It's the premier match of the new campaign for Montrose and Airdrieonians. The sheet is empty, the possibilities infinite.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Montrose form and stats
It's the first season at a new level for Montrose as they were promoted from League One last season. Happy days that were secured through 15 wins, 14 draws and 7 losses from 36 games. The team scored 25 goals at home last season and conceded 20. It will be interesting to see how they perform at this level.
The manager Petrie will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Airdrieonians in only four days.
Airdrieonians form and stats
A job perfectly done for Airdrieonians last season as they secured promotion from League One. With a grand total of 21 wins, 9 draws and 6 defeats the season objective was secured. Of these wins, 9 were in away matches.
After this away game Airdrieonians return home for a Championship Play-Offs game against Montrose. That game is only four sleeps after this.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: five - two - three (Montrose wins - draws - Airdrieonians wins). As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  G. Webster 15 goals |  C. Gallagher 15 goals | C. Smith 11 goals |
Montrose missing players
Airdrieonians missing players
| Montrose | Airdrieonians | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Montrose | Last season | Airdrieonians | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 36 | 18 | Played | P | 18 | 36 | ||
| 15 | 6 | Won | W | 9 | 21 | ||
| 14 | 9 | Drew | D | 6 | 9 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Lost | L | 3 | 6 | ||
| 53 | 25 | Scored | S | 32 | 68 | ||
| 36 | 20 | Conceded | C | 16 | 37 | ||
| 89% | 89% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 94% | 97% | ||
| 75% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 72% | 83% | ||
| 47% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 58% | ||
| 25% | 22% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 33% | ||
| 11% | 6% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 19% | ||
| 56% | 72% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 58% | ||
| 39% | 22% | Clean Sheets | C S | 44% | 33% | ||
| 17% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 11% | 11% | ||
| 6.1 | 6.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.6 | 5.7 | ||
| 4 | 3.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.2 | 4.3 | ||
| 1.9 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.4 | 1.4 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 10 | 11.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.2 | 11.4 | ||
| 4 | 4.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.4 | 5.1 | ||
| 37% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 37% | ||
| 9.1 | 9.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.4 | 9.6 | ||
| 3.5 | 3.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 4.1 | ||
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Cove Rangers | 36 | 23 | 10 | 3 | 73 | 32 | 18 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 43 | 13 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 30 | 19 | 41 | 79 |
| 2 | Airdrieonians | 36 | 21 | 9 | 6 | 68 | 37 | 18 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 36 | 21 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 32 | 16 | 31 | 72 |
| 3 | Montrose | 36 | 15 | 14 | 7 | 53 | 36 | 18 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 25 | 20 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 28 | 16 | 17 | 59 |
| 4 | Queen's Park | 36 | 11 | 18 | 7 | 51 | 36 | 18 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 29 | 15 | 18 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 22 | 21 | 15 | 51 |
| 5 | Alloa Athletic | 36 | 12 | 9 | 15 | 49 | 57 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 26 | 30 | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 23 | 27 | -8 | 45 |
| 6 | Falkirk | 36 | 12 | 8 | 16 | 49 | 55 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 23 | 31 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 26 | 24 | -6 | 44 |
| 7 | Peterhead | 36 | 11 | 9 | 16 | 46 | 51 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 17 | 18 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 22 | 34 | -5 | 42 |
| 8 | Clyde | 36 | 9 | 12 | 15 | 39 | 62 | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 23 | 36 | 18 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 16 | 26 | -23 | 39 |
| 9 | Dumbarton | 36 | 9 | 7 | 20 | 48 | 71 | 18 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 21 | 31 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 27 | 40 | -23 | 34 |
| 10 | East Fife | 36 | 5 | 8 | 23 | 31 | 70 | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 26 | 18 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 44 | -39 | 23 |
