	8	7	38	-31	3

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Brora Rangers	7	5	2	0	24	8	+16	17
2	Fraserburgh	9	5	2	2	24	11	+13	17
3	Formartine Utd	9	5	2	2	15	10	+5	17
4	Inverurie	8	4	3	1	17	12	+5	15
5	Strathspey Thistle	9	4	3	2	16	13	+3	15
6	Forres Mechanics	9	3	2	4	13	16	-3	11
7	Deveronvale	9	3	1	5	9	13	-4	10
8	Buckie Thistle	6	3	0	3	13	9	+4	9
9	Lossiemouth	9	2	3	4	14	22	-8	9
10	Clachnacuddin	7	2	2	3	15	12	+3	8
11	Banks O' Dee	7	2	2	3	19	18	+1	8
12	Huntly	7	2	2	3	11	11	0	8
13	Turriff Utd	8	2	1	5	7	11	-4	7
14	Nairn County	8	1	2	5	8	20	-12	5
15	Keith	8	1	1	6	7	22	-15	4
16	Invergordon	8	1	1	6	11	29	-18	4
17	Wick Academy	10	1	1	8	11	32	-21	4
18	Rothes	7	0	0	7	3	28	-25	0