Buckie Thistle vs Ross County Predictions

• Buckie Thistle are a tier five side, leagues behind top-flight Ross County.
• Ross County opened their pre-season schedule with a 4-1 victory.
• Ross County are hot favourites to win this League Cup group.

Buckie hope to get lucky against top-flight opponents

Buckie Thistle were so close to earning promotion last season though could only muster a second-placed finish in the Highland League.

Now the hosts must begin another gruelling season in the fifth tier with a League Cup encounter against top-flight Ross County, a side that finished in the top-half last season.

Ross County enter this season opener as overwhelming favourites for the win considering the sheer number of places and divisions separating the sides. As the only top-flight side in the group, Ross County will be expected to come out firing here as they seek to win the group and go deep in this competition.

No loss for Ross

With four tiers separating these sides, it is difficult to make a case for any other outcome other than a Ross County win, but with the odds on offer looking rather skinny, one of the best ways to squeeze value from that is in the handicap market.

As for the correct score prediction, we’re going for a -1 Ross County win, perhaps by a workmanlike 2-0 scoreline.