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Brechin vs Strathspey Thistle prediction and preview

24 Oct 2026, 14:00 UTC

The PunterPick prediction

Over 2.5 GoalsNo price

Published before kick-off and never changed afterwards. See the methodology for how picks are chosen.

Match preview

Brechin host Strathspey Thistle in the FA Cup (Scotland) on 24 Oct 2026, 14:00 UTC. The prediction PunterPick published for this fixture is Over 2.5 Goals — more than 2.5 goals in the match. No bookmaker price was available for this market when the prediction was published, so no percentage is shown.

Going into the match, Brechin had won 8, drawn 1 and lost 1 of their last 10 matches, scoring 23 and conceding 12. Strathspey Thistle had won 6, drawn 2 and lost 2 of their last 10, with 24 scored and 12 conceded.

Both teams scored in 6 of Brechin's last 10 and 7 of Strathspey Thistle's last 10; 7 and 7 of those matches respectively went over 2.5 goals. At home Brechin averaged 1.89 goals scored and 1.44 conceded across 9 matches; away from home Strathspey Thistle averaged 1.71 scored and 0.86 conceded across 7.

Our team-strength model expects about 1.79 goals from Brechin and 1.29 from Strathspey Thistle. From that it rates a home win at 48%, a draw at 25% and an away win at 27%. For the published pick itself the model gives 59%.

Team comparison

Share of each factor between Brechin (green) and Strathspey Thistle (grey), from our data provider's pre-match comparison.

Recent form50% – 50%
Attack50% – 50%
Defence50% – 50%
Head-to-head80% – 20%
Goals87% – 13%
Overall strength63% – 36%

Form before the match

TeamLast 5ScoredConcededBTTSO2.5
BrechinWWLWW2.301.2060%70%
Strathspey ThistleDWLWW2.401.2070%70%

Averages over each side's last 10 matches in our results archive before this fixture.

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